Xis

Formerly a bank.  Now a boutique hotel, which seems to me to be moving things in the right direction...

Stratford Farmers Market

We were there this morning.  We'll have a lovely dinner at home this evening...

Sidestreet to Downtown

Note to self:  If you're going to blog about your hometown, you should take note of what street you're standing on when you take the picture.

Balzac's

Inside Balzac's Coffee Shop.  A warm place to make plans on a grey November afternoon.

Stratford Castle

Actually, it's the armouries building.  Built in 1905.  I do love those crenellations...

Puddles!!!!!!

The kind of weather that will drive us mad come April is greeted with glee in November.  It warmed up a bit today.  There's melting!

And puddles!!

And mud!!!

Just Steps Away

After I took yesterday's picture, I turned left and took this one.  Those are the shops and restaurants of York Street.

Winter in Stratford

Alan and I moved to Stratford nearly twenty years ago and I'm still amazed by the charm of this place.  And by the fact that this lovely spot is just steps from the great shopping and restaurants of downtown.

The New Stratford Farmer's Market

The new Stratford Farmer's Market opened here the week after Thanksgiving.  It's a great space, and much warmer in the winter time than the old one was.

The fact that it's more out of the way than the old one doesn't seem to be putting people off.  It was nicely crowded this morning.

 

Icicles

And then the sun comes out and the snow melts and we get icicles, which are one of the more pleasant aspects of winter.

Stratford Recycles

Heading home after returning a movie this morning, this is what I saw.

 

Patterns in the Snow

Can you see the tiny ripples in the surface of the snow?  It must've been windy while it was snowing.

I'll get out for a walk tomorrow and show you around the new neighbourhood....

After the Blizzard

We had a snowstorm this past weekend. 

The sun came out this morning.