Why is the girl wearing a pair of rabbit ear glasses and being silly with a silly stuffy? In a word: Easter. Now, what do rabbits and cheap, silly toys have to do with Easter? Not a lot, I'd say. That said, bibles and other religious paraphernalia seem to have less and less to do with Easter as well. The CBC noted that Canadians were moving from the sacred to the secular and looked at the changing spiritual nature of Canadians.
Small, good bakeries are as important to making good cities as fine architecture. Covid -19 is threatening the profitability of many small businesses. We will cheer when the pandemic ends but when it leaves we must make sure it doesn't take too many important businesses with it.
Angelo's has been a London institution for decades. It helps to give London colour (and flavour). For the finest breads in London, Angelo's is one of the places to go. Full flavoured loaves, such as the asiago and sundried tomato pictured, are usually gone by mid afternoon. This is not always true during the pandemic. Fewer shoppers means more unsold loaves. When I bought this loaf today it was almost four.
Angelo's is a little out of my way but I've been making an effort to stop there now and then. Like so many small businesses in London, Angelo's needs support. On the plus side, supporting Angelo's is its own reward.
It's a neat mural. Why it is on the wall of a North London corner store is beyond me. I'll have to stop by and ask. I'm curious. It is stylish, bright and colourful and exceedingly well done. But why is it here? This is not commonly done in London. And my wife believes this may not be the first mural to appear here. She thinks the mural may be temporary and will be painted over at some point in the near future. Yup. I've just go to stop by this store and as some questions.
The bright greens of spring are everywhere. Bright, fresh, new. And the red? A sign of spring? Kind of. The berries fall from the holly bush above, dropped by returning birds,
The world is changing. Our reliance on fossil fuels is slowly, or maybe not so slowly, waning. This home in the Byron suburb of London, Ontario, sports about two dozen large, solar panels on at least two sides of the sloped roof.
In London, Ontario, Canada, symbols of the risen Christ are everywhere on Good Friday. But crosses are commonly found throughout the cemeteries in town year around. In the coming years this may change.
Londoners waited patiently for almost two full months for the groundhog to make its annual appearance. On April 1st it finally showed, popping up in Springbank Park to see its shadow and then immediately scamper back into its den. Why? The forecast: snow! And London's official meteorologist agree with our furry friend. Snow is on the way.
