In Ontario gelten ähnliche Coronarestriktionen wie in der Schweiz. Mit einem grossen Unterschied: Die Restaurants und Bars sind wieder offen. Jacqueline Grice-Hurni erzählt, wie stark das Leben in Kanada derzeit eingeschränkt ist, wie sie die Coronaerkrankung selber erlebt hat – und was sie Menschen rät, die nach Kanada reisen wollen.
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St. Georges Church, Georgina,
This beautiful peaceful place by Jackson’s Point, keeps on puling me to come up and visit over and over again. Not sure what pulls me to it … yet It just gives me that inner feeling of Peace.
At a moment of need in my heart … In early Spring this year. At a quiet place off the main area Just placed on the ground. A red Rose….just like that, I believe it was a gift from Heaven for me to find. As I was about to leave … but something in me said, just go that way and don’t go yet.

Here and there I now too bring a Rose and place it overlooking the Lake Simcoe as I love that view so much. Peace and feeling of freedom. The big world wide open, wherever the water or sky takes One.
I believe someone will love to feel like I did when I did see that rose … I was speechless at that moment…
The grounds of this Church is so tranquil and beautiful…
Toronto Here We Visit

My Mom and my Girl Fiend have visited my home just past August… I tell You I have been driving to many place with them… They left I am in driving with drawl no since they left.. Smile Reni and Mutt I loved it
( Reni und Mutt mir haet das guet do. Emol us em Dorf choene go und oepis ume nan fahre!)
So we planed to take the Go Train to Toronto… but I said to myself… Lets drive I know where to park wright by Ripply’s Aquarium! Easy… absolutely! Just dont’ go right at 6-8am.
Parking lot was EMPTY!! LOL I thought a car was being towed away so chatted with the guy to make sure I am ok to park here…. ohhh how cool! he was giving me all kinds of tips to make sure I don’t get ever towed….LOL

So up we go to the top of the CN Tower… sooo many decades ago remember there was “Sparkle’s” the dance club… Let’s say 35 years ago .. Ahhhh my club for so many years totally amazing time… Dancing Saturday night Disco time. NOOOO more it now is a platform to walk around and see the big city from the top.. Oh you should have seen the lights at that time 35 year’s ago… totally amazing….
We ended up even at the Distilary Are after the CN tower…an drove up Young Street from Down town Toronto to Richmond Hill … omg 2 1/2 hours later I said I had enough I am going to the HYW…… day to remember.
Spring Moments By The Lake

Some of you probably know I have been going on drives to enjoy our Lake Simcoe here In Ontario, Canada. Usually with no destination in place. My truck just tales me somewhere to the water.
It’s absolutely beautiful to feel the wind in my hair. To listen to the waves crushing onto the shore.

There are different seasons I have seen up there.
Today I’ll show you how it was last April… Pretty windy and rather cold.. bust totally peaceful.
I’ll show you more warmer days soon too…. Sunshine all around now….
Celebrating 35 Years Later

Hard to believe I have lived in Canada already 35 Years as of today… how time goes by. I remember stepping out of the Toronto Pearson International Airport … The heat was OHHH wow… overtaking my breath… +35 if I remember correctly.

My so called “Family” waiting with there 6 month old baby Jacqueline as well, lol…My name became “Jackie” for the next year. … as her Nanny.
I sometimes wonder what she is up too now?…Woodbridge has changes sooo much! It was all farm field at that time…If you are from Ontario .. Do you remember the Drive-In on Hyw 400?
Now movie Theaters and Malls and totally no farm field anymore….I am speechless at times…
Villa Park Dive ( lol I thought I am coming to life in a Villa…HAHAH was I wrong! ) was my home for less then a year… no so good ending to that family story…
Best times after that was finding a wonderful family in Downsview… So much love they have still for one another…. I am thankful for the Hazel’s they gave me a absolutely wonderful memory. Just wish I had kept in contact more…
However we all have our destinies we need to follow… and never say never. Look into the future it is never to late to reconnect…. and make new memories…..and new friends.
Thanks for being my friends for sooo many memories







