Fall Festival Promo Video

Fall Festival Promo Video

A short video for social media to promote the Fall Festival at Fort Erie Race Track.
Made with footage shot at last years event and then worked into a quick video for this years version of the event.


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The Rambling Man Podcast - Episode #? "Title"

The Rambling Man Podcast

Episode #3

This is the Rambling Man Posdcast.

Rambling in the sense of a guy that Talks & Talks as well as Rambling in the sense that the show is sometime recorded when out out rambling around and wandering through life.

Today I'm rambling about the start of fall & some of things Ilike about fall.

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Fall Pics for a Fall Day

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Fall is here & I am seeing Autumn scenes everywhere.

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The Rambling Man Podcast - Episode #2 "Wandering The Backroads"

The Rambling Man Podcast

Episode #2 "Wandering The Backroads"

My new podcast is called "The Rambling Man".
Rambling in the sense of a guy that Talks & Talks as well as Rambling in the sense that the show is sometime recorded when out out rambling around and wandering through life.
Today I'm rambling about wandering the back roads as the season turns to fall.

Link to Current episode page: Episode #2 "Wandering The Backroads"

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How I Halloween | #7

It's Halloween !!!!

I was going to most more & earlier but,  things happen.


So, instead of  trying to do a quick (and probably not very good) version of what I had planned, I've put away those ideas for next year and have instead included a few autumn & Halloween video I've do in the past.

Hope the help give you that Halloween feeling.

I'm off to light the Jack-o-lanterns.

Happy Halloween!

How I Halloween | #6 Recipes

Halloween Recipes

Originally I had planned to find a bunch of recipes and test them out and report of the results.   That didn't Happen.  As usual I had more plans than time & then I ran out it, time that is. 

What I have done is included links to recipes that look good & I intended to make but, didn't. They are basically all "pumpkin...something", it's festive, so why not?

I have had the fudge before and enjoyed it, but I cant vouch for the rest. If you try them Please leave a comment & let me know what you think.  

1) Pumpkin Fudge
2) Pumpkin pancakes
3) Pumpkin Brownies
4) Pumpkin creme brulee
5) Pumpkin Soup
6) Autumn (Adult) Drinks

Bonus:

The Best Caramel Corn Ever!

From a newspaper article in the 1970's, a time when people both read the paper & believed most of what it said. my mother and sister have been making it ever since. I really do enjoy it more than any that I've bought.  That could have more to do with nostalgia than taste but, that's fine.

You can get recipes that are essentially the same Here & Here.


I've never made it my self, but have been known to lend a hand from time to time. A few years ago filmed most of the process and eventually Put it together into a short video.

UPDATE:

Here are a few more  pics from "The Shopping Basket"page of the Globe & Mail from October 24, 1979. Being one week before Halloween (and my brother's 2nd Birthday)  the page featured Halloween recipes and grocery specials.  It has been preserved for the  "Shell-Out Caramel Corn" recipe that is a favourite around our house.

 For the uninitiated "shell out"  is an equivalent to "trick or Treat"  used in Canada.

To get treats on Halloween kids used phrases like "shell out, Shell out, the witches are out", "shell out, Shell out, the Goblins are out" and even "shell out, Shell out, we'll break your windows inside out."   But,  that was mostly gone by my time,  we always used the foreign & generic "trick or Treat".

Next Time?

With time running out before the big day and "things to Do"  piling up,  I'm not making any promises except that this won't the the last post before Halloween.

How I Halloween | #3 - LibravoxGhost Story Collections

Ghost Story Collections

There's nothing like a creepy story on a cool autumn evening. Personally I like to listen while walking. Preferably around dusk and with one ear bud out, so I can also hear the rustle of the leaves as the red and orange drain from the sky and I'm enveloped in . . . I'd like to say darkness, but usually it's the glow of streetlights. At least there's darkness and shadows between the houses and sometime even between the streetlights. It's not that the darkness itself is scary, or that something might jump out of the darkness, the thing about the darkness is that you see less & listen more. The story becomes more absorbing if your not looking at a hundred things all the time. Once you've begun concentrating on the story and are paying less attention to your surroundings, that's when the shadows can start to become just a little bit ominous, adding to the story in a whole new way.
 

For the 3rd post you have a selection of downloads from librivox.org.  As mentioned in the 1st post librivox is a project that provides reading of public domain materials for free. The books are read by volunteers and sometimes several volunteers will contribute part to one book. Due to the variety of readers there can be variety in the finished product. This can range from volume to pronunciation and rhythm. They are all 'up to the task' as they say, but some really do a great job.

