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| Wheels |
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| Table Setting |
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| Desk Lamp |
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| Shed Stuff |
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| Harness Bells |
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| Schmidt-Dalziel Barn |
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| Mill Office - Roblin's Mill |
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| Scales |
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| Village Folk |
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| Tools - Harness Maker |
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Iron, Wood And Stone |
More of my photos of Black Creek Pioneer Village can be found HERE.
More From Pioneer Village
More of my photos of Black Creek Pioneer Village can be found HERE.
Adora and Shiloh at Pioneer Village
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| Pioneer Dress-Up - Shiloh and Katie At The Children's Activity Centre |
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| Tree Climbers - Adora and Shiloh In Daniel Stong's Apple Tree |
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| Dad As Back Rest - Shiloh and Pierre Watching The Battle |
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| Pensive Pew Sitter - Adora at Fisherville Church |
Pioneer Village Critters
Pioneer Village is just so filled with wonderful camera opportunities. It's great fun to photograph the variety of 'critters'.
I arrived one Saturday morning to discover it was a Doors Open day which meant the village was extremely busy so I decided to poke around the back gardens and found this little family of baby gophers. Apparently, Mum was out and about which gave me the chance to see the babies unattended.
The sheep at the village are among the first things one sees on entering and the pasture where they wander about is picturesque. Invariably, children love to peer at them through the fence rails.
From the Black Creek Pioneer Village website:
Border Leicester Sheep: In early Ontario sheep were raised mainly for wool, but there was a small market for spring lamb and mutton. The Border Leicester, a Cheviot/Leicester cross, combined the good mutton of the Cheviot and the spinning wool of the Leicester. The breed was developed in England during the mid 1700s and became popular in Canada by the mid 1800s. A hardy breed, they were able to adapt to the extreme climate. The wool is typically white, and medium to long.
These beautiful chickens are quite comical to watch as they strut about the pen, almost as if they're performing for the visitors.
From Wikipedia:
The bird generally has a placid disposition, with the consequence that it doesn't thrive in flocks of mixed breeds. More aggressive geese will greatly distress the Toulouse, putting it off mating and sometimes resulting in its losing out at the feeding trough. These are very domesticated birds, easily bewildered by more active breeds. They do not need a pond. However, being waterfowl, they love bathing and playing in water and will also mate in water.
They are not great wanderers, preferring to stay close to home, making them ideal for a large garden or orchard, where they will thrive. Interestingly, individual geese vary, and others thrive in mixed flocks and become severely aggressive, biting and hissing, while others are placid and prefer to follow around smaller ducks as opposed to other geese.
I arrived one Saturday morning to discover it was a Doors Open day which meant the village was extremely busy so I decided to poke around the back gardens and found this little family of baby gophers. Apparently, Mum was out and about which gave me the chance to see the babies unattended.
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| Gopher Babies |
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| Little Guy |
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| Gopher Hole |
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| Two Gophers |
Border Leicester Sheep
The sheep at the village are among the first things one sees on entering and the pasture where they wander about is picturesque. Invariably, children love to peer at them through the fence rails.
From the Black Creek Pioneer Village website:
Border Leicester Sheep: In early Ontario sheep were raised mainly for wool, but there was a small market for spring lamb and mutton. The Border Leicester, a Cheviot/Leicester cross, combined the good mutton of the Cheviot and the spinning wool of the Leicester. The breed was developed in England during the mid 1700s and became popular in Canada by the mid 1800s. A hardy breed, they were able to adapt to the extreme climate. The wool is typically white, and medium to long.
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| Grazing And Snoozing |
Brahma Chickens
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| Chicken Trio |
Toulouse Geese
From Wikipedia:
The bird generally has a placid disposition, with the consequence that it doesn't thrive in flocks of mixed breeds. More aggressive geese will greatly distress the Toulouse, putting it off mating and sometimes resulting in its losing out at the feeding trough. These are very domesticated birds, easily bewildered by more active breeds. They do not need a pond. However, being waterfowl, they love bathing and playing in water and will also mate in water.
They are not great wanderers, preferring to stay close to home, making them ideal for a large garden or orchard, where they will thrive. Interestingly, individual geese vary, and others thrive in mixed flocks and become severely aggressive, biting and hissing, while others are placid and prefer to follow around smaller ducks as opposed to other geese.
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| Goose Shower |
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| Feather Texture |
Cows
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| Liquid Lunch |
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| Let Me Out! |
Bumble Bee
This fellow was surprisingly co-operative this afternoon. Perhaps it was his post-pollen naptime.
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| Bee In The Garden |
The Battle Of Black Creek
Loads of photo opportunities this past weekend at The Battle of Black Creek at Pioneer Village in Toronto. It was a revolutionary war re-enactment with everything from soldiers' campsites to blasting muskets.
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| Pre-Battle R & R |
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| Tent Pole Clothes Peg |
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| Digging The Fire Pit |
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| Practical vs. Theoretical |
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| Native Allies |
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| Little Re-enactors |
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| Dressing For Battle |
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| Town Hall Muster |
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| Fifes, Drums And A Boy In A Basket |
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| Scouting The Enemy |
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| Aim And Fire |
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| Just Close Your Eyes And Shoot! |
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| Attack! |
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| The Daddy Back Rest |
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| Group Shot |
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| Firing Line |
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| Grass Fire |
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| Fallen |
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