From My Heart To Yours
Oh no, how time has gone by since my last post.
I kind of got side tracked by posting on Facebook. How could I, you may ask? Well it seems to be much easier to do that with my phone.
Yes, I know I can do blog-posts on the phone too. But it seem to be a little more tedious for someone like me that is not so computer oriented. LOL
So we all had the Fall season come and go… see some of my pictures from the fall.
Well guess what, we had minus 17 on November 22nd. A brisk walk through the local park that morning and again at night, so beautiful.
Then some more snow here and there…gurr with rain right after that.
All snow gone again. What? You say we are in winter? Normal we would be into deep winter with Christmas just past, Guess again!!! Yesterday was December 28th. A usually very cold winter day here in Canada. ..BUT not yesterday!
Believe it or not we had a temperature of “+11” .Yes plus 11 degrees. People where walking around in short sleeves… (not me).Don’t think it have seen that before in my 34 years here in Canada!
So today I woke up to – 9, ladida yes minus 9. very drastic change in temperature. I am So glad we can’t change the weather.
Enjoy the last view days of 2018 and many thanks for stopping by here on my Blog during the past years. I truly hope to be more active in the New Year.
With more posts and KnitswissYarns aswell as pattern releases here and on Ravelry.
Looking forward to seeing You again in 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU
Market & Co At Upper Canada Mall
Enjoying this new Market & Co. that just opened it’s doors to our Upper Canada Mall here in Newmarket, Ontario 3 days ago. Love the unique stores.
Fresh flowers from “Floralescence” I bought gladiolus and sunflowers so pretty. They make me smile:-)
“Newmarket Olive Co” has delicious Oils and Vinegar for bread dipping or salads and so much more. But hey let them tell you how to use them. “Eat What You Love Drink What You Want” Perfectly said.
Kitchen &CO has class that you too can sign up for, just go see their class list. I attended todays class “Create A Swoon-Worthy Charcuterie & Cheese Board”! Hosted by “Seed To Sausages” I know a lot more about cheeses and sausages now! Good chatting to couples waiting in line and at the table. Fantastic afternoon spent there, I call it “Me Time;-)))”
Oh you should see all the deserts and bread! You will be amazed and I can guarantee you it will be hard to figure out what to get for your sweet tooth!
Chips, Chips and more all freshly made just for You with flavours of Salt and Malt and much more! I tell you people where lining up to get a taste of the “Ray Woody’s Craft Chippery” Chips.
You love fresh fish go see “Pier 87 Fish Market & Grill” wow an oyster bar too!
If pizza is your favorites, especially backed in a wood oven! Oh tell you I plan to take my hubby to “Midici”. One of the restaurants to have a meal. ;-)
Oh yes “Union Chicken” is there too, realy another place to have supper. Hope to meet Chef Michael Angeloni one day too. You should see the camper outside…long line ups just like “Ray Woody’s Craft Chippery” inside!
Yes even our Vince’s Market it their with there fresh fruits and vegetables the best in town!
You like coffee, tea or yes win even that they have in the Market & Co with wine tasting bar.
Soup form Ma’s Best Quality Soup I am sure will taste perfect when you have no time to make a warm tasty soup for you loves one.
Have I told you this is a wonderful place to meet people too. I have chatted with people from Toronto, Sharon, Innisfil and really loved chatting with the 3 couples at my table exchanging how they store cheese, LOL (see class above that I attended).
Smile, now you know what I did for the last 2 days while my hubby was hiking up in the North of Michigan. Taking my daughter to her new work place as I enjoyed her new surroundings too. “Sam I know You Can Do It”
De La Salle Beach in Sutton
This is an Ice Wonderland right here in Sutton, Ontario….
unbelievable how there is sooooo much ice on the beach! This is not to far from us about 30 minutes driving…people where still on the ice doing Ice-Fishing…
I guess they know what they are doing….felt a little more comfortable staying on land at this time of year.
Crispy Canada Winter Day
Sure it is still a very crispy
WINTER here in Canada…
…..not like my home town Möhlin in Switzerland. They are as of tomorrow in full swing of “Fasnacht” Carnival
But to top it of even more a friend of mine has seen “Schlüsselblümli ” in the forest out already….really I am crying now!
