Yesterday was Ontario's Day in the spotlight. The world was watching our election. We are in a similar position as the U.S. election that resulted in Trump's win. We have a mini-Trump leader in the conservative party. The liberal government has been in power for more than a decade and has performed dismally on all counts, especially the fiscal one. The New Democratic Party has the possibility of creating a minority government, but has been blind to the fiscal issues at hand and offered to spend, spend, spend.
There is much despondency voiced by voters. The Globe and Mail has heard this and the front page has the headline "Your Vote Counts."
How would you vote if you knew what the future held with each candidate? Or how our decision might impact other jurisdiction voters?
The easy prediction is that it is going to be an exciting evening. And then what? Our headline from yesterday seems so poignant - don't be blindsided by the future!
So many great stories in the Strasburg Machine Shop - abstracts, small locomotives in repair, and the view out of the shop with the train going by.
We've seen the increasing size of houses over the decades since the second world war. Then post-war houses were built on a 660 square footprint, and had three bedrooms. When I was young, we saw these houses in many neighbourhoods in St. Catharines, and seemed fine at the time. Now designer tool sheds seem as large as small houses.
It was a delight to see this tiny tool shed at the Maine Coastal Botanic Garden. It seems like the right size for one of those post-war houses. It would nestle in the back garden and be in scale with the house.
This one is leaning - it is the children's garden where whimsy reigns supreme - the fence posts are carved in cats and the entrance is marked by giant watering cans and tools.
