Sudbury Garlic Festival
Ukrainian roots
Honoring freedom struggles
Across the ocean
*Attended the Sudbury Garlic Festival for the first time today (August 28, 2016). Such a wonderful experience! My haiku was inspired by the opening ceremonies where the speaker asked the community to continue to remember and support the struggles of fellow Ukrainians across the ocean.
*The Canadian Garlic Festival was established in 1991 and is hosted by the Ukrainian Seniors in downtown Sudbury. The event runs for one day in the summer and offers garlic dishes done in a variety of ways including garlic desserts.
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Thank you Olga! This is a perfect entry 😊
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Would love to try one day garlic dessert – never heard of it! Great way to keep the tradition going 🙂
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Thank-you, Laura. Garlic dessert was new to me also. 🙂
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Garlic dessert….never heard of this before. Olga, pictures are beautiful. I love your Haiku.
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Thank-you, Helene. Happy that you enjoyed the post. The best part about being a blogger is coming home from an adventure, checking out your photos and happy that you got a few good ones. 🙂
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You sure did on this one adventure. I am from Ontario as well.
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Thanks, Helene. Which part of Ontario?
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Ottawa
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Beautiful and historic city. I was there for a weekend visit near the end of July. It inspired a haiku/visual post.
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It is a beautiful city with a lot of parks and water.
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The garlic festival, huh? Hope there was plenty of gum there as well! LOL! Great pics and verse.
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As soon as we got through the entrance, the aroma was everywhere. Thanks Marissa. Love your comment. 🙂
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Nice. I love that it has meaning for you. For all of us, if course, but personal to you, Olga. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank-you, Michael. It was a heart-warming to revisit my roots in this community celebration. ❤
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Your pictures capture the spirit of the celebration, and your haiku is so meaningful.
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Thank-you, Magarisa. It was a wonderful experience. 🙂
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Tremendously fabulous!
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Many thanks for your wonderful comment! 🙂
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Everything so colorful! And garlic… good way to celebrate one’s roots!
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Thank-you, Jana. I loved how they displayed the garlic and used it as decoration. It was a wonderful day! 🙂
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