Municipal Elections......

Here is Ontario it's the day for the Municipal Elections; where we vote for the Mayor, council members and school board trustee's.

I voted online as did hubby.  I am of the mind, that if I don't vote, I can't complain about anything going on in the city.

I sort of know who the Mayor is, have no opinion one way or another how I feel about him.  I know more about the other mayors in the other major cities around us.......which is pretty sad!!!

Our local councilor I do know and I have talked to him a few times.  Is he great, not really, but he will sort of do things for us.  He does have opponents this time, so it will be interesting if he gets in.

The school board trustee, I have no clue, just picked a name off the list.

Do you vote in the municipal elections where you live?

Decluttering tips........

Stumbled upon this site on Facebook about Decluttering, called Alison's Notebook.  Honestly not sure if it's all AI content or an actual person at this point???  Regardless some good tips including these:

Loved the last one........"Guilt: You don't have to keep it." so very true!

Halloween Cross Stitch - Part 4

So another week down, and again I haven't quite finished this section.  It will be done though before the weekend is over with.

Although there is only 3 colours in this pattern its very effective.

This week's quarter features a giant pumpkin and an owl.  

This will not be finished for Halloween, but that was never the goal.

Update:  

I took the photos above mid afternoon on Friday.  By 7:30pm on Friday night I had finished the third quarter of the pattern:

National Gallery of Canada - Part 3

There was a special exhibition of Helen McNicoll's work while we were there.  I was looking forward to seeing this as this was the type of art I enjoy.

She had a marvelous way of doing light and shadow.

I loved this one............

This one also.........

I think this exhibition was my favourite of the whole Gallery...........

Today is "National Make a Dog's Day!

 

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“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” - Karen Devison.

We're not in a position to do that at the moment, but we have done it in the past.........

Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Parliament Hill, Ottawa.  

As you can see it is under construction/renovation.  You can read more about the renovations here.  What I did think was neat was the huge covers all around the building that had the print of the building on it.  Hubby said old Donald has the same around the White House?  Maybe the US readers can confirm that?

This is the Centennial Flame.  Again you can read more about it here.

Even if I enlarged the next two photos, you will not be able to see the info.  Also for some reason I cannot delete photos from a blog post.  If anyone can give me pointers on doing that, I would be very grateful!

Loved the gargoyles (?) hanging off the clock tower.  Also the detail work in the clock tower is amazing.

Queen Victoria.

Lester B. Pearson.  There were many more statues of Prime Ministers around the property, but many you could not see because of the construction.

Another one of the buildings, again lovely details.

This one is my favourite photo, of all the metal work against the sky.

It was a perfect Fall day.

Niggles/twinges

 

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I haven't been feeling too great for the past couple of months.  However, it's nothing exciting, just little niggles and twinges, that when you add them all together makes you feel blah............

I am not complaining, just thought the word niggles is an odd word I use, so looked it up...........

Do you use the words niggles and twinges for those little aches and pains, that occur on a daily basis, but are not worth mentioning?  Or do you have your own special word for them?