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The Aquarium that never was

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This is a photo of an old building on Lakeshore Blvd. in Toronto, near the Redpath Sugar factory. Actually it might even be part of the factory.

This mural was painted on the side of the building quite a while ago when they were talking about Toronto getting an aquarium. I think that was more than 10 years ago. Well, obviously the aquarium never happened or else I’d probably have some additional photos to show you of the actual site.

I really wish it had come into being. I love aquariums. I guess the closest thing that we have anywhere near Toronto would be Marine Land in Niagara Falls – but that’s more of a show.

Oh, we do have a beautiful large zoo here in Toronto but it doesn’t have many aquatic animals or fish. Still, if you ever do come to Toronto and you enjoy zoo’s please do try to take the time to go to the Toronto Metropolitan zoo as I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

I used to go several times a year, but I haven’t been there for perhaps the last three years. I guess it’s time for another visit very soon.

One of my favorite aquariums was in Vancouver. Every time I went to Vancouver I went to the aquarium. I used to love watching the Beluga whales. Unfortunately they were going to close down that aquarium and a few years ago they shipped most of the Belugas to Marine Land where I think they all died when they got an infection. So sad.

Do you have an aquarium or zoo near you? If so, do you go very often? At least once a year?

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Love and Peace

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I miss my Love and Peace rose. I lost it this past winter. It just didn’t come back.

It’s always done well through the winter and we had a very mild winter this year so I don’t think that’s why it failed. I think it was diseased.

Last year in the spring I noticed that it had a woody, fungal looking growth just at the soil line. I carefully cut out that growth and removed the soil that had been around it and crossed my fingers. Love and Peace took off like it normally did and I didn’t have any problems at all with it last year.

This year when I saw that it wasn’t starting to come back to life after winter I took at look at it’s base and it seems that a bit of what I’ll call the fungal growth was back but certainly not as bad as the year before. Could this have been the problem that caused it to die?

Does anyone know what kind of disorder, infection or disease I’m talking about? I’d love to learn more about it. You see, once I dig up Love and Peace I want to plant a new rose in the same area. I don’t want the new rose to get sick though if whatever might have killed Love and Peace is still in the soil.

Any ideas?

Elegant D’Legne Chandeliers

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I love redecorating. The trouble is that I’m very particular about how I want the rooms in my home to look. I’m sure I’m not alone in that preference.

If you’re like me, you get a picture in your head of how you’d like a room to look – the type of furniture, the style, the decor … everything right down to the lighting.

I’ve said many times that our house is in a state of renovation. I’m hoping that before summer ends our living room / dining room will be finished. Then I might change the decor slightly.

I know that I’ll definitely be changing the lighting in the dining room portion of the room.

Originally I’d gone for a more modern style of lighting, but now that we are more than half done our renovations I know that I need to go with a more traditional form of lighting.

One of the types of lighting that I’ve considered has been a chandelier. My parents had lovely chandeliers in their dining room and in their living room. Perhaps that’s part of the reason why I’ve been thinking I might want a chandelier now.

shop-img-0.jpg If you’ve been looking for chandeliers as well you might try visiting D’Legne Chandeliers.

They have a beautiful elegant crystal chandelier that combines the tradition of crystal with a modern design.

The D’Legne Chandelier is made of had polished crystals, and has a chrome plated steel frame. It even includes the bulbs.

Visit the site to view more photos of this lovely chandelier. I think it’s an impressive design.

In the meantime I’ll try to get my renovations done and decide if a chandelier will suit the room or not.

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