Chickadee Photo Art

Seasons Greetings to All !

// December 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Winter

Welcome back to my website & thanks for visiting !

To everyone who is visiting this site I want to wish you all the best for the holiday season.  We celebrate Christmas at my house but there are many of you who likely celebrate different holiday traditions at this or other times of  the year.  However you choose to celebrate the holidays I wish you Happy Holidays!  Today a few seasonal photos in the spirit of the season.

Above:  This is Oliver posing nicely by the tree  – my cousins beautiful and lovable dog.

Below:  A Christmas Teddy by the tree.

Merry Christmas !

Sharon

Remembrance Day

// November 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Scenic

“During the First World War Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.” (Commonwealth War Graves Commission website) For more information on memorials, Remembrance Day materials and teacher resources (available free of charge) you may click on the following link. Perhaps you have heard stories of family members who served and were killed in one of the great wars. If so, there is a search function on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website that may be of interest to you. If you live in Winnipeg and have never visited Brookside Cemetery I would encourage you to do so. While the entire cemetery is beautifully maintained by the City of Winnipeg, the Military Section is especially beautiful with the headstones row on row, gardens, mature trees and monuments. Ceremonies open to the public are held there each Remembrance Day. “Right click” on any image to view a larger size.

Halloween

// October 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Scenic

Pumpkins and gourds are a common part of the Halloween decor.  Today, a few photos of these common fall squash.  Gourds (below) come in a variety of shapes, colours and textures.

Below:  Unsold pumpkins sit in a pile at a roadside stand in the Winkler area.

Let’s wish the children a safe and fun-filled Halloween.

Enjoy!

~Sharon