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Week 1 – Patti of https://pilotfishblog.com/
Week 2 – Ann-Christine aka Leya of https://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/FENCES
Week 3 – Amy of https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/
Week 4 – Tina of https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/

July 2018 - Toronto ON

Kesington Market - Fence made from grocery carts

Sitting on the fence on Bloor St. W

Off Yonge St. parking lot fence depicting the history of Toronto Hydro.

inSPIREd Sunday

Sally and Beth host inSPIREd Sunday!  Sundays in my City  My Sunday Photo

August 2013 - Wolfville Nova Scotia

A random-rubble stone wall encloses the entire front side of the cemetery and includes a large wrought iron gate at its entrance. The cemetery grounds, which include some of the oldest trees in Wolfville, consist of several grass-covered interment areas, and separate family burial plots enclosed with stone pillars and iron links.

The earliest cemetery in Wolfville and the only burial ground available to citizens until 1818, the Old Cemetery interred people from all denominations. The earliest tombstone dates to 1774, and among the people interred in the cemetery are: Nathan DeWolf (1729-89), the founder of Wolfville; Peter Bishop (1736-1825), the first minister of the Wolfville Baptist Church; Professor Isaac Chipman, the builder of Acadia University; and Rev. Edmund Albern Crawley (1799-1888), the founder-in-chief of Acadia University, one of its first two professors, and the designer of the first college building.

The cemetery is also valued for the primitive folk art designs found on many gravestones, some of which showcase the work of the Horton Carver (fl. 1783-1793), who is said to have been Scottish stone carver James Hay. Many of his sandstone grave markers are unique to the Horton-Wolfville area.

Thursday Doors and Good Fences

Linking up to Thursday Doors and Good Fences

May 2016 - Toronto ON

To see more of this historic inn, Montgomery's Inn, click here.

Good Fences

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August 2014 - Washington DC

Quite an auspicious fence! The Dwight D Eisenhower Executive Office building, known as the EEOB.
More photos here.

Good Fences - Black Creek Village

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October 2013 - Toronto ON

Taken at Black Creek Village when we visited last October. It was a glorious fall day with the trees in full autumn attire.

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March 2013 - Yermo CA

Calico Ghost Town 

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June 2014 - Toronto ON

We drive past the Princes' Gates all the time as shown above earlier in May. This intersection is insane with traffic.

 They frame the CNE or Canadian National Exhibition grounds.
We've been through the gates to attend many events such as home shows, the "EX", private dinner affairs etc.
A week ago we decided to stop and get some photos of the gates themselves. The sun was a little too high and bright so we will go back another time.

Looking back towards the gates.
Often mistakenly called the "Princess Gates," the monumental Princes' Gates were officially opened by princes Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), and Prince George (later the Duke of Kent), on August 31, 1927, during that year's CNE. The gates were built in the Beaux-Arts style to celebrate Canada's 60th anniversary of Confederation and were originally to be called "The Diamond Jubilee of Confederation Gates." The name was changed when it was found that the Princes were touring Canada the year of its dedication. First to pass through the gate was a veterans parade, a tradition that later became the annual Warriors' Day Parade.

The gates are made of a mix of stone and concrete. The statue at the top of the arch is the "Goddess of Winged Victory", an interpretation of the original Winged Victory of Samothrace, designed by architect Alfred Chapman of Chapman and Oxley and carved by Charles McKechnie. In her hand she holds a single maple leaf. There are nine pillars to either side of the main arch, representing the nine Canadian provinces in existence at the time of construction. Flanking the central arch are various figures representing progress, industry, agriculture, arts, and science.

During the fall of 1986, the Winged Victory statue was taken down and found to be seriously deteriorating. It was subsequently replaced by a glass-reinforced polymer plastic copy in 1987, designed and fabricated by Engineered Plastics Inc. of Oakville, Ontario, to withstand the elements for over a century. That same year the gates officially became a listed building under the Ontario Heritage Act.

 A good fence.

 Wikipedia states:
Exhibition Place is a mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown. The 197–acre area includes expo, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music buildings, monuments, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial, and national historic sites. From mid-August through Labour Day each year, the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), from which the name Exhibition Place is derived, is held on the grounds. During the CNE, Exhibition Place encompasses 260 acres (1.1 km2), expanding to include nearby parks and parking lots. The CNE features games and a midway, among a host of attractions. The fair is one of the largest and most successful of its kind in North America, and an important part of the culture of Toronto, the province, and the nation itself. The grounds have seen a mix of protection for heritage buildings along with new development.

Five buildings on the site (the Fire Hall/Police Station, Government Building, Horticulture Building, Music Building and Press Building), all designed by George Gouinlock, were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1988.

Good Fences

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May 2014 - Toronto ON

Out and about one weekend in Toronto, a private residence at Bloor and St. George.

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June 2014 - Toronto ON
A stroll along Lake Ontario this week with my camera.

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August 2012 - Les Andelys France 

An early morning to ourselves as we sailed the Seine on a river cruise. It was a perfect summer morning in this delightful town full of gorgeous gardens surrounded by interesting fences.

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April 2014 - Driving through Louisiana

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A dog park along Lake Ontario near our condo in Toronto.

Good Fences - High Park

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May 2013 - Toronto ON

High Park is spectacular in May when the cherry blossoms burst forth.

Good Fences - Mazatlan Mexico

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March 2014 - Mazatlan Mexico

A fence around an abandoned house in the historic district of Mazatlan.

Friday Fences

Friday's Fences is hosted by Jan and Jer.


June 2013 - Toronto Ontario

A rainy day looking towards Lake Ontario