October: A Month For Pumpkins; Day 12, Pumpkins in a Row
Pumpkins, Quebec City, Canada
This is certainly getting your pumpkins in a row!
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JNW’s Halloween Challenge: Spooky
Old Jail, Quebec City, Canada
The gaol can be be toured in the very lower chamber of the Morrin Centre in Quebec City. The walls are still covered in a thick black coating from the wood stoves and candles that were used for most lighting. It was a dirty, smelly place when inmates were held there, I’m sure. Tobacco pipes also made for a very smoky atmosphere. The prisoners, were separated by men and women, each group had their own holding area for sleeping. For the meal, men were brought out to eat first in another large area with one long wooden table, and the women followed when the men were finished.
The stay would not have been a pleasant one: there was no running water until the mid-1850’s and the hole in the ground was at the rear of the building. The walls were made of thick stone and the brick partitions inside made it damp in summer and chilly in winter. The only ventilation was one very small window! Sixteen men were hanged in front of the prison from an iron platform that jutted over the main door. Interesting graffiti is carved into the floorboards of the holding areas, each man making his own spooky mark!
Have a spooktacular time with JNW’s Halloween Challenge! Enjoy!
JNW’s Halloween Challenge: Party
Party Time, Quebec City, Canada
“It’s time to party!” said the bat.
“I’ll be hangin’ out in the tree!”
The Witch is Bringing the Spider Basket
Have a spooktacular time with JNW’s Halloween Challenge! Enjoy!
JNW’s Halloween Challenge: Ghost
Ghosts in Quebec City, Canada? Maybe!
This photo sure looked like ghosts were haunting here!
Have a spooktacular time with JNW’s Halloween Challenge! Enjoy!
JNW’s Halloween Challenge: Monster
A Monster in St Joan of Arc Park, Quebec City, Canada
One of the BEST places to celebrate Fall is in Quebec City, Canada! Notice the ghosts in the trees too!
Have a spooktacular time with JNW’s Halloween Challenge! Enjoy!
Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue and Red!
A Crayola Collection in Quebec City, Canada
A Crayola Collection in Quebec City, Canada
Today is the 120th Day in the 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Yeah! I did every color on every day! Yeah! I have had a wonderful time with the Challenge; looking up the colors, going through tons of photos and looking for the pictures that I thought would portray the color just right. The Challenge allowed me to be creative in the choice of photos and as always, I tried to make the posts entertaining and educational at the same time! It also reminded me of how much I like to travel and how I love gardens! This is also the first time I posted everyday for any length of time! I was on a roll!
My photos for today are pictures taken in Quebec, Canada and I thought they were a perfect set of pictures to end the Challenge, in a very creative way! Just look at all the Crayola Colors I found scattered all over Quebec City! Fabulous End to the Challenge I think! Thank you for looking in the past 120 days! I hope you enjoyed it! And thank you, Jennifer Nicole Wells, for hosting this Challenge!
A Crayola Collection in Quebec City, Canada
A Crayola Collection in Quebec City, Canada
Yellow-Orange has been in the Crayola assortment since 1930. It is also known as Pineapple Yellow in the series in Mexico, and Mellow Yellow in the “Retro Colors” set. It is the color for Wisconsin, called Moovalous Cheese, in the “State Crayon Collection” and Glowing Eyes Yellow in the “Halloween Crayons” Collection!
Thursday Doors, April 7, 2016
Ville de Québec, Canada
No 87! This is my favorite door photo along the Quartier Petit Champlain, one of the shopping and restaurant areas in Quebec City, Canada! There are lots of interesting highlights in the picture; the royal blue of the door, the different colors and textures of the plants, en masse! But, what I found most quirky about this photo was the stone head of a child, possibly that of a very young sailor, just outside the window on the top left. Also, there were the makings of candles hanging out to dry! And doesn’t that lamp light look like it’s in a fog? A beautiful and eerie door venue! It is set in Vieux Quebec, the oldest section of the city dating back to the 1600’s. The shops are narrow, attached to one another, and made of stone.
Quartier Petit Champlain, Quebec City, Canada
As you approach the end of the row of shops, there is #87. At one time it might have been a shop, but now it has decided to be a residence, tucked away behind all those luscious plants. It looks like the old stones were taken out of the structure and made into new steps to reach the door. Now part of the building is brick and the other side a stucco of sorts. I wonder if they will be doing artwork on that side? Many of the older buildings have been given a facelift and the artwork is the highlight of the building!
Artwork on Buildings in Ville de Quebec, Canada
Artwork on Buildings in Ville de Quebec, Canada
Here, in this photo if you look in the middle of the photo there is a stairway and a door painted on! The old, blending perfectly with the new!
This is just one of many photos in the Thursday Door Collection featured by Norm2.0! Won’t you join in or take a peak at all the doors?
Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Sepia
Off the Beaten Path in Canada
Way Off the Beaten Path in Italy
Lost Off the Beaten Path in Italy
Sepia is light brown, like the color of dirt. I like to get off the beaten track when I traveI. I’m not into the maddening crowds! Most of the time that is a polite way of saying I’m lost! But, I’ve had some of my best adventures that way! It only gets really scarey when it gets dark and you’re still lost!
Sepia was added into the Crayola Collection in 1935, but was only available in bulk until 1939. From 1939 until 1944 it was included in the No. 52 box, but then was not produced again until 1958, when it was returned to the No. 64 box. It was also known as Oregon Trail, the color for Oregon in the “State Crayon Collection.”
This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge! Day 91!
Check out some of the other 150+ challenge participants, it’s amazing what we have done with the Crayola colors!
Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Red Violet
Le Lapin Sauté, Quebec City, Canada
For Easter weekend I think we should concentrate on all things rabbit, don’t you? One of my favorite restaurants in Quebec City, is Le Lapin Sauté, The Jumping Rabbit in old French, or the Cooked Rabbit in English! Not only does this restaurant have very tasty soups, entrées, and desserts (not all rabbit dishes, ha ha), the french bistro ambiance is so romantic! We never pass up an opportunity to eat here when we are Quebec City. You can’t miss it, located in the Quartier Petit Champlain area, as it is one of the most stylishly decorated spots in any season! Just look at all those Red Violet, painted pots which make the beautiful display at the entrance to Le Lapin Sauté! You may sit outdoors or in! For a look at the decorations of the restaurant in other seasons, and the inside of the restaurant, just look Here! Enjoy!
Red Violet is another oldie in the Crayola Collection, added in 1930. It is known as Ultra Violet in the “Techno Brite” series and Rock ‘n Roll Raspberry, the color for Ohio, in the “State Crayon Collection.”
This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge!
Check out some of the other 150+ challenge participants, it’s amazing what we have done with the Crayola colors!
Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola; Red Orange
Red Orange in Quebec City, Canada
They really know how to do big, bright, and Red Orange in Quebec City! I wonder how many plants it takes to fill this planter? If you like gardens, Quebec City is fabulously decked out all year long! Kudos to their gardeners! For more photos of Quebec City, just look HERE!
Red Orange, a Crayola color since 1930, is also known as Mandarine Orange in Mexico, Juicy Orange in the “So Big Set”, and Cajun Crawfish Orange in the color for Louisiana in the “State Crayon Collection.”
This post is just one of many in the Color Your World: 120 Days of Crayola Challenge!
Check out some of the other 150+ challenge participants, it’s amazing what we have done with the Crayola colors!
The Travel Lady In Her Shoes 