Sony Diaries (RX10) #798: boy with Canadian flag

Columbia Lake Fields, Waterloo. July 1st.

the boys

July 1st.

Blue

Riverside Park, Guelph. July 1st.

lovers and fireworks on Canada Day

July 1st.

iPhone Diaries #637: A love story on Canada Day

 

 

 

The Bear at the University of Guelph on Canada Day, July 1st.

Canada Day... and the Fireworks

They came by the tens of hundreds, filling the parking lots, walking up Woolwich Street, streaming into Riverside Park for the much anticipated Canada Day Fireworks. This crowd was a sampling of the Canadian mosaic: a country made up of people from around the world, from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, of varied sexual orientations, the disabled and not-so-disabled, living together in the best country in the world!

The fireworks last all of 10 minutes but the joy is in the gathering at the park: setting up picnic blankets and chairs, young children darting in and out of the crowd, young people stealing kisses and touches in the dusk, parents and grandparents enjoying the sight of their kids. There are the concession stands (the usual Canadian selections as well as an Ethiopean food stand), and the small collection of rides and amusement arcades.

It is the middle of a gorgeous long weekend and the problems and issues of our world may be set aside, at least for a few moments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riverside Park, Guelph. July 1st.

"please pick the biggest bag of candy floss I can get for $4"

to paraphrase The Barenaked Ladies, "if I had a million dollars, I'd buy your whole concession stand". Riverside Park, Guelph, on Canada Day. July 1st.

(almost) a full moon on Canada Day

After the fireworks, people mill around the concession stands at closing time. Riverside Park, Guelph. July 1st.