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Summer Sunday: 10 Best Small Towns To Visit In Ontario

Today we thought we would take you on a tour of the 10 Best Small Towns to Visit in Ontario. We chose what we think are some of Ontario’s prettiest and most interesting small towns. Summer is short in Canada but there is still time to take a vacation to one or more small Ontario towns. What they all have in common is that they offer one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants, handmade crafts and artisan creations, farmers markets, festivals and unique histories. We hope you are inspired to visit one or many of the towns on our list.

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St. Patrick’s Day: the Wearin’ of the Green

May there always be work for your hands to do May your purse always hold a coin or two May the sun always shine on your windowpane May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain May the hand of a friend be always near you May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you

an abundantly, gorgeously green lawn

  It’s St. Patrick’s Day and shamrocks, leprechauns, Guinness, Irish mysticism, charm and landscapes, saturated in green, are the focus of the day. I love green in almost all its shades, except for the loudest, brightest and most artificial-looking. It feels timeless, relaxing, natural.  “Green is restful to the eye. Studies show that a green environment can reduce fatigue (Wikipedia).” Athough I’ve spent little time in ‘the great outdoors’, as long as it is reasonably mosquito-less, I enjoy being among nature’s greens: a reminder that life is a journey and hope, gratitude, calm can offset and uplift even when we travel our most difficult paths.

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