One of the things I like is how they create "Collections". Like the 'coffee break collections' that are shorter snippets of stories & poems that (I suppose) are supposed to be long enough (or short enough)  for your coffee break. Another example is the series of ghost story collections we will be looking at today.

Everyone's taste is different but I've made a few suggestions for each collection. I wouldn't say these are the 'best' or even all of my favourites. The suggestions are a product of my strange taste with an allowance for variety. There are tragedies and comedies. There are tales that are creepy and sinister as well ones that are amusing. There's  a tale or two of insanity and a morality play. There is even a few straight forward ghost stories.

The suggestions are there for you to take or leave as you wish. 

There is a link to each of the collections.  You can download a zip with the whole collection or skim through the titles and download the individual stories that catch your eye.


1) Ghost Story Collection 001
Suggestions: Man Size in Marble - The Empty House - Uncle Abrahams Romance

2) Ghost Story Collection 002
Suggestions: The Ebony Frame - A Psychical Prank - The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall

3) Ghost Story Collection 003
Suggestions: An Astral Onion - The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas -  The withered Arm

4) Ghost Story Collection 004
Suggestions: The 9:30 Up train - Green Tea - The Haunted Orchard - The Signalman

5) Ghost Story Collection 005
Suggestions: The Yellow Wallpaper - The Ring of Thoth - The Phantom Coach

6) Ghost Story Collection 006
Suggestions: Children of the Moon - The Man who was not on the Passenger List - Rattle of Bones

Signs of Fall or rather "The sign of fall, I look for"

Those of us that love fall  are looking for signs of fall's complete and undeniable arrival.

You can look for the 1st red leaf, you can sniff that 1st cool breeze or  you can wait for fresh local pumpkins to appear. These are all good indicators that fall is coming, but they are not undeniable sings that fall has irrevocably arrived.

First Sign

There are many signs of fall and every lover of fall has their favourite. For me, Pumpkin beer is the one that says "no more waiting, no more watching, Fall IS here".  I haven't had one yet this year or even seen them in the LCBO (to be fair I haven't looked) but, what I did see last week tells me it won't be long now.

At my local micro brewery, Taps on Queen, Phil the brew master was creating the magical liquid that portents the best season of the year. My 1st hint was the the can of pumpkin puree near the brewing kettle, followed quickly by Phil's confirmation that 3.14 (pumpkin pie) was indeed being brewed before my eyes.

Phil Stirring furiously

In a few short weeks that wonder fall tradition will ready for enjoying during crisp sunny afternoons on the patio. After the 1st few pints of fall another tradition will begin 'custom pumpkin pints'. The creating, tasting, testing and debating of  custom mixtures of pumpkin 3.14 with Taps other brews.
Pumpkin with IPA, pumpkin with porter, pumpkin with lager, pumpkin with red cream ale, pumpkin will be mixed with every tap that can pour & most of  the regulars will have a the right combination in the right proportion to create (what they believe) is the perfect fall brew that represents all the best of autumn.

The wonderful aroma filling the air.

If you think that sounds a bit extreme, you've never been with beer lovers as the the warm autumn sun sinks behind the skyline and someone new comes up to the bar next to 4 regulars and asks the one sitting beside them "what are you drinking". It's a question that will have 4 answers and even more recommendations.

PoTd - December 19

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Pic-of-The-day - "Come through the gate & knock at the door".

Nov. in NOTL

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PoTd - December 18

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Pic-of-The-day - "In the Shade of a Tree".

A November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

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PoTd - December 17

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Pic-of-The-day - "Unique".

A large stylized urn in St. Marks churchyard.

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PoTd - December 15

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Pic-of-The-day - "November Walk".

More photos from St. Marks NOTL.

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PoTd - December 12

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Pic-of-The-day - "Textures".

From a November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

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PoTd - December 9

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Pic-of-The-day - "Mushrooms".

The first in a series from a November walk through the grounds of St Mark's Anglican Church in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.

I got a fair number of shots that day, so they'll be spread out til the end of the year.

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Daily Post - November 16 - Thanksgiving Pies

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Pic-of-The-day - "Thanksgiving Pies".

I had some time on Thanksgiving afternoon, so I got a few photos & shot some footage of the pies as they where cooling.   I don't usually have time to get a slider, pan head,  few lenses & other gear to shoot what we're having for desert... so I had take the opportunity when it presented itself.
That's part of what holidays are for,  taking extra time & creating memorable moments.

Having said that I hope that I remember that next month in the mad rush of Christmas.


P.S. I'm trying to make my daily blog posts more than just a PoTd (Pick of The day).  I'll be calling them "Daily Post"(s),  most will still include a photo & some will be a PoTd as in the past.  The plan is to start including other things as well, at least 1-2 times a week.

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