Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Sinhala Online Radio

Neth FM....Click on the play button to listen..Depending on your connection speed it would take some time to start up.











Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Apples! yes really on a tree!!

Gala apples are small and are usually red with a portion being greenish or yellow-green, vertically striped. Gala apples are fairly resistant to bruising and are sweet, grainy, with a mild flavour and a thinner skin than most apples. They are also considered to be a very soft eating apple due to their lack of crispiness, well-suited for denture wearers.





Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Strawberry Picking in Winnipeg,Canada

Strawberry Picking in Winnipeg Canada,
Do you know in Winnipeg Canada you can pluck your own Strawberries from the farm! It just costs 8CD$ per pail. With the fun you would get while plucking it’s really a good deal. Moreover while you are plucking you can eat as much as you want without paying anything for that.

In the U.S. strawberries typically peak during May in the South, and in June in the North. Crops are ready at various times of the month depending on which part of the state you are located. In order to produce good local strawberries, producers depend on ideal spring weather conditions.
Here are some sights in the strawberry farm located in St. Norbert Manitoba, Canada.
You can find places by logging on to the following site: http://www.pfga.com/straw.asp




Monday, August 20, 2007

Peace Garden (US\Canada)

Since 1932, nestled on the U.S. and Canadian borders of North Dakota and Manitoba in a symbol of friendship, lies a “One of a Kind” International Peace Garden. Reflecting pools and dazzling colorful floral displays of over 150,000 flowers splash across the grounds of the Formal Garden’s terraced walkways.

Here are some snaps of Peace Garden...









Sunday, August 19, 2007

Loreena McKennitt-Mummers Dance



When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair

When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone

"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand"

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

St. Norbert, Manitoba

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St. Norbert is a heavily bilingual (French and English) neighborhood in the southernmost part of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It began as a Métis settlement dating back to 1822. It was in St. Norbert, on October 19, 1869, that a public meeting was held at St. Norbert Roman Catholic Church. At that meeting, the Métis elected the Comite national des Métis with Louis Riel as secretary. The first act of the Committee was an erection of a barrier across the Pembina Trail to keep out unwanted emissaries of the Canadian Government.

The population is just over 5,000.

Located just south of the Perimeter Highway, St. Norbert is home to the ruins of a Trappist Monastery, Our Lady of the Prairies. It also hosts the St. Norbert Farmers' Market every summer, drawing large crowds from South Winnipeg. Other attractions include the St. Norbert Provincial Heritage Park, and the Red River Flood Gates

Today, St. Norbert is the southern gateway into the city of Winnipeg.