It used to be that you there…Yes You,“Weather in Switzerland” !
were a month ahead of us here in the Canadian North of Toronto, but not two full Months!!!
What was my day like youmay ask …smiles fun filled with snow! Really softly falling down this morning, shoveling during the day, sunshine to finish the perfect day at minus 15 temp…cooooollllll
Yes, You see it correctly I have skis on the fence and that all year around…
just my kind of artsy funky fun…
Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario
A wonderful weekend away from the everyday life…
Just for my hubby and I
Lots of wind and very cold temperatures… But we are still having a wonderful time in this small all Season Holiday Resort Village “Blue Mountain in Collingwood, Ontario
A perfect get away for a weekend and the atmosphere is amazing with all the wonderful Restaurants and Bars.
We had some really windy days and snow blowing all the way there and though out the weekend as you can see
Ice Weather All Around Us
So after a good three days of scrapping the cars, driveways and shoveling Ice!!!
Yes ICE not snow…and that a good layer of about 1.5″ to 2″ if not more and that just about EVERYWHERE you can think off….
For the past view days we had to remove a lot of ICE….everything is iced up. My truck was covered with at least 1″ of solid ice. Try to get that off and not work up some sore arms. The driveway, what a sheet of ice. If it would not be on a slight decline to the road we could have used it for an ice-rink.
A Drive to Toronto
A Drive to Toronto
This passed Valentine’s Day we decided to go for a drive to Toronto. We do not go often in to the City so when we do go it is always exiting to see all the big Towers emerging as we get closer. The City has changed since I arrived 25 years ago. More Towers and buildings being torn down and replace with new once even taller than the last one. One of those changes was the Yonge-Dundas Square is a public square in Toronto at the intersection of Yonge Street and Dundas Street, one of the busiest intersections in Toronto. Constructed as a downtown ‘revitalization’ project, the square was created from the demolition of a block of commercial buildings and opened as a public square to the public in November 2002. The square is used for music concerts, film screenings and other public events.
But you all know this too, lots of things change as time goes by. Cities, Towns and Villages and buildings get old or just do not fit into the time or are unsafe so they have to go. I do remember the Farmhouses in my Hometown most of them are gone or replaced with new homes or apartments too. It makes me clinch inside to know that my home town does not look like it used to when I grew up there…. But I know times are changing and that I cannot change that. I sometimes wonder what my Grandmother thinks of all this now that she is already 96 and still enjoys going to the Fasnacht looking for candies…..?
Eine Ausflug nach Toronto
Diesen letzten Valentine’s Tag haben wir beschlossen, eine Fahrt nach Toronto zu unternehmen. Wir gehen nicht viel in die Stadt, doch wenn wir gehen ist es immer erstaunend all die großen Gebeude zu sehen. Die Stadt hat sich verändert seit ich vor 25 Jahren hier in Kanada angekommen bin. Noch groessere Gebäude sind erstanden oder abgerissen worden und durch neue, noch größer ersatz worden. Ein solcher Ort ist das Dundas Square. Ein öffentlicher Platz in Toronto an der Kreuzung der Yonge Street und Dundas Street, einer der belebtesten Kreuzungen in Toronto. Projekt als ein Zentrum von “Revitalisierung” , wurde der Platz seit der Zerstörung eines gewerblichen Gebäuden Block gegründet und wurde als einen Platz für die Öffentlichkeit im November 2002. Der Platz wird für Konzerte, Filmvorführungen und andere öffentliche Veranstaltungen benutzt.
Aber Ihr wisst alle vieles ändern sich mit der Zeit. Städte, Dörfer und alte Gebäude passen einfach nicht mehr in die Heutige Zeit oder sind nicht mehr sicher darin zu wohnen.
Ich erinnere mich an die Bauernhöfe in meiner Heimatdorf die Meisten sind durch neue Häuser oder Wohnungen ersetzen worden. Es macht mir weh zu sehen das mein Heimatdorf auch nicht mehr so ist wie damals for 25 Jahren als ich dort aufgewachsen bin …. Doch ich weiß, die Zeiten ändern sich und dass kann ich nicht ändern.
Manchmal frage ich mich, was meine Großmutter denkt, da sie bereits 96 Jahre ist und immer noch gerne an die Fasnacht gehen auf der Suche nach Süßigkeiten ist …..???