Antiques to Yard Sales

There will be more than 35 antique vendors and artisans on hand for the second annual Festival of Antiques and Artisans at the Historic Leaskdale church and Manse. 

The sale is sponsored by The Lucy Maude Montgommery Society of Ontario who will be opening the church and  the manse for the dealers to display their wares. View the furniture, glassware, fine china, linens, and an assotment of antique jewllery. If your a treasure hunter, looking for a bargain, shop the abundant local yard sales to your hearts content.

In addition to the vendors 2 professional appraisers will be on hand to offer valuations on your antiques, books and collectables @ $20 per item.  

If that's not enough to keep you busy there will also be wagon rides around the hamlet. Refreshments will also be available.

To read a little about the history visit
100 Years of "Anne of Green Gables"

Be A Part Of History  by visiting One of the last original General Stores in Ontario still in operation and still distributing mail to the local residents.

This would be an excellent opportunity to learn first hand about the area from people who currently reside here if you are contemplating a move to this area.

See You There

Don't Forget the "YARD SALE For The CURE"

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THE YARD SALE FOR THE CURE


Make a difference in women's lives by joining this year's Yard Sale for the Cure, last year, through the passion and Generosity of more than 1000 participants hosting and shopping at yard sales, Yard Sale For The Cure was able to raise over $150,000 towards the fight against breast cancer.

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help make this years event the most successful yet.

GET INVOLVED

1. Register your yard sale, sign up as a volunteer, or make a donation at http://www.yardsaleforthecure.com/

2. After you register you will receive a Yard Sale Kit. This includes a YSC hat a lawn sign, pink balloons and an information package. Put the YFC sign on your lawn to let people know you're part of the event and to encourage others to join the cause

3. On Sat May 31st, host your yard sale or look for the pink balloons and shop

4. When the sale is over visit www.yardsaleforthecure.com and donate a percentage or all of your proceeds to help fund the fight against breast cancer

RE/MAX Scugog Realty Ltd. Brokerage 905.852.6143 for further details Contact Kathy Clulow or Lorean Pritchard Sales Representatives The Clulow Connection

How Many Pictures Is Enough

Recently we have received several requests for additional pictures of other agents listings. Upon checking some did not even have the 9 allowed by our MLS system, some only had 1 or 2. We routinely take from 30 to 50 photos of a new listing with a high to date of 75 photos plus professional videos for a rather unique property.

The web presentation of this property presold it. The purchaser commented prior to viewing the property if the property measured up to the presentation he would buy it, and he did. We have also had out of town Purchasers come into town to view a specific property because of the web presentation. After viewing several comparable properties we successfully negotiated the purchase on the one they came into town to see.

Our listing management web site allows us to post up to 31 pictures, a VR Tour, Video Tour, Picture Gallery, a Floor Plan and a Feature Sheet. While we seldom use all of the options available we do build a listing specific web site for each individual listing that incorporates most of the features here. This process is very search engine friendly and results in several additional ways for our listings to be found while searching on the web.

Realtors® who understand the dynamics of the web utilize these and many other web based options available to them in the promotion of a property.

Did You Miss Out on Uxperience

UXPERIENCE 2008

Last Night I took a night off from real estate and went out with my husband to see some very talented local people perform in Uxperience. This years version is the hilariously funny Paint the Town, featuring song, dance, comedy, an aerialist and a band performing and showing a satirical look at some of the events and issues that are affecting our town and in some cases will affect it for years to come.

Preparations for the event started way back last summer and included hundreds of volunteers who did everything from counting out dance steps and mastering choreography to building sets and assembling costumes. There were skits to write and songs to purchase, the planning and co-ordination of the actual show, equipment and sets to be set up and run and of course a show to put on.

The proceeds from this years event will be going to our new youth centre and some capital projects at Community Care. For sale, from Bubba and the Beaver were an arms length of tickets for $10 for the fifty/fifty draw and you just knew it was all for a good cause.

Everyone was included from our very own IGA watchers to the overly friendly phone orientated “Beavers”, the “King”, “T” the Tool Man, the “Harley Krishna’s” Bubba the parking control officer and the list went on.

They had skits, music, and dancing. The “painters” played a percussion piece using a paint can, paint pails, a ladder and hammers, and a broom accompanied by the ratcheting beat of ‘T” the Tool Man’s portable drill.

The showstopper this year was a young male interpretative dancer, wow, his body is made out of rubber, amazing.

The satire took on all the front page news items including windmills and green power, angle parking and town council raises, the potential uses for the old St Johns School, and the future of our town.

Fridays At the Foster

Your Invitation to once again enjoy the popular Fridays at the Foster as it returns for the 08 season.

The season starts Friday May the 2nd with the Bach to Blues Company 7:30 - 8:30 pm.

The Thomas Foster Memorial is a striking contrast to the surrounding rolling farm lands. Inspired by the Taj Mahal in India and Christian Byzantine churches it was built as a resting place for Fosters wife and daughter.

The Foster Memorial itself is worthy of the visit even with out the music. This wonderfull unique treasure of byzantyne design is located approx 4 km north of Uxbridge on Durham 1. The solid copper roof has leaded stained glass windows. The doors are constructed of solid brass again with stained glass windows. The floor and ceiling are covered with marble mosaics with inlaid symbols There is a marble alter and the colums supporting the great arches are also marble with devon stone capitals. The structure itself is octogon in shape and built of Indiana limestone with a great central dome.

