This week I was able to combine themes from both Saturday Photo Hunts. Lambton House pub sign. Lambton House has been hosting gatherings and serving drinks for over 150 years. :D A view of Lambton House as it looks in 2011. Lamb… more »

This week I was able to combine themes from both Saturday Photo Hunts in one photo. :D The ring was a lovely surprise gift from my hubby last Christmas. It sparkles even more by the lights of the Christmas tree. :D Happy Holidays! Merry Christ… more »

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Sugar Mountain candy shp is a joy to young and the young at heart. :D Happy photo hunting! Upcoming Saturday PhotoHunt Themes: December 23rd ~ Surprise 30th ~ Gather January 6th * Bling 13th * Circular 20th * Bliss 27th * Fluffy… more »

A natural beauty...... Our Mary Upcoming Themes For Gattina's Saturday Photo Hunting December 24 lights 31 drinks January 7 tree branches 14 joy 21 animal 28 dark February 4 twigs 11 vintage 18 circles 25 old… more »

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Better late than never my Mom used to say! Happy photo hunting! Upcoming Saturday PhotoHunt Themes: December 9th ~ Lights 16th ~ Joy 23rd ~ Surprise 30th ~ Gather January 6th * Bling 13th * Circular 20th * Bliss 27th * Fluffy… more »

Every year we hunt for one new decoration for our Christmas tree. This year we found this fun UFO-ish glass ornament. :) Last week was the very last photo hunt hosted by TNChick and while it is always sad when a good thing comes to an end I was h… more »

and Happy photo hunting, and weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: ????????? PhotoHunt Photo Hunters more »

Grabbed from the Peace Bloggers group on Facebook this should give us all something to think about. more »

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If these walls could talk. They are located in Toronto, and were built by unpaid asylum patient labourers during the 19th and early 20th centuries. These walls, which serve as a testament to the abilities of the people who often lived out their l… more »

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A couple of weeks ago Matthew and I had the opportunity of visiting the Wellington County Museum and Archives once known as The House of Industry and Refuge from 1877-1947. It is an imposing building, but today quite warm, and friendly on the inside. Mo… more »

I'm stretching the theme quite a bit this week with...... ....nothing like curling up for a nap with a warm puppy on a wet and rainy afternoon. Happy photo hunting, and weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes:… more »

Two images taken at the Wellington County Museum Each depicts two Irish immigrants to Canada during the late 19th century. It is a moving display. Amid the hopes and dreams of a new beginning, life for these early settlers was often harsh… more »

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With Halloween now over, I look forward to the light of the Christmas Tree. Happy photo hunting, and weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: November 12: Two November 19: Wet/Rain November 26: Hand-written Decemb… more »

I blog for peace because despite its occasional challenges because I hope that it will inspire you dear reader to think about your own thoughts of peace, and why peace is important to you. Just as Mimi has inspired me and so many others. Thank you M… more »

Has it really already been 99 days!! Wow!!! I blog for peace because each day that I do I personally feel uplifted and empowered. If we spread our peaceful vibe through our blogs, and our tweets, and our websites it will just keep catching on. :D **… more »

I have got that old, hippy sounding, sign song stuck in my head. I have no idea who wrote it or even the year it came out, but you might know it. Something about signs, signs, and even more signs, and why can't you read that sign? If I could hum it to y… more »

I blog for peace because although it can be challenging at times I believe the end goal to be worthwhile. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone come… more »

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I blog for peace because I can respect the basic human rights and needs of all people even if I do not personally like or agree with them. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you… more »

I blog for peace because of all the good and fun things to do and look forward to, like the happy smiling faces of trick or treaters. Happy Halloween! :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Pea… more »

I blog for peace because I do not believe any of us has the right to put another in harms way especially other people's children. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to… more »

I blog for peace because it gives me hope for the future and a sense of community by committing to the idea of peace along with so many of my fellow peace bloggers. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we fi… more »

A wee gravestone that at one time stood upright in an old pioneer cemetery. This is actually one of the more recent markers at 1885. Pieces of the grave marker had broken off over time, but were lovingly restored and secured so that this babe… more »

I blog for peace because prosperity comes through peace and peaceful relations. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this… more »

A wise person once said that we made wars so why can't we just unmake them. I agree, and that is why I blog for peace. :) ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what e… more »

