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" Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. "
- James Mathew Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish author and dramatist

Photographs from Mannsville Quest 2009, Walnut Hill Carriage Driving Competition, The Laurels at Landhope CDE, and North American Police Equestrian Championships are available to view upon request. Please email for instructions on how to view the photographs and include your name, competition number and a description of your equines.

The photograph above was taken at the 2008 North American Police Equestrian Championships, during a comic relief moment provided by a member of the Pennsylvania State Police and his equine partner, Charlie Brown. While attracting a lot of attention, " Trooper " Charlie Brown displayed considerable patience, an important quality in a good police horse.

16 May, 2009:
A tip of the hat to the town of Perth, Ontario on the 175th anniversary of the Tay Canal.

At the launch of celebrations, held downtown at the Tay Basin and Crystal Palace, the area's history came alive as Parks Canada interpreters and local residents in period dress portrayed notable figures from the past.

Pictured here, as represented by Ian Doig, is Scottish-born, the Honourable Roderick Matherson, a wealthy Perth merchant and a Senator in Canada's first parliament after confederation in 1867.

23 May, 2009:
Perth continues to serve up an enticing mixture of events during Tay Canal 175 celebrations.

At the military re-enactment camp in Last Duel Park, cooking pots simmered with delectable concoctions such as soupe aux pois avec pattes de cauchon.

Martha Stewart move over! Here's real culinary prowess and domestic efficiency being demonstrated - courrers des bois style on the Banks of the Tay - as pea soup with pigs feet is prepared in the traditional manner of the early French boatmen who plied northern waterways with supplies and furs. "And that's a good thing."

Centuries before decorative home crafts and "As seen on TV" gadgets flooded the marketplace, necessity was the mother of invention.

The family of a soldier in His Majesty's Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, arriving at the military settlement of Perth following the regiment's disbandment in 1816, would likely have had in their possession a personalized, hand-tooled tin lantern. Because each soldier, and not the government, was resposible for providing a lantern as part of his kit, such a lantern was inscribed with the soldier's surname to indicate it was his personal possession.

An innovative device, like a giant metal straw with a hook on one end, would have been heralded as the safest and most effective method of delivering one's breath to kindle a fire - provided one remembered not to inhale!

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