All Things ART

2024 Street Alive Orillia – 1

It’s summer! And Orillia’s Street Alive is celebrating with flowers. Lots of native Ontario flowers along the main street. The idea is “to get people thinking about planting native Ontario flowers that attract pollinators” said project founder Leslie Fournier. “I must have flowers, always, and always.” ― Claude Monet Collingwood, ON Read more…

By emarene, ago
All Things ART

Collingwood Chairs 2024

The last time I posted about Collingwood’s painted Muskoka chairs was in 2019. This year, Collingwood is back with Art on the Street featuring painted chairs again! As always the chairs are colorfully painted by local artists and lined up in Hurontario St. The chairs surely made our walk colorful! Read more…

By emarene, ago
PLACES - USA

Road Trip – Small Towns

All along this 15 day road trip, we have stopped and stayed a while in some cute and charming towns. It could be for ice cream, coffee, a unique street art, for a sunset, even for some thrifting. Because “every place has it’s own charm”. At Scoops in Clarkesville. Tallulah Read more…

By emarene, ago
All Things ART

Mount Forest, Ontario

Taking advantage of sunny (but still cold) days in winter, we decided to drive along Hiway 6 from Blue Mountain, with no definite place in mind. We ended up at Mt. Forest an hour later. The lamp post sign got me. Then the murals of course. Found at the corner Read more…

By emarene, ago
PLACES - Ontario

Eastern Ontario with Friends

A weekend get-away with our friends the Ocampo and Gonzales couple. From our starting point of Ajax, Ontario – we drove eastward. A few stops on Day 1. At Norwood, Ontario (1.25 hours from Ajax) where they had this cute and photo worthy mural. At Havelock, Ontario for the Heritage Read more…

By emarene, ago