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| Entrance to the Creemore Horticultural Garden, Creemore, Ontario |
Being a city dweller, I always find it a treat for us to be in rural towns and enjoy the open space and fresh air.
While in Creemore, Ontario,
( population about 1300 ) we visited the Horticulture Garden in the down town area, about a stone throw away from the world's smallest jail.
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| The Creemore Children's Dress-Up Dance - Creemore Horticultural Garden |
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| Harmony - Creemore Horticultural Garden, Creemore |
Since I have a real interest in gardening and sculptures, I really enjoyed looking at all the different hardy plants in the garden and admired the efforts residents have put into beautifying this public space for all to enjoy .
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| Sculpture in front of the Creemore Public Library |
I was really surprised to find a few creative and touching sculptures in such a small town.
I like all the sculptures we saw in Creemore. As an educator, I love the one in front of the Crermore Public
Library - a girl on rolling skates carrying her book to the public library.
What a fun message it sends to the kids! Come on, kids, the library is a fun place to be and you can get there anyway you want! I loved it!
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| Pizza Perfect Restaurant, Creemore, Ontario |
Part of the fun and joy of travelling is meeting the people from the local community.
This time we met Henry, the owner of Pizza Perfect in downtown Creemore. Henry, an immigrant from Sweden in the 60's, was a welcoming friendly host.
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| Delicious homemade pizza at a local restaurant. |
We enjoyed our pizza lunch and had a friendly chat with Henry while learning a bit of the local history and stories.
By the way, customers would get 1/2 price for their second pizza order at the diner.We did as we ordered two pizzas for our lunch.
The pizzas were yummmy! One of the most delicious pizzzas we had ever tasted!
After lunch we visited my friend's tree farm in Creemore.
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| Our friend's Christmas tree farm in Creemore |
It is a hundred acre farm with Christmas trees growing on the land. We had the opportunity visiting the farm and taking a look at the property and the surrounding area.
It takes about 7- 10 years to harvest the Christmas trees.
These trees are about three years old now.
I am not a farmer and know nothing about farming.
However, I learned that on this Christmas tree farm, all the seedlings were planted at the same time receiving the same kind of attention ( or non attention once they are planted and started growing on their own.) during the course of their growing period.
Yet some were thriving while some were stunned in their growth.
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| Palm trees in my friend's backyard, Nevada, USA |
I remembered a few years back, I visited a friend in Nevada, USA. The same thing happened to the palm trees in her backyard.
She planted and cared for a number of young palm trees in exactly the same way. Some grew really well while some other did not grow well at all. The difference in the growth was quite significant!
The biggest palm tree was almost 3 times bigger than the others though planted at the same time as the rest.
( See picture on right.)
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| A healthy 3 year Christmas tree takes on the shape already |
We often talk of equity and fairness in school and in our society. But is there always fairness in nature?
The trees reminded me again about our children and young
people. Though we think we treat them the same with love and kindness, some
will thrive and do well on their own while some may not turn out the way we expect
them to be.
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| We went hiking in a trail nearby the Christmas tree farm |
As parents and teachers, we need to understand that as long as we have tried our best to love and nurture them, the rest is in God’s hand!
R.T.
Creemore, Ontario
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