Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Our Beautiful Canadian "German" Town
Welcome To Stony Brook
The towns Dutch replica windmill
Early history
Steinbach (meaning "Stony Brook" in German) was founded in 1874 by German-speaking Mennonite settlers from Russia. The Mennonite Heritage Village museum, located in the city, provides a glimpse at the life of these settlers through a reconstructed village and interpretive displays. Its Dutch windmill, which was rebuilt (with help from Dutch millwrights,my daughters husband J. and her father in-law, were part of this re-construction) after the 1972 replica was destroyed by arson in 2001, is a recognized symbol of the city.
A tour of the little town (City)
I just love how this town looks, there are flowers every were, all towns folk have such pride in their community...and it shows!!!
There is a clock tower in the center of the town, that has an old world charm about it.
It's construction is that of what I saw when I visited England and Wales...This tower is meant to last!
I feel like I am back in the UK when I come here
Close to the clock we stopped for lunch, the patio even had wrought iron chairs and table...just as I would have seen in the UK. It was a bit chilly out side, so we ate in...
That's how one can tell you are in Canada!!!
We had two huge cups of European coffee, and beef and cheese pinnies. Mr.B is not impressed that he has to wait until I take the picture to eat :)))
We stopped our little European car by this beautiful park that I discovered...I just had to get some shots!
The front path leads to this cedar constructed gazebo...those trees strangely look like...
Palm trees??? Here??? In the middle of Canada???
I definitely will be keeping my eyes on these tree's, to see if they come through our cold winters of -40.
Its hard for me to believe it will get that cold ...but it will!!!
Every were we drive in this small city there are flowers down all major streets...can you see them lined up on the road? Every building down town has flowers, people's yards are full of bright colorful petals...
its breath taking!!!
Flowers every were are just another thing this town has in common with Europe
There are so many flowers that we had a visit from this Humming Bird Moth. He was too fast for me to take a shot of so I got this picture from the net...It was as big as some Hummingbirds and he sounded like one too!
I think our library is pretty impressive, not only is it lovely to look at from the out side but, the inside is filled with all kinds of books...tons of them in German too.
Close to the library is a small park, one could take their reading treasures and meander over, and read amongst the flowers.
In the center of the park is a huge Red Wood .... that was cut down with an old fashioned blade that is mounted in the center of this tree.
A description how this town came to be is mounted on another plaque in the same park...cool, I didn't know this stuff!!!
I too, was born into a low German heritage. My family is of Low German descent from Prussia. All though my family does not practice the Mennonite religion, but the tight knit German tie's are still there.
(Above)We ended our day with supper at MJ's one of my favorite places...we had porgies with white sauce (a German sauce instead of our traditional Canadian sour cream) with summer sausage, and a butter tar for dessert.Yummy!!!
If you cant make your own German food one can buy it here, along with other country goods.
Like pie fillings porgies,dry goods quilts, paintings, old china...
I bought this here just the other day...
This is a gift for my grand daughter.
I played paper dolls when I was a child...a good memory.
Other pictures below... are from our "new" town.
The Livery Barn...good old fashioned German food.
My favorite flower shop...they serve the best strawberry pie too!!!
My most resent Thanksgiving purchase, from my favorite flower shop.
There is a center fountain, just like in villages in Europe.
A beautiful golf course.
For now...Auf Wiedersehen!
Monday, May 17, 2010
New Floors and Kitchen
The new floor is being layed, and we are happy with our choice. Thank you to my husband and a family friend, Mr.U.
There is so much to do, Mr. B. is hard at work putting my new kitchen together.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
House Warming: Dedicated to my Sister A and G !!
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| The House Warming Party is finally here... I and MR.B...mostly MR.B :) have worked very hard in anticipation of this day! Soooo take a seat, get a cup of tea and join us. (Thanks to Kimberly Shaw, for her beautiful hand painted invitations, I sent out, they were a hit!!!) http://kimberlyshaw.typepad.com/my_weblog/ |
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This pretty Tea Cup rose tree found its way into my back yard for a sale price of $8... how could I resist!!! |
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| Thank you to my son in law J. for putting together my new bench... A lot of good it did...it rained all day!!! |
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Pretty orange rose blossom!! |
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| Here's another pretty orange blossom that attended my party!! |
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Mr.B. worked on the last of the cabinetry until the morning of the party.... "Cutting it a little close, don't ya think " ???  The end result is wonderful!!! My husband is so talented and smart, he put most of our home together. I am his biggest fan, and thankfully he is mine...Praise be to the Lord! |
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This beautiful counter top is not only nice to look at, it was very functional for our first party... It held all these yummy treats that our guest help provide! My daughter Heather at@ Shmooy girl... http://www.shmooygirl.blogspot.com/ Brought this amazing Toco Dip... See my kitchen blog, for the recipe...@ my side bar!!! |
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| I was so over joyed that Mr. and Mrs.K. ABOVE: Dropped by... This couple means so much to me! You can just make them out behind the counter...... (( After my 1st. marriage break up... This couple, saved my self and my children, to God knows what demise! I will be in your dept.... for the care, the love, the spiritual guidance, and home... you both provided, for I and my children in those hard days!!! ))  Above:This tired looking gal is my daughter H. holding wee Eli. She should be tired, for all the help she gave me today...and 3 months pregnant to boot!!! Thank you my love for all the help you gave me.  I and Mr.B. unexpectedly received many a wonderful gift this day... Thank you to all!!! |
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| Okay...family photo time!!! I think Dave like our floors??? There's that pretty orange blossom again!!!  Sorry girls...but this is the only one that turned out clean! Brothers!!!!  This one turned out nice! This post is for you my dear sisters in law, A and G !!! (G~ is a faithful blog follower of mine) You'll never know how much you both mean to me.
 Mr.B...(Whats with the face???) and pretty S... This gal is not only pretty, she's smart too... We all knew this, even before she decided to become a doctor... May our Lord be with you, and bless you S. You go girl!!!  Auntie S. and Uncle G...were in from Beautiful, British Columbia So glad you could come over. You have been missed!!! Where's Uncle M????  Me and mom...this is Mr.B's sweet mom, she has a very special place in my heart! ....I love you so much mom G!!!!  Theres Dad G. and S. and young Micheal... foster son to A and Dave. |
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| Thank you mom and dad for this lovely plate... Thanks to all for making this day wonderful.... Yes Lord, we are home... Thank you, Jesus !!!! Blessings, Mrs.G....... |
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