Tag Archives: Kingston

Bellevue House IV

One last posting from Kingston’s Bellevue House, just some pictures so you can get the feel of this Victorian era home that is a Canadian National Historic Site.

Bellevue House III

When I want vegetables I usually go to the supermarket across the street, although there are other options in the neighbourhood, including a Wal Mart and a produce store. In 19th century Canada you got your vegetables by growing them. There’s a garden at Bellevue House in Kingston, tended by staff members in Victorian era […]

Bellevue House II

Canadians tend not to look to the past as much as we should. I’m not sure why. Maybe it is because we are a relatively young nation on a continent filled with immigrants. Our history, for most of us, leaves Canada fairly quickly for other countries. My family, as Canadian as they come, came here […]

Bellevue House I

It is a national historic site – and I suspect most Canadians have never heard of it. I visited Bellevue House recently, for the first time. It was something that I had been meaning to do for a decade or so, but it never seemed to be a priority. The trip to Kingston, Ontario was […]

Sunset

Normally my posts are rather verbose, but the past two days were just pictures. That’s because I spent the past couple of days in Kingston, Ontario, with my wife as we celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary. No time to write, no time to post, though we did take in a few sights that I will […]