CAMINANDO POR LA 'CALEDON DE MI'
Yes, we have finally moved. To a place called Caledon. From Mississauga, after living there for 15 years. Reasonable reasoning: Downsizing. Nothing else. Mississauga will be fondly missed. And our folks who live there, especially my grandson, Ari.
Now, the other day when I mentioned this to somebody, she said "Where's that?"
No. It's not in Scotland.
No. It's not in Scotland.
In fact it is not too far away from Mississauga, and just to give a rough idea, it is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in
the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, one of three municipalities of Peel Region. The town is located just north-west of the city of Brampton.
For your easy referral and orientation, look at it this way. All regional roads from Mississauga invariably lead to the north, though slightly north by north-west, mainly first into Brampton.
And then, from there on, all roads lead to Caledon!
And then, from there on, all roads lead to Caledon!
One major highway though, takes you from Mississauga straight into Caledon in just 25 minutes. It is called 'the 410' (and
colloquially, fondly referred to as the Four-Ten). There, as it nears Mayfield Road, it takes a sharp turn westward and ends right there (suddenly
dropping its maiden digit 4 from its assigned number 410) and before you know it, it conveniently merges into Highway 10 or Hurontario Street
to the north, which can eventually lead you on to Inglewood, Orangeville and beyond.
Coincidentally, our new life begins where this highway ends. And for a good reason. New retired life begins at Strawberry Fields - fortunately a brand new community. Will it be for ever? I'm not sure about that. We'll see. There's a whole new story about the Strawberry Fields. And where have they gone? Answer: It has, my friends, gone to Real Estate and a new township everyone!
Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is
primarily rural in nature. It consists of an amalgamation of a number of urban
areas, villages, and hamlets; its major urban centre is Bolton, located on its
eastern side adjacent to York Region.
Though our move has been a very moving experience, we hope to reap some benefits from down-sizing as far as expenses are concerned, and use the experience gained by this change perhaps in our next life. But I haven't yet been able to down-size much yet by way of the loads of photo albums, numerous speakers, mixers, photo equipment, tools, paintings and picture frames.
That's all for now. Come visit my blog whenever you have the time in the future. I'll post some new pictures of the countryside of Caledon some days later. I still have lots of sorting to do. The loads of boxes of things have been overwhelming. Right now I feel as if my life is full of boxes.
Please click on the following link to my favourite track by the Gipsy Kings, the title of which has been inspirational for the title of this article. Let's walk down the streets of Caledon of mine.
I feel as if I've been on the move ever since I left the shores of Goa once upon a time at the age of seventeen, moving from one country to another, saluting the flags (http://tonferns.blogspot.ca/2013/01/blog-post_21.html) and one home in one city to the next. Life goes on!
Though our move has been a very moving experience, we hope to reap some benefits from down-sizing as far as expenses are concerned, and use the experience gained by this change perhaps in our next life. But I haven't yet been able to down-size much yet by way of the loads of photo albums, numerous speakers, mixers, photo equipment, tools, paintings and picture frames.
That's all for now. Come visit my blog whenever you have the time in the future. I'll post some new pictures of the countryside of Caledon some days later. I still have lots of sorting to do. The loads of boxes of things have been overwhelming. Right now I feel as if my life is full of boxes.
Please click on the following link to my favourite track by the Gipsy Kings, the title of which has been inspirational for the title of this article. Let's walk down the streets of Caledon of mine.
I feel as if I've been on the move ever since I left the shores of Goa once upon a time at the age of seventeen, moving from one country to another, saluting the flags (http://tonferns.blogspot.ca/2013/01/blog-post_21.html) and one home in one city to the next. Life goes on!
1 comment:
It is gorgeous! Congratulations on your new home! Syra
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