All Things ART

2024 Street Alive Orillia – 2

For Orillia’s Street Alive 2024 the town is celebrating with flowers. 60 native Ontario flowers of three shapes made from exterior-grade MDF boards were painted by local artists, then attached to downtown street poles. The sight was lovely and fun! “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Read more…

By emarene, ago
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…

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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…

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All Things ART

Athens, Georgia

It was a very hot and sunny day when we drove to Athens, Georgia. We had a list of what we want to check out but we realized we could not take the humidity. Still we were able to enjoy the street arts of Athens, GA. Colorful street banners by Read more…

By emarene, ago