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Blogging for peace gives me an outlet to share my feelings towards war and conflict, and peace. It allows me to share my hope and vent my frustration. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peac… more »

I blog for peace because it gives me the ability to participate, even if only in a very small way, in the global peace movement. And that in turn makes me feel good. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we fin… more »

I blog for peace in memory of my Grandfather Mihaly who fought on what some might consider the "wrong side" during WWI. He was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army. He did not want to be a soldier, he just wanted to farm. He was a kind, and good man w… more »

I blog for peace because I know that there is no such thing as an "us and a them," there is only we, and we can find better ways to resolve our differences than resorting to hurting, and killing each other. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Rea… more »

I blog for peace because war has harmed people that I love. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on your blog o… more »

Lounging high up in a tree until night falls and he can get into some mischief. Happy photo hunting, and weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: October 29: Broken November 5: Light November 12: Two November 19: Wet… more »

I blog for peace for all those generations of people yet to come, in the hope that they will never have to know the horrors of war. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to… more »

I blog for peace because love is better than hate, hope is better than fear, and peace is better than war. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes… more »

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I blog for peace because wars harm our planet, and the most vulnerable that inhabit it. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply pos… more »

I blog for peace in memory of my Oma who lost her husband, her parents, her two brothers, and some of her sisters as a direct result of war. No one should have to lose their loved ones to armed conflicts. That is just one reason why I blog for peace, an… more »

Recently I was conducting some online research of psychical phenomena when I came across rather old internet report of a supposed video recording of an auto body apparition. For those of my readers who share an interest in all things paranormal, ghostly… more »

I blog for peace because if we achieve outer peace I think we will all achieve more inner peace as well, and a more lovely state of being. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't yo… more »

I blog for peace because after the last bloody century this world desperately needs to heal. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simp… more »

I blog for peace for my grandmother who endured many horrors during the WWII. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this log… more »

A historic public house circa 1850..... ......opened up to the public for Doors Open Toronto. Happy photo hunting, and weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: October 22: High October 29: Broken November 5… more »

I blog for peace even when I do not feel like it, because ultimately I know it is something I would like to see our world achieve. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to se… more »

I blog for peace because in my opinion we have enough to deal with on this planet so why add something as preventable and horrific as war. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you… more »

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I blog for peace because I remember the Cold War and growing up with the worry that old, very powerful, very rich men had the power to blow up our planet. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4P… more »

I blog for peace because I believe in the power of positive thinking :) ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on y… more »

I blog for peace on this beautiful Thanksgiving Day for which I give thanks for the peace I have known, and wish for all others. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to se… more »

I blog for peace today because I believe we all have much better things to spend our money on than the war-machine. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what ever… more »

I blog for peace because it honours all of my family that have suffered because of war. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply p… more »

Waiting to be packed into the car. Happy Thanks giving Day weekend if you are Canadian, happy weekend, happy photo hunting, and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: October 15: Public October 22: High October 29: Broken Novemb… more »

I blog for peace because on a beautiful long Thanksgiving Day weekend that last thing we should need to worry about is violence and war. Happy Thanksgiving Day long weekend Canada and Happy Friday! ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challe… more »

I blog for peace because I am fed up with mothers having to send off their kids to be killed the horror of which I cannot imagine and is unthinkable. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace… more »

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I blog for peace because the alternative to peace is unacceptable..... ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on… more »

I blog for peace for my grandfather. He lies in a mass grave somewhere in Ukraine. His name was Maurice Kutasevich, and he was a husband, and a father, he managed a busy factory, and he loved dancing, and music and strawberries. He was murdered in Augus… more »

I blog for peace because I believe in the peace movement. I believe it is worthwhile. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply pos… more »

Only during times of peace do we get to celebrate our diversity as human beings, and grow, and learn from one another. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what e… more »

I blog for peace despite the occasional struggle, because I do feel it is worth it. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply pos… more »

Lately I've been taking the photo hunt themes quite literally, so hopefully this will at least be a wee bit different, though still fitting. Nakhi is from ancient Egypt, and currently located at the Royal Ontario Museum where he is not normally o… more »

I believe in love and love requires peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on your blog or FB page with on… more »

I blog for peace because so that all the children of the world can grow up without the type of fear and terror only wars can bring. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want t… more »

