#143 Birds

Birds in the Upper Canada Village farm.

Upper Canada Village

Our end-of-the-year field trip today was Upper Canada Village. (Which happens to be about 2 hours away.) It's a re-make of what a small town would be like in the 1800's. You can go in the shops and houses where there are actors explaining life in a certain building. For example, the dressmaker yelled at the girls wearing "trousers." Are soccer shorts trousers? Apparently they are!

For those who don't know, back in the 1800's, Canada was ruled by the Brittish. They split the country into two parts. (Ontario and Quebec were the most important parts) Lower Canada was most of (up North). And Upper Canada was much smaller. It consisted of North/Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. Everyone important lived in Upper Canada because that was where most trade happened and the country was governed. Trades would happen via the "Fleuve St. Laurent" which was divided between Upper and Lower Canada.

(I basically just translated a history lesson from French to English for you!)

#94 Cafe

This was the only building (other than the bathrooms) that was actually modern. It was actually like a real cafeteria!

#42 Fences

White fence outside a yellow house

#226 Direction

They had a lot of sign posts with "street names" on them.

#190 Farm Yard

(after taking this one I was very dissapointed to hear there was no "lazy" theme)
These pigs didn't even move the whole time we were there today! There were three of them and they were huge.
Especially compared to their little friends!!!

#142 Shiny

In the Tin Shop they were demonstrating how to make candle snuffers. This wall was sooooo bright!

#218 Games

This old checker board was sitting on a small table in the Tin Shop.

#228 Wool

We went to the Woolen Mill where they were making WOOL! This was a huge room. They gave me a strand of sheep fur as a souvenir. This is a machine used to make the wool.

#172 Black and White

Bad picture, but this was so cool. Just as I was leaving the Woolen Mill, I saw a whole room full of B&W wool!

#150 Photo

This is a sign for an 1800's photography "studio"
Tina and I would have dragged Isabelle in, but it was locked. (darn)

#261 Gold

These buckets were very rusty indeed!
They were used to transfer water from the water pump to the farm.

#9 Newspaper

These are notices supposedly made at the newspaper shop. We saw the newspaper being designed, printed, and the final copy. Of course this was the newwspaper in 1800, so they used the little word stamps to print them.

#364 Zig-Zag

We went to the cheese factory where we watched them make cheese curds. Isabelle nearly puked. (She hates cheese!)

This is the stove pipe leading from the fireplace to the huge box where the cheese circles were being cooked and flipped.

#281 Royal

A street at Upper Canada Village

#202 Soap

This is an awful picture, with a funny story.

We walked into the General Store after visiting the Cheese factory, and this soap was on the table. Cristina, being very outgoing said the following:

Tina: Is that the cheese made in the cheese factory over there.
Shopkeeper/actress: Well, if it was, you'd get very sick.
Customer: And a very clean mouth.
Tina: OHH!!! Is it soap?

#155 Calendar

In the General Store, there was a clock on the wall. The "shopkeeper" told us it was a calendar clock. On the top is the time, while the bottom tells you the day.

#29 Challenge

OK, this one was taken a couple weeks ago.
I was out in my backyard with Hamish, throwing his favourite pink tennis ball against the fence so he could chase it. Well, it got stuck in the fence. He just sat there staring at it.