THE. FOLLOWING PICTURES ARE FROM OUR VERMONT/CANADA TRIP

JUNE 2023…WITH GRACE NIEMELA AND NEIGHBOR DIANE ZURCHER

I HAD THE PHOTOS IN ORDER ANDTHEYCAME OUT MIXED UP AGAIN…

CANADÁ, 500 steps or elevator…

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER…THERE ARE REALLY 1000 ISLANDS IN A 50MILE STRETCH

FUN WITH TWO SISTERS FROM ARNHEIM….WE SAID ALLIN ONE SENTENCE”JUKKALA, JUKKALA, TOROLA, NIEMELA”, HEAVY ON THE FINNISH ACCENT

THE TOWER OF 1000ISLANDS

DIANE AND I ON LAKE. CHAMPLAIN DINNER CRUISE 

 

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THIS IS THE LARGEST GRANITE QUARRY IN THE WORLD. 

The machines and people are so far down that they look like ants.  After the viewing here we went to the bldg. where a movie showed us how the granite is cut, and then into the factory balcony where we could see the granite being cut into tomb stones, being polished and men etching different designs with an electric tool.

AERIAL VIEW OD THE QUARRY ON THE WALL.

BROKEN PIECES ARE CRUSHED INTO GRAVEL

MT. RUSHMORE IS GRANITE

GRANITE IS INDESCRUCTIBLE

WE SAW GRANITE CURBS IN ONE TOWN THAT LOOKED LIKE NEW, AND THE SIDEWALKS WERE WORN LOOKING CEMENT

I WANTED TO BE RIGHTDOWN THERE TO WATCH THAT MAN MAKING DESIGNS ON THAT TOMBSTONE!

 

VERMONT TRIP FROM LANSE WITH A BUS..44 older nice people and good leader//planner

GRACE AND I WITH A GRANIT COW AT THE CIDER MILL

CIDER MILL…AND APPLE PIE

WE ALSO WENT TO A HUGE FARM WHERE MAPLE SYRUP IS MADE.  THE VATS HOLDING THE SAP WERE BUS SIZE.  WE SAMPLED MAPLE ICE CREAM

ONE THING SURPRISED ME…CIDER AND SYRUP HAS TO BE PASTURIZED.

CAPITAL BLDG OF VERMONT…MONTPELIER

I SEE BY THE NEWS THAT THIS TOWN’S  RIVER OVERFLOWED AND THEWHOLE TOWN WAS SEVERAL FEET UNDER. WATER

 

THE BIG APPLE RESTAURANT AND GIFT SHOP

NOTE THE SIZE BY THE BENCH AT THE  BASE

TORONTO..COLOR OF SKY FROM 45 fIRES  NEAR THIS AREA

Shoes from many countries and funny looking ones predicted for future

From my trip sketchbook

 AGAIN…OUT OF PLACE PHOTO…FISH IN THE HEEL

TRYING ON GOOFY SHOES AT THE SHOE MUSEUM.  THERE WAS A PLACE THAT VIEWERS CD TRY ON ALL KINDS OF SHOES

                 

THIS GOES WITH THE TOWER PHOTO…UP 500 STEPS WITH 

                                    ELEVATOR OF COURSE

DINNER CRUISE ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN 

CLOWN SHOES

FROM TORONTO

OUR BUS DRIVER KNITTING WHILE WE HAD SOME FREE TIME

HE WAS KNITTING A PRAYER SHAWL…WASNT EVEN LOOKING AT HIS WORK, SO I FIGURE HE HAS MADE MANY OF THEM

USA ON THE LEFT, CANADA ON RIGHT

CHARMING LITTLE TOWNS WITH NEAT ARCHITECTURE…THE “EARLY  AMERICA”

AT TOM AND JERRYS, SLURPING THE GOODIES

LOTS OF “GINGERBREAD” ON THE OLD HOMES

 

PHOTOS OF RECENT BUS TRIP WITH PENINSULA TRAVEL COMPANY FROM LANSE

This goes w the boat photo…don’t know why it’s out of place

OUR BUS DRIVER, DIANE (upstairs neighbor ME, GRACE NIEMELA

 

On a watercolor Thimbleberry kick lately…(all for sale)

 

RECENT PHOTOS SENT TO ME BY FRED AND THELMA HALONEN’S KIDS

ME AND PETE, FRONT, FRED, THELMA AND. VINCENT YLITALO IN BACK

FRED AND PETE IN FRED’S BELOVED GARDEN….BOTH FARMERS AT HEART

FRED AND THELMA WERE VERY DEAR TO PETE AND I

 

NEW PAINTING OF THE. COPPER COUNTRY FAMOUS THIMBLEBERRY 

WATERCOLOR 

TRUDY HAATAJA AND I

VISITORS,, NIECES (  PAUL and Linda Kangas)

ALI KANGAS DEMMING, TWINS NORA AND (oops forgot, help) AND ANNA KANGAS ASIALA…WITH ME, SISTER COOKIE AND SISTER IN-LAW JULIE

GOOD VISIT, ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE VISITED

BOB TOROLA’S KIDS WITH A RELATIVE, WHILE IN COKATO RECENTLY

MET NEW GREATGRAND BABY LEVI LAST WEEKEND

SON OF CARL AND MARY 

ANOTHER GREAT LAST WEEKEND 

IRENE, DAUGHTER OF PAUL AND ABBY