Common Crackle and Red-Winged Blackbird

Surprise snow in Windsor, just before our leaving to the countryside which will be my home for the next month. 

Birds in Canada seem to be pretty and coloruful. New species for me.

General Motors Headquarters at night

That is how the Motor City looks like from Windsor at night. Not the best shot though.

Morgan

Virginianne has a Morgan in her garage, which she showed to her friends. It was my first time seeing the famous Morgan. The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The family-owned company was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan.
Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, Worcestershire and employs 163 people. Morgan produced 640 cars in 2007, all assembled by hand. The waiting list for a car is approximately one to two years, although it has been as high as ten years in the past.

Welcome to Ford City

Since Windsor is so close to Detroit, USA many its plantations were located in Windsor as well. You can see the signs of referring to the Ford City. It is not hard to imagine what is going on there as well - emptiness. Houses have been left behind and questionable people walking around, so it is not a pretty view. I was able to visit one of such buildings as pictured above. In the next post.

Glimpse across the river to USA

Detroit River divides Windsor and Detroit. Strong and very automotive looking General Motors headquarters are greeting its visitors.

We decided to go on this lovely Sunday to check out Detroit's Art Museum and maybe drive around some in the abandoned city. Curious to see how it really looks after seeing so many great photos of it online.

Squirrel

Squirrels I have seen in Estonia are small, light or red, not black.
It is going to be interesting.

Mary

This is Virginianne's mother Mary.

We all enjoyed the tea, snacks and little cakes.

Virginianne

Our host in Windsor, Virginianne is a great artist, dog lover and loves to have fun.

She is an only person who has just one name in her passport. Yup.

Dessert 1

I have a gut feeling that there are some great sweet discoveries for me out there in Canada. Here is an example of my first delight.

Northern Dancer

Little I knew that the host, artist Virginianne, is so famous and known. She had made a bronze sculpture of a horse called Northern Dancer to The Queen Mother and it was delivered to her and a thank you note was sent to her.

More about Virginianne soon.