3 views of an empty conference hall with tables set up for a science fair
All set up and ready to host almost 200 young scientists tomorrow! Join us for the 53rd #WWSEF at Bingemans Conference Centre, Tuesday April 7, open house 5:30-6:45, awards to follow. #Waterlooregion #Wellington #Perthcounty #Kitchener #Cambridge #Guelph #Waterloo #Stratford
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Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy protects 5 properties in the historic Huron Tract, including #BayviewRiverFlats and Woodburne Farm!
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#dronephotography
Not a good look for Perth South Council: www.stratfordtoday.ca/local-news/r... #PerthSouth #PerthCounty #Stratford #Ontario
It's been a week of hithering and thithering, and I forgot to post the listen later for my column on cuisines (Danish, S African, Uyghur, Yemeni) that are only found (locally) in one spot each.
#Food #Restaurants #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #PerthCounty #Foodsky
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A lonely level crossing in town at dusk shot from beside a rail barrier and its hooded lights against a blue-grey sky at dusk. Lots of silhouettes and reflections off wet pavement. The rails are hardly noticeable.
Small town Ontario.
#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
Four more...
1. East of St. Mary's
2. McCully's Farm Store
3. Stratford
4. Cycle errands foraging result
Re: (3.) there is nothing like the speed and freedom of a bike for getting around a small town. So many route options and sidecuts.
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Time I posted some photos again.
Been pouring lots into Linux and helping a friend study for a building code exam - remarkably similar systems.
Anyway, here are some cycling pics.
Alttext to be added once posted.
1. Hickson Rail Trail
2. Hickson Rail […]
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A faded green barn behind a field of gild stubble to our left, a copse of trees led by a tall pine, partially hidden outbuildings, the farmhouse an off-white crumb on the canvas, the arrow-straight ribbon of black tarmac we’re cycling, a few lone tress and some pale green crop to the right; and the sky dominating all, best China blue and mottled white this warm mid-September day.
Near here recently.
#cycling #gravelbike #Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
A broad empty paved country road reaching off to a grey barn and red farmhouse opposite a row of single telephone poles. The pavement is mottled, like the blue sky above with its few distant puffs of white. Fields either side of us awaiting harvest.
An old white revival style place of... something... sits at a lonely gravel crossroads, partly shaded by a great green tree. An event must be on, parked cars ring the place.
A retired pale yellow grain terminal sits beside what was once a stop at Monkton, Ontario. We’re at a rest stop here, shaded by a leafy green tree & having an apple. Some nice cumulus is being lifted off behind in the blue.
We’re zipping along an old wagon trail at around 30 km/h, tired from a ling ride, but still loving it. It looks like a rail trail; up in the near distance sunlight is illuminating the late-summer yellows and greens along the sides of the trail. The limestone hard-pack of the trail is spattered in late afternoon shadow.
Gravel ride today.
1. Road to Milverton
2. Gravelridge Women's Institute Hall
3. Monkton
4. Wes Kuepfer Trail
#cycling #gravelbike #Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
Lightning capture somewhere in Perth County, Ontario. @weathernetwork.bsky.social #onstorm #perthcounty ⚡️
Shakespearean Gardens, June 2025. Stratford, ON.
#photography #ontario #stratford #perthcounty #canada #shakespeare #gardens #stratfordfestival #avonriver
This is a fascinating read. There are four pages dedicated to the “sharp” deals done to buy most of the native land grants. The chapter called The Racial Blend has a single paragraph relating to Black families trying to settle in the county. #history #canada #ontario #perthcounty #onesided
Shakespearean Gardens, June 2025. Stratford, ON.
#photography #ontario #stratford #perthcounty #canada #shakespearean #gardens #stratfordfestival #perth
The Red Rabbit, May 2019. Stratford, ON.
