Monday Mural

The Connaught Fish & Chip shop has a street scene painted on the side of the building which is far nicer than the real street scene. The detail is amazing, right down to painting a matching window at the corner.

I particularly like how the shadows that were real seemed to mesh with the ones that were painted

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swanning

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refreshments with fun

I showed the other side of this sign last year, here, but it looks quite different
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I is for Ireland House

Ireland House was built to last and visiting this farmhouse one can see how many of the four generations of Irelands lived. There are still descendants living in the area with Marie Ireland being the great-granddaughter of the original owner. 

At one time the farm had grown to 1000 acres, but over the years the land was sold off with the last farmer, George Ireland, retiring around 1960 and leaving the house and outbuildings on four acres to his daughter, Marie. In a family of many siblings - her father and grandfather each were in families of 12 children, Marie was unusual in being an only child.

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Monday Mural

murals on the wall of Sonic Unyon recording studio, an independent record label in Hamilton Ont.















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high level niches

An underside view of the York St Bridge, 
officially known as the Thos B McQueston High Level Bridge

Designed in 1932 by John Lyle, there are four of these pylons each with the city's coat of arms and a niche which was meant to house a statue. 

As often happens, the design was too expensive and had to be scaled back, 

and to this day the niches remain empty.

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SPUD

I took this photo a year and a half ago but it seems relevant today. Spud is about to open an exhibition show at a gallery in Toronto. It will be about censorship and graffiti culture. It should be entertaining - Spud is ubiquitous around Toronto with these examples being one of the boring and annoying works, but he also has many caricatures of the current Mayor who has been on an unbridled rampage against graffiti and graphic art.

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H is for high up view

with a Hotel in the foreground.

and the Hospital behind it

and beyond that, past the Hydro towers

lies Hamilton

Hamilton isn't part of Burlington, but is its hulking neighbour across the bay.

You are getting a summery shot of this view because it is so much nicer than the view today 

with the bare trees and hazy sky.

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Monday Mural

New World by Bas Degroot

a brick mosaic on the wall of Holy Trinity Church in downtown Welland. It is meant to depict the immigrant experience to the new world. Bas Degroot was a Dutch multi media artist, born in Gorinchem and died in 2001 in Port Colborne. This mural was created in 1989.

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Cross St

 another bridge from the Welland Canal

this one is on Cross Street looking out to Merritt Island. There is both a pedestrian bridge, which is shown here, and beside it is a separate bridge for vehicles.

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G is for Gingerbread House

This house on Ontario St is affectionately called The Gingerbread House and is being painstakingly restored to its original glory, albeit with a bit more green that the original.

Here you can see the completed restoration on the rear and west side of the house. 

It is currently used for short term rentals with furnished suites, but was built by the village of Burlington's then master carpenter, A. B. Coleman in 1893, possibly as a showpiece for his work.

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The Welland Club

another John Hood mural




depicting the professional club in 1920 with the Union Jack flying and straw hatted men at lawn bowling. 

being curious, I had to get a closer look of the strange wooden structure...

it seemed to be an abandoned outdoor patio

here is a view of the rest of the building that used to be a restaurant.

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WhimsicalWindows and Delirious Doors

under the bridge

at the canal below the Burlington Skyway

the first bridge (now the Toronto bound lanes) is on the right, 

with the twinned bridge (now Niagara bound lanes) on the left

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flying away

a sound on the wind

and the ducks all rise

as clouds to the sky

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F is for florist

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