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Monday, September 29, 2014

CLASSIQUE CARS AT TERRACOTTA VILLAGE

In my never-ending fondness for antique cars, it was satisfaction guaranteed to make my day when two Ford classics slowed down at the T-junction of Winston Churchill and 133 King Street at the Terracotta Village in Caledon. My curiosity was fulfilled with a sudden burst of joy as the twin pair of these fine models pulled up into the driveway of Terracotta Country Store, also to the delight of the people attending the 2nd Annual Buzzfest Arts & Crafts Show.

These beautiful and admirable Fords, in absolutely fine and immaculate condition, are owned by Kim Dawson and Daavid Sintzel. I had the pleasure of meeting these two gentlemen who later visited participants at the show, and also tasted and purchased Edna's Pickles.

Vintage cars always make my day.

Classic Cars of
Kim Dawson and Daavid Sintzel
Ford 1928

Ford 1930 2-tone


Kim Dawson
and
Daavid Sintzel

Ford 'Fordor' 1930
Classic Car of Yesteryear
Hand-crafted by
 Tony Fernandes
from 1/8" plywood Scale 1:16

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Moonset



CRESCENT MOONSET IN CALEDON, Ontario.
Waxing Stage: 7.38%
Time: 7.37 pm
26th September 2014
Moon Direction: 274.02° W
Moon Distance: 392303 km

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The Legends Have Arrived!


LORNA & HENRY
TWO FAMOUS LEGENDS
HAVE COME TO CANADA
TOGETHER LIVE IN CONCERT
FOR THE FIRST TIME
AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ROSE THEATRE
BRAMPTON, ONTARIO.


Tuesday, September 23, 2014

When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall


Autumn begins today as we say goodbye to a summer that to some, never was. Nevertheless, the autumn leaves will soon start to fall - one by one - they must fall, but before that the leaves must change and present nature's array of trees in brilliant colour shades - a gamut of myriad hues with backdrop of blue skies. As the summer leaves, autumn leaves must fall!

Click on the link below
 and listen to Nat King Cole's rendition
of the song 'Autumn Leaves'.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Glimpses of Word On The Street, Tony Fernandes,Toronto

Glimpses of
'Word On The Street National Book
& Magazine Festival'
 (25th Edition)
 held on 21 Sep 2014
 at Queen's Park Circle, Toronto. 

Although at one point I feared that 'Word on the Street' (WoTS) would turn into 'Water on the Street' ,considering a horrible weather forecast, it turned out to be an overall nice day. We were lucky to have been blessed with sunshine in the afternoon to set a happy mood. Edna and I are proud to have participated in this well organized Festival. We were also very fortunate to have good and friendly neighbours, who with their wit and wisdom helped us get through a beautiful day.

And that's not all. We were surprised by yet another visitor of a different kind - one that was on the move - and it was none other than a bus called 'Dahlia' that appeared out of nowhere on a street near our booth, and we aptly called it 'Dahlia's Bus On The Street'. Why? Because Dahlia happens to be my daughter. What a coincidence and what a day! 









Thursday, September 18, 2014

FIRST GOAN SAINT




And by God, am I excited? Aren't we all excited? A dream come true in my own lifetime. I'm super-excited, super-happy. Goa is going to have its First Saint: ST. JOSEPH VAZ. Missionary of Canara, Apostle of Sri Lanka and son of Goa. Sri Lankans, Mangaloreans, Goans and the world. Rejoice!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Vaz

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

EVERYBODY LEARNS - SONG & LYRICS BY DAHLIA FERNANDES





Published on 17 Sep 2014
'Everybody Learns' 

 Music and Lyrics
 written by Dahlia Fernandes.
All Rights Reserved. 2014

Vocals: Dahlia Fernandes | dahliafernandes.com

TO WATCH THE VIDEO PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:

Sunday, September 14, 2014

GOA - Memories of My Homeland at Word on the Street, Toronto





I will be participating in the "Word on the Street" Book Festival - Toronto with my book 'Goa - Memories of My Homeland (A Collection of Poems & Short Stories) along with my wife Edna Fernandes with her 2 Recipe Books.for the first time this Sunday 21st September, 2014, Queen's Park Circle 11am - 6pm. Come visit the two Authors at the "Writers Block" Section Booth#WB17. We will be selling three Books.

Poem Book "Goa - Memories of My Homeland" Short Stories & Poems by Tony Fernandes. Eclectica Publications, Lindsay, Ontario.
http://tonferns.blogspot.ca/2010/05/blog-post_26.html

Recipe Book "Savour the Flavour of India" Non-Vegetarian & Vegetarian - Self published by Edna Fernandes.

Recipe Book "Savour the Vegetarian Flavour of India" Vegetarian only - Self published by Edna Fernandes.

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto/marketplaces/e

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

A Room with a View of the Harvest Moon - Caledon, Ontario




THE HARVEST MOON
Caledon - Ontario

Harvest Moon from my Window - last night
Caledon - Ontario
Full moon closest to the autumnal equinox and this one coincided with its status as a supermoon

A harvest moon occurs at a specific time of the year. The moon officially turns full when it reaches the spot opposite to the sun. The harvest moon happens on 13:59 Greenwich time on the Saturday nearest to the fall equinox, which is September 23rd. Once in every three years we get the same full moon in October, but the one in September is called the harvest moon because farmers can continue their harvest late into the night by the light of the full moon. The same moon appears three days in succession, but the one that appears on Saturday is the one that receives this name.

Other names for this moon are the Wine Moon, the Elk Call Moon and the Singing Moon. It received the name of harvest moon because it appears in the Northern Hemisphere at the time of the year that coincides with the harvesting of crops.

Photo Location: 43° 45' 9.46" N 79° 49' 2.88" W
Date: 9.9.2014 Time: 9.35PM. Aper: 5.06 / Exp.Time: 1/125
Focal length in 135mm film: 1464.02mm
Picture taken by: Tony Fernandes

Monday, September 08, 2014

ROSSBILT - Banjos and Ukuleles

ROSSBILT - Banjos and Ukuleles


Seen typically is Ross Stuart strumming away at one of his unique creations of ukuleles at any of his crowd-pulling booths
at Art & Craft Shows.

In pics above and below: At the recently concluded
Cabbagetown Arts & Craft Show in Riverdale Park, Toronto.


ROSSBILT
Musical Instruments

(in other words 'Hand-made or built by Ross Stuart')

(BTW, Rossbilt: pun intended)

Ross Stuart promotes and sells his unique art at Indoor and Outdoor Art & Craft Shows in Ontario.
I often see Ross at the Arts & Crafts shows that my wife and I participate in. On my usual rounds around the pathways and aisles at indoor or outdoor shows, I often stop by in my tracks when I hear the familiar strumming on one of these unique instruments by none other than Ross Stuart himself. I often pick up an instrument and join Ross at his booth. He always draws crowds around him to see his huge variety of beautiful resophonic tin can banjos and ukuleles. He  also has a 5 string guitar (my favourite) which I had the privilege to play on. Apart from the above, he has hand spun resonator cones and folded metal headstock. The banjos are available with iron nut and welded headstock . Pick-ups are optional for the ukulele, no two instruments are exactly alike.
They are made to be played with full-bodied sound, strumming, picking or slide.

 Visit rosbilt.com. Also send him an e-mail for more info at ironuke@thegreatmush-uke.com
or 
Contact him at