Black Creek Pioneer Village VI

Black Creek Pioneer Village Part VI

As a living history museum, the Village offers one of the richest heritage experiences in the Toronto area.

Visitors can live real experience of early pioneers lives. They can enjoy festive ambiance in the spirit of the 19th century. Everything was different from today. For example, dining at the Inn was different from today's restaurant experience. Or else the family goes to bed early in the 19th century, because fuel is costly and they have nothing to do in the darkness. Pioneers Harvest festivals are celebrated here each year. Many other activities include braiding, constructing a log cabin, clothing in the 1860s, weaving, plant dyes, patchwork quilts, furniture construction, carding wool, roofing, bed and much more. An 1860s mid-Victorian garden featuring geometric, shaped "island beds" invites visitors. Natural, lush green space can be the backdrop for your wedding ceremony.

Pieces have been purchased with funds from the Conservation Foundation of Greater Toronto, the Heritage Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and Wintario.

The pictures were taken by Elena.

We like things in our society to be painless: painless responsibility, painless payments, painless divorce, painless progress. And while many of us acknowledge "no pain, no gain", many will try to find an easier way.

It is hard to to lose someone we have counted on for support and indeed the confidence to face the world. When that does happen we find ourselves struggling to cope with many unexpected and surprising emotions.

Sometimes the statements made after a loss are intended to make the situation less painful - as are the words not spoken. While such sentiments may help to ease the headache, we should realize that we cannot lose someone we loved without experiencing some level of pain.

There is no easy way around the misery of grief: it must be worked through.

Many of us do not realize that hurting is part of healing. We have been conditioned to believe that we should be strong and deny our pain. Men in particular may internalize their feelings. Yet, in spite of your best efforts to put on a brave face, you feel many emotions of an intensity that surprises you.

Loss is painful. Grief may be an unimaginable heartache, affecting us physically, emotionally and spiritually. (Mackenzie House, built in 1837).

Words cannot express how distressing it is to lose the affection and the presence of the loved person in your life. (The Main or Maple road surrounds the Black Creek Village).

While you may have happy memories, you may feel cheated because your dreams and plans will never be fulfilled. (Oil lamp. A bowl of animal fat with a wick used as a lamp).

Drugs and alcohol may seem like a way to deaden the pain, but they merely delay the reaction until later, when we may no longer have the support of others to help us through.

To deny pain is to hold on to it. Only by experiencing the pain - to go through it, to feel it, to express and speak about it - can we truly learn from it at be set free to move on. But we cannot avoid the hurt.

Occasionally, you dream about the person lost. And we are not yet ready to let go: therefore we spend a great deal of time thinking about our loved one. Hoping they will return, we find ourselves unconsciously searching for them. We cannot believe they are gone, so we find ourselves looking for them in a crowd or on the street. Sometimes we think we recognize them and our heart leaps.

Sometimes we pick up the phone, and for an instant the voice sounds familiar. Hearing the door open, or footsteps on the stairs, for a second we think our loved one has come back. But then we realize it isn't so.

Your mind isn't playing tricks. (The horse was an excellent farm worker and its sound feet made it suitable also for town haulage).

You are longing for your loved one to return. But in wain. The place is still desert,