#Stratford #ontario #photography #canada
#redrabbit #perthcounty #streetscape
Ayam Yum sandwich on Painted Baker white bread from Stratford's Little Kitchen On York (Indonesian chicken salad (roasted chicken, scallions, celery, carrots, seasonings), lettuce, peanut sauce, white bread)
My table space at a local food event in Elora, Ontario. A cup of coffee. A plate with crumbs. Bumpf with "We value culture. By 'building equitable and respectful relationships between food producers and consumers, cultivating inclusive spaces for community gathering' - GW Charter for food justice. Two buttons saying "I love cheese." My pen and glasses on my light blue note book.
Photo of a slide projected onto a screen saying "Every day is Food Day Canada"
A clay teapot, vaguely reminiscent of a pagoda-like building. It sits on a wooden tea tray with cups and other pots of tea.
It's been a busy few days, but a few pics.
#FoodWriter #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #PerthCounty #Food
Beyond a foreground of great wooden steel-strapped kegs laying sideways, an open, airy refurbished space with stainless brewer’s vats along the walls, ceiling fans and a few basic wooden tables where patrons may be seen tasting the offerings. It’s nighttime, indoor lighting, hues of cream and tan prevail with salt liquorice accents.
JobSite brew pub, back bar.
Stratford, Canada.
#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
United Way Perth-Huron responds to challenges facing local businesses due to "very dumb" tariffs wood-stein.ca/2025/03/06/u... #unitedway #unitedwayperthhuron #verydumbtariffs #support #localsupport #tariffs #HuronCounty #PerthCounty #JustinTrudeau #Donald
Three high-energy turquoise blowers drive chaotic streams of sea-coloured rivulets down an automotive windshield in a carwash to a scream of Chicago blues turned up to 11. The rear window of the primate-capsule ahead merges into a blur of foam as it passes the final event horizon into another dimension…
CERN has yet to produce images as compelling as those I can snag in the local car wash.
#cern #physics #stratford #ontario #PerthCounty #canada #alttext #scifi
Woodstein Media Podcast chats with Provincial Perth-Wellington candidate -Jason Davis, of the Ontario NDP wood-stein.ca/2025/02/24/w... #perthwellington #perthcounty #ontariondp @ontariondp.bsky.social #JasonDavis #affordablehousing #Foodsecurity #Ontarioproduce #Harmreduction #mentalhealth #ndp
A painterly view down a residential street in old town (circa 1900) on a winter’s eve. The sun has just gone down, the sky still afire with its yellow, orange, mauve and pink streaks of cloud. The telephone poles and houses either side are in silhouette. A pair of brake lights has illuminated a kilometre or so away, down by Nile St. or one of those.
A winter evening in Stratford.
#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
A yellow and black sidewalk cabin-equipped snowblower in up to the tops of its wheels beside a lake on a cold looking day of blue, white and grey.
Man-sized icicles hang from the roofs of orange and yellow brick store backs behind the main drag, nearly covering the upper floor apartment windows. A mannequin gazes serenely outward from behind a sliding glass door.
A late evening view down a lonely snow covered mid-winter road under cones of streetlights as snow falls. The trees are black, the sky gunmetal.
Unused steps by the Normal School (early 1900s red brick & limestone trim) showing undisturbed snow depth of about 18-24 inches.
Winter in Stratford
More to come via the Gulf of Mexico/Texas conveyor.
#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
A picture postcard shot of an old wooden rail bridge crossing an open river on a snowy early winter day. Lots of white snow, streaks of blue sky, trees bare of leaves, evergreens in the distance, all reflected and shimmering in the lead of water leading ip to and widening under the bridge we are on.
From this morning’s dog walk.
The Milverton Line crossing the Avon River east of Lake Victoria.
Sometimes the compositions take care of themselves; all you have to do is point a lens at them.
#Stratford #PerthCounty #Ontario #Canada #photography #alttext
Backyard filled with snow. A fire pit in the middle shows how much
A path through the snow to a truck, the truck is covered with snow. The driveway was clear just over an hour ago.
So I think we got about a foot of snow in an hour. It’s an intense squall right now.
#PerthCounty #OnStorm #OnWx