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I blog for peace because my friend's little girl is being bullied at school. Bullying or being bullied physically, or verbally is not some childhood right of passage, but a form of youth/peer terrorism. There must be zero tolerance for bullies, and bull… more »

I blog for peace because it is a far greater state of being than to live with war. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post… more »

I blog for inner peace today, and by extension one hopes that will lead to an outward calm and peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes u… more »

I blog for peace as a way of honouring all of those souls in the past and all those living in the present who wish for it and worked towards achieving it. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to… more »

When I look at my children and think that one day they may have children of their own it is easy to wish for a world where those future generations will only know of war through history books as opposed to news and current events. *********… more »

Honey bee busy at work. Another view of the honey bee and bright yellow flower. :D Happy weekend and thank you for stopping by! Upcoming Themes: October 1: Covered October 8: Waiting October 15: Public October 22: High Octobe… more »

I blog for peace in the hope that it can be achieved in my lifetime. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on yo… more »

I believe in the "we" as opposed to the "us and them" view, which will hopefully lead us to peace. Blogging for and about peace makes me feel I am making my contribution to the "we." :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How ma… more »

Happy International Peace Day! What a great way to reflect on our reasons for wanting peace. :) ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with?… more »

I had the opportunity to meet with some of our young Canadian soldiers this past weekend at a festival here in Toronto. What a great group of young people. I blog for peace today for them, so that they never have to be sent away into an armed conflict,… more »

And on those days I do find it more difficult to blog for peace I turn to words such as these, which inspire me: We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. Thi… more »

Some days it is very difficult to want to blog about peace, but I do because it is important to remind myself of the greater good, and how we all deserve to exist in peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can… more »

Listening to Neil Young and some of the great anti-war music you cannot help but be inspired to think about and imagine peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see… more »

I actually have a lot of good examples for the "wooden" theme, but I have decided to take it quite literally. :) Happy weekend and happy photo hunting! Thank you for stopping by. :) Upcoming Themes: September 24: Yellow October 1: Covered… more »

With peace we can concentrate on solving some of society's greater problems such as famine, and sickness as opposed to creating them through armed conflicts. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blo… more »

I blog for peace because I love nature and our environment. Fifty days of peace blogging! :DB) ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simp… more »

I blog for peace because wars are very expensive and eat up resources that would be better served helping humanity and not harming it. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want… more »

I blog for peace for all the mothers out there who have lost a child due to war and violence. As a Mom I am afraid to even imagine the suffering such horrific pain and tragedy causes. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many… more »

It has been 10 years plus a day since those awful events in the USA, which sparked two wars, and millions of people suffering, and yet nothing has truly been resolved because of it. Another reason to want a true and ever lasting peace. Wars solve nothin… more »

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I blog for peace for the millions of people out there that are unable to do so. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this lo… more »

My favourite "greasy spoon" in Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada. Happy weekend and Happy Photo Hunting! Thank you for stopping by. :) Upcoming Themes: September 17: Wooden September 24: Yellow October 1: Covered October 8: Waiting October… more »

I know I am one small voice within a choir, but every voice helps. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on your bl… more »

I blog for peace because it reminds me how lucky I have it living in Canada and not directly affected by war as so many of my fellow human beings are. I wish we could all live in peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How man… more »

Today is the first full day of back-to-school for many children, but other children have had their education disrupted or taken away because of war. It is for all children that I blog for peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challeng… more »

I blog for peace because I believe in the peace movement. :D ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what everyone comes up with? Simply post this logo on your blog or… more »

I believe it is something that we all hope for, and that is peace throughout our shared world within our lifetimes. At least I hope that we all want peace. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4… more »

Yesterday Matthew and I took a long walk from the bottom of Roncesvailles and King up Jameson to Queen West, all the way eastwards to Ossington, and then north to Dundas Street West. We like discovering new things, and walking throughout various neighbo… more »

Blogging for peace is a good reminder that no matter how frustrated and upset I personally can become it is better for my inner peace to let go, forgive, and imagine a better world. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many re… more »

I blog for peace because there are currently several wars happening around our globe and people suffering as I type this. ********* Mimi's 100 Days 100 Reasons challenge. How many reasons can we find to Blog4Peace? Don't you want to see what… more »