We spent a wonderful Canada day at the Cumberland Museum. The weather was perfect until the tornado warning at which point the staff told us there were cellars under the school, church and city hall and to head to one of those buildings should the tornado touch down. What an experience :) Needless to say, we went home instead and luckily no tornados materialized and we spent the afternoon swimming.
Found this beauty in one of the homes at the museum. Looks awfully familiar! Funny how I knew how to lock the keys, play the roll and then revers the sheet music. This totally brought back memories of the piano at home which is the EXACT same model!
The above picture was taken in Watson's garage. It is a selfie! Can you see why?
Greg clutches the cockshutt tractor which runs the mill for shingle making. He brought us behind the scenes and into the mill for a close look at the operation. It was an interesting and amazing experience.
This is a shot I captured of Watson's. So neat to know all these places were in Cumberland and surrounding area just past the turn of the century.
Back at home I have created and amazing ice tea for the scorching summer days. Day Lilly, bee balm, raspberry leaf, nettle, red clover and rose petal. The more red clover you use the sweeter the tea becomes.
Stuff into jars and steep with boiling water until cool. A shot of lemon can be added and stevia for sweetness but I prefer to use lots of clover to naturally sweeten it up. This concoction is refreshing and incredibly high in vitamins and minerals. It is like a vitamin water from our own yard. This makes me very happy!
The shop closed down for a week and I had the chance to create this new item! It is a cat cave. Needle felted and wet felted from 100% wool, these caves make a cozy hang out for any cat.
The underside of the cave, the stem connects to the flower on the front.
This was the campfire inspired cat cave with a larger opening for bigger cats!
The underside.
Lastly the kiddo and I woke up at 5:00 a.m. to go see this amazing demolition. Sir John Carling building, only 46 years old but it was sinking and filled with asbestos. Time for a real live IMPLOSION!
7:00 a.m. and BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.....
Down she went.
Dust, debris and rubble crumbles to the earth
450kg of explosives packed the 11 story building
People heard the explosions as far away as Orleans
It lasted all of 6 seconds
And it is gone!
Coolest thing to see and the largest explosion to ever take place in the capital.
