Transitions-The Oakville, Burlington and Mississauga Region Real Estate Blog
Real Estate blog about property, home buying and selling, life in Burlington, Oakville and Mississauga Regions of Ontario, Canada.
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2007
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Last year was a very hard one for me. I came very close to the possibility of losing two of my close family members.Through a series of miracles, outside intervention, family support, healthcare, hope , love and belief, they both recovered and are here today shining their lights brighter than e...
07/31/2007
You're just bought the house of your dreams. It's a 3,217 sqft Queen Anne beauty on a street lined with giant old maples and pines. After the movers leave and you have placed your furniture and hung your pictures, you notice how the halls echo and many rooms are practically empty; what to do? Hea...
07/29/2007
The air had a sharp autumn twang as the last days of summer came to a close.It was the first day in September, the year 1800. Young William, at the tender age of 6, played outside with his brothers as his Father Robert Macaulay was pronounced dead by the district coroner.It was an eventful day in...
07/28/2007
The Empire Classic Rock Festival begins tonight at the Empire Square in downtown Belleville. Mark Rashotte, purchased the buildings on either side of the former parking lot as well as the parking lot itself. One of the buildings was magically transformed into our new office building which we move...
07/26/2007
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The fledglings have flown, the nests are abandoned, and you have decided that it is the perfect July day to take down and clean your bird houses. STOP ! Please read this before proceeding one step further. Are you aware that numerous life threatening diseases are picked up through the cleaning of...
07/23/2007
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The day was winding down as we sat on various old, overstuffed, multi-patterned chairs and lumpy 'cottage' chesterfields. Gazing across the lake, I watched the dying embers of a sun that had warmed us during a busy day of swimming, fishing, barbecuing and just plain ‘hanging out’. My brother’s ch...
07/20/2007
The Quinte Region boasts miles and miles of waterfront land. The Municipality of Prince Edward, an island off the coast of Belleville and Trenton. alone has over 800 kilometres of shoreline consisting of sandy beaches, marshy areas, rocky cliffs and pebble beaches. Tourists throng to this beaut...
07/18/2007
Dark, purplish smudges surrounded his impish little grin as he bent down to give me one of his all encompassing ‘Look at me, Mom’ smiles. As I gazed up at his large brown eyes from where I was intently cultivating a new flower bed, I felt a dread begin to rise in the pit of my stomach. "What were...
07/17/2007
Monday. The traffic on the distant road is not as brisk as usual. Somewhere children lounge in bed or sit on carpeted floors, heads resting against an old lab's lazy, overextended ribs while they screech with delight at every hurdle they conquer in their morning videogame. Blackie shifts position...
07/09/2007
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A distant train whistle lulls me out of my complacency as I am carried back to an early evening many years ago and to the house my great grandfather built in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. I was 6 years old that evening. I remember laying there in bed in the soft twilight, a fresh scented sheet coverin...
07/03/2007
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