The 2 Pictures here are from my daughters wedding 11 years ago. The first concert of the season is on their anniversary

Foster was born july 24th, 1825, in Lambton Mills but was raised in the former Scott Township (now part of Uxbridge) where the family moved after his mothers passing where his father ran the Hotel in the Hamlet of Leaskdale. Later in life he would bacome a butcher in cabbage town, (Toronto) and serve as the Mayor of Toronto from 1925 to 1927 in addition to being elected as an MP.
For more information about Thomas foster visit Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

At the dedication of the Memorial Thomas told the gathering present --

"success is determined, not by financial worth, but rather if the world became a better place because that person passed through it."

R Redbreast Wants Into Real Estate "a parable"

Every morning now for several days I have been awakened by a furtive tap on the bathroom window. When I go to look there is no one there. Who ever it was had flown the coop and disappeared into the woods. No sooner do I crawl back into bed, when the tapping begins again. Time after time I go to the window only to find no one there.

I go outside and quietly sneak all the way around to the back of the house where I can get a bird's eye view of the window, to no avail no one is there. I mean there is no one to be seen anywhere not in our yard or our neighbours yard, the ladder is still laying along side the wall on the ground just where it was put last fall. I no sooner get back in the house and the tapping begins again. More determined than ever I rush around the front (the short way) but still I see no one.

Finally I wait camera in hand just out of a direct line of sight to the window but with the window in view so I can catch the perpetrator on film. Suddenly there is a little flurry of movement and a little tap I jump up to the window but still no one is there. Then I see a little movement in the tree outside the window but by the time I get the camera focused the perpetrator is gone.

After a week of trying to catch the perpetrator in the act I had all but given up. From early in the morning to late in the evening our window tapper keeps coming back to tap on our window.

Perhaps he wants into the real estate market, maybe a little bird told him now is the time to buy and he knows a real estate agent lives here. Perhaps he just likes my house

Will I ever find the reason he taps on my window and then flies away at the first sign of a response, not likely for you see this little window tapper is a robin.

This small flighty window tapper is just like the furtive visitor to our web site who wants to see but does not want to be seen. He hides in the bushes by giving false information when he signs into our site. He wants to check things out in his own time but does not want us to record his presence. He does not want us chasing after him as he flees the scene when we notice his presence. He does not want our follow ups or drip email campaigns.

He just wants to be left alone to search furtively in the recess of our site searching for his dream home. Sometimes he lurks in the shadows of our site for months, sometimes for years, our web listing management service provider lets us know when he is there and what he looks at but when we acknowledge his presence he runs away and hides sometimes never to return.

How should we deal with him? Should we try to capture him "on film" with our tracking services or should we politely ignore him until he is ready to ask for assistance?

Entry Level Purchasers Across Canada Are Adjusting Their Expectations

Lake Sgugog Spring Studio Tour

Mark Your Calendar  for the Ninth Lake Scugog Spring Studio Tour May 3rd and 4th

This is a free self guided tour. Simply follow the frog logo signs as you tour the picturesque Scugog country side and the historic downtown Port Perry. View the works of 40 artists and artisans at the 14 different studios along the route. Works included in the tour range from a variety of painting style and mediums, to sculpture and carvings, to many styles of jewellery, fabric and ceramic art. You will see forged iron works, Windsor chairs and photography. There is something to suit everyone's taste.

The Lake Scugog Tour is centered around Port Perry, the historic core of Scugog Township. Port Perry is located just a short 1 hour northeast of Toronto. Check out the studio tour MAP or take a  Virtual Tour of the historic downtown.

As you visit the various studios and drive through the picturesque country side you will see why it is a demand location for a wide variety of farm, estate, or residential housing and recreational properties. For properties in the Lake Scugog, Port Perry area visit our web site or our listing web site

RE/MAX Scugog Realty Ltd. Brokerage 905.852.6143 Kathy Clulow or Lorean Pritchard Sales Representatives The Clulow Connection

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Huck Finn Fishing Day

Ah the days of our youth,  the days of building a raft and floating it on the pond in the field, pretending to be Huckleberry Finn. Pretending to take the raft down the Mississippi River in the hope of finding freedom. The days of our carefree youth, filled with memories to be shared with your children.

Bring your youngsters out to Elgin pond on Sat. April 26th in Uxbridge and reminisce about those days. Teach your kids the fine art of fishing as you join in theUxbridge Youth Fishing Event.

Don't miss the Huck Finn Parade.Dress up in your best Huck Finn outfit decorate your bike or wagon and join the parade, starting at Elgin park (9:30am) and traveling down Mill St to Water St.

Fish from 10 am to 1 pm with plenty of fish to be caught.

No Fishing Gear No Problem There is free fishing rod and reel loaners and  free bait. There will be prizes for all kids and a free lunch.

Huckleberry Finn and Jim, on their raft

One of the first things you do is line up for your poles and cup of worms....always a challenge to get the wiggly worms on those little hooks, but there is usually a local celebrity or two that can be coerced into lending a hand, it's all in the fun of the day. This event is well attended by parents, grandparent and plenty of kids, even in the rain the kids excitement is contagious.

This is the sixth year for the Huck Finn Fishing Day with local sponsors that include Canadian Tire, Durham Regional Police, The Uxbridge Legion, The Pickering Rod and Gun Club, The Optimists, The town of Uxbridge, as well as others. Together they put on a very good day for all participants.