210 John Street East NOTL

The pictures from last week's Niagara-on-the-Lake (NOTL) garden tour have made it to the computer.  The disk reader had stopped working and now there's a new one that seems like magic it is so small. Last week's highlight was 210 John Street. This was part of the Randwood Estate owned by Trisha Romance. The history of Randwood is HERE.  I don't know the history of severing this house from the Rand property, but it now is separately owned by Barbara McArthur.   She was on hand with information and stories about the house and gardens. This is a large historical property with lots to experience - the house, gardens, even the stables were preserved. There were tree experts who take care of the trees on the property - and they pointed out the interesting native specimens. I found  a large historic account of the Town of Niagara HERE.  It is written by Joseph E. Masters who lived in the late 1800's and died in 1955.  So far, I haven't found an account of this house and its origins.   Here are some highlights of this grand estate.

Feels Like

"Feels Like" has become a standard weather phrase.  The temperature at 7:00am is 26 and feels like 37, with a heat warning, and possible thunderstorm.  I noticed the difference between the cooler Niagara-on-the-Lake and warmer Grimsby yesterday. Our pictures show the Town Library garden. Accuweather reports that its RealFeel temperature was created in the 1990s by Joel N. Myers, Michael A. Sternberg, Joseph Sobel, Elliot Abrams and Evan Myers. "The RealFeel Temperature is an equation that takes into account many different factors to determine how the temperature actually feels outside. It is the first temperature to take into account multiple factors to determine how hot and cold feels. Some of the components that are used in the equation are humidity, cloud cover, winds, sun intensity and angle of the sun. Humidity is a large contributor to determining the RealFeel, but the time of the day also is important, due to the angle of the sun. In the morning the low angle of the sun gives off less heat because the energy is spread out, according to AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist Dan Kottlowski. In the afternoon, the sun is overhead and the sun's energy is more direct and gives off more energy, making it feel warmer. "The RealFeel takes into consideration the angle of the sun and its affects on an object or the body," Kottlowski said." Other sites distinguish  between the calculation for wind chill and heat index.  An interesting fact is that humid and heat indexes are based on temperature measurements taken in the shade and not the sun, so extra care must be taken while in the sun.

If It's Not a Pink Flamingo...What is it?

This is in the garden of Bluma Appel's son and daughter-in-law.  Bluma Appel is a well-known name in the arts.  She was a great patron of theatre and a philanthropist.  Her son shares her love of art, and opened his expansive garden in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the Shaw Garden Tour. This is quite the imposing statue on the landscape.  What is it?  What does it represent?  Its soft pink colour becomes imposing and dominant with the statue's 'balancing' shape. What would you call it?

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