In the later part of the afternoon I headed out with a good friend of mine. We just got to gether to talk. Since returning it's great to see the city. When you have been away from it for nine months - it feels almost like a semi vacation.
Mind you winter is around the corner but according to the weather network - this week shall continue to be warm.
October seems to be more like the beginning of September temperture wise - I can't say I mind that at all.
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I did get in my Monday - Wednesday - Friday Routine
of that within the gym. I thought I would place on a few
conceptuals.
That was* so cute.
ReplyDeletea much more better place to lull the time.
ReplyDelete100 Years of Saskatoon
ReplyDeletewhich begs the question of how Saskatoon, where it is and why it is, came to be?
Every city got its start from some seed of necessity.
I wonder what Saskatoon's (and, for that matter, nearyby Battleford / North battleford's) was?
This must be the same church that appears on the "100 Years of downtown Saskatoon" photo montage.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a very lengthy write on the "seeds" which started the Saskatchewan and the Prarie Provinces Chuck.
ReplyDeleteI thought I would place this link on here from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saskatoon
The Saskatoon area has been inhabited for more than 600 years. Its name is derived from “mis-sask-quah-toomina,” the Cree Indian name for a local indigenous berry. You’ll still find jams and pies made from those berries, a local specialty.
Not until the 1880s did the first European settlers arrive here. The year was1883 when a group of 35 Methodists from Toronto wanted to escape the liquor trade in their city. So they examined the area in the rapidly-growing prairie region of Saskatchewan and found that it would make an excellent location to settle their “dry” community, based on the ideals of the Temperance League. The settlers, led by John Lake, arrived on the site of what is now Saskatoon by traveling by railway from Ontario to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and then completing the final leg via horse-drawn cart (the railway had yet to be completed to Saskatoon). The plan for the Temperance Colony soon failed as the group was unable to obtain a large block of land within the community. Nonetheless, John Lake is commonly identified as the founder of Saskatoon.
This is on Spadina Avenue which has five large churches of different christian styles. This one is called the Knox Church.
ReplyDeleteOne month earlier it would have been great to see the full colors yet it's still something which everyone within the city seem
ReplyDeleteto gravitate too Maritess.
A very good friend of mine and while I was away she ensured that all was taken care off. She is a tremendous person to say the least.
ReplyDeleteYet I will drive the car next time.. :)
I've enjoyed the architecture in these shots.... very nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee...
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