SouthPoint Wind is back…

This time they want to put 180 industrial wind turbines in Pigeon Bay just 1-2 km off the shorelines of Kingsville and Leamington in Lake Erie.

I’m a nimby and proud of it.

There’s a reason why people don’t want these monsters in our backyards and the Provincial Government of Ontario knows it. Instead of environmental assessments and health studies, they passes the anti-democratic Green Energy Act to force green energy projects into communities.

Unfortunately the real green is the color of the money being promised to developers with feed-in tariffs that guaranteed them a fixed rate for the next 20 years… $0.13/kWh for land projects and $0.19/kWh for offshore projects.   It’s no wonder SouthPoint Wind wants to ravage our lakes will their greed.

Since we only pay $0.06/kWh right now in Ontario, you can easily see how this will bankrupt us all.

Received some Christmas funnies in my email a few days ago.   This one is my favorite…

For some reason, that devilish cat reminds me of my husband.   Since he’s the “stinker” in the family, this one is for him.

Merry Christmas honey!

Miss Tabytha would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas… “with lots of presents too!”

How cute is that Mrs. Claus!!!

With only a few more days until Christmas and another winter storm hitting the northeast coast,  we’ve only had a sprinkling of snow.   I’m no fan of winter, but man, it’s just not Christmas without it.

While we haven’t had much snow fall from the sky, we’ve had a plenty from the lake.

It’s neat how the spray from the waves crashing against the shore turns to ice snow on it’s way down… forming snow dunes on the lakes edge.

Peaceful Palace is part two of a gorgeous three piece fairytale set…

What a royal view from this cliff top! Looking down on the valley below, you can see far and away places… And the royal palace which sits in the middle of it’s Kingdom. But today, the royal family has chosen this beautiful spot to spend the day… Leaving their royal lives behind in the distance.

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Frolicking in the Flowers is part of a gorgeous three piece fairytale set…

A beautiful princess is frolicking amongst the pink daisies. This is her the most favorite spot in the entire kingdoms.  A quiet getaway that sits atop a cliff overlooking the vast valley below that surrounds the royal palace.  Today her mother and sister have joined her for a day of fun and relaxation in a wonderfully quiet place.

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And if you live on the East Coast, you’re likely to be hit by this season’s first winter storm.  No snow here yet, but the sky is changing quickly as we go from a sunny day to the right and a stormy day to the left.   Captured this cool shot while waiting for the school bus…

I loe the way the sun lights up the trees and the big farm house across the street with a foreboding sky creeping upon us from behind.

The Ontario Government is trying to put wind turbine farms in our beloved lakes.

Not way out deep in the middle of the lake, but within 1.5 km of the shoreline… that’s less than 1 mile off shore.  Right in the middle of our public beaches, national parks and marinas.

The new Green Act overrides the municipalities and puts all the power in our now-elected officials… Leaving crucial Environmental Assessments in the hands of the developers!???

While I am all in favor of green energy, are our lakes the right place?

A few years ago, my husband and I moved our family as far south as we could go… Point Pelee is the southernmost tip of Canada.

We were fortunate to find a little place on the shores of Pigeon Bay in Leamington.

With bird sanctuaries everywhere, it’s bird heaven… even in the winter.

Now someone wants to ruin it with an industrial wind turbine farm.  The new proposal is for 15 wind turbines measuring 410 feet high placed in the lake  just 1.5 km (that’s not even a mile) off the shoreline and public beaches.

This is just Phase I, the original proposal was for 119 turbines.

And what a great summer it’s been!

While the weather has been cooler than most years, it’s actually been wonderful… not quite as hot and humid.   And fewer late afternoon thunderstorms.

We’ve spent most of our days at the park and at the beaches.  Here’s Tabytha her first time out on rollerblades.   She didn’t fall, not even once.

Austin, on the other hand, was trying to show off and landed  on his keister a few times.

And then there’s my big kid…

Our summertime friends were back again to visit.  Some days they fly in by the hundreds.

It seems like summer just started and here we are with only one more week until it’s back to school for the kids.

Hard to believe Austin will be in the eighth grade – one more year until high school – and Tabytha starts grade one.   She’s so excited to be one of the big kids now.

As am I…

It’s been 13 years since I’ve had my days to myself.   It’s hard to imagine.  What will I do?