Victoria Day Fireworks In Aurora, A Messy Day After

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:49:37 +0000

It is unfortunate that after any celebration there is always a mess. For the first time today we visited the playground at the Copland Park. I have not seen all playgrounds in Aurora yet but this is probably the highest play structure I have ever seen. Three levels and the humongous, enormous slide. Matthew loved it.

Playground at the Copland Park, Aurora

It was nice outing for the morning after Victoria Day. It was also nice to have a small convenience store near by as we treated ourselves with ice cream sandwiches. Matthew had Oreo ice cream sandwich and I, (never again), the Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich. On the other hand, it was not nice to see all the garbage in the park left after the fireworks.

Left Out Garbage, Copland Park

By looking at my blog stats today – traffic on this blog yesterday was enormous just like that slide. Everyone was searching for activities or fireworks (a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise) demonstrations in Aurora. We have not gone anywhere on Monday and not sure if there were any activities in Aurora.

Left Out Garbage, Copland Park

Firecrackers were popping since Saturday. The biggest display we were able to watch from our window was on Monday night when someone set something up at the Hamilton Park, the soccer field. Not sure why it was allowed since we have hydro lines over the park.

Left Out Garbage, Copland Park

Speaking of mess. Copland Park had a pile of garbage as of result of fireworks. I hope that whoever was doing fireworks had permit to do so – that is fireworks. I read the Town of Aurora fireworks by-law and it is unfortunate that the by-law does not call for – take your mess with you after you are done. Or may be that is what the $25 is for.

Left Out Garbage, Copland Park

Canada Day, Fireworks Or Space Explosions

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:44:31 +0000

Another great Canada Day fireworks presentation at the Lambert Wilson Park in Aurora. I was able to sneak out to take some photographs. The truth is and the only truth is that every year is my practice year. I am not good when comes to taking photos of the fireworks.

These are some of many now abstract photos of the fireworks I took on the Canada Day. This year I was little too close. I was kind of disappointed with the outcome, but when I viewed them I saw something else – explosions in the space.

Speaking of explosions, I yet to find out today that an asteroid size of a tour bus just barely missed the Earth on June 27, 2011. I guess this is a reminder that we are always at risk.

For today let me leave you with this quote by Julie Payette, a Canadian engineer and a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut. Payette has completed two spaceflights logging more than 25 days in space.

‘You can imagine that when you are ten, twelve years old and you’re growing up in a town in Canada and you’re French Canadian and you’re telling everybody Hey, I’d like to be an astronaut one day. Then people pat you on the back, smile a little bit and say “Yeah, sure.” And they hope that you’re going to change your mind and find a more down-to-earth job, which is what I did eventually.’ ~ Julie Payette

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Victoria Day Fireworks In Aurora, A Messy Day After

Canada Day, Fireworks Or Space Explosions