Daytripping Fall 2023

Lake Huron
The
Daytripper
ANNANDALE
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
30 Tillson Ave
TILLSONBURG, ON
www.tillsonburg.ca
kwatkin@tillsonburg.ca
TILLSONBURG
Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm
TILLSONBURG, NORWICH, INGERSOLL, WOODSTOCK, EMBRO & ANCASTER
Fall & Winter at Annandale . . .
Until Oct 29: ‘Small Wonders’ (12x14” or smaller)
Oxford Creative Connections Art Show & Sale
A warm & elegant Christmas season in
this National Treasure, Annandale House.
Annandale is decorated for the Yuletide season.
Decorations & exhibit themes change annually.
50 Years of Hallmark® Ornament History
November 24 - January 7
Annandale Christmas
Open House Weekend
Tree Lighting on the Lawn - Friday 7 pm
Winter Solstice Tea
A Christmas Tea with goodies,
and a tour of the Hallmark®
Ornaments exhibit.
NOV.
24-26
Fri 7-9
Sat 10-3
Sun 1-4
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 20
1:30-3 pm
$15/person
LIMITED CAPACITY
Mon-Fri 9-4 • Sun 1-4 • For information: 519-842-2294
OVER 10,000 SQ FT • 1 FLOOR - NO STAIRS! • CLIMATE CONTROLLED
FALL SAVINGS 10% - 50% OFF 70+ Vendors
SELECTED BOOTHS & ITEMS Throughout the Store
6 OLD VIENNA ROAD, TILLSONBURG • 519-688-7770
FROM HWY. 401
19
Broadway
Tillson Ave.
OLD VIENNA RD.
FROM
AYLMER
3
KIA
19
Annandale
House
Simcoe St.
• Collectables • Vinyl
• Vintage • Furniture
• Jewellery • Diecast
• Glass & China
• Military • Toys
(Vienna Rd.)
3
FROM
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2024 s
Leap Year!
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How much do you know?
ONTARIO SHOP
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Thirty days hath September, April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one.
Save February, she alone hath eight days and a score.
Til leap year gives her one day more.
It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days—or 365 days,
5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds—to circle once around the
Sun. This is called a tropical year.
Roman general Julius Caesar implemented the first leap day in his Julian
Calendar, which he introduced in 45 BCE (Before Common Era). A leap
day was added every four years. At the time, leap day was February 24,
and February was the last month of the year. However, adding a leap
day every four years was too often and eventually, in 1582, Pope
Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar. This calendar, which
we still use today, has a more precise formula for calculation of leap
years, also known as bissextile years. Leap Years now occur whenever a
year is divisible by 4, with the exception of centurial years that are not
evenly divisible by 400.
Without an extra, or intercalary, day on February 29 nearly every
four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only
100 years, a calendar without leap years would be off by
approximately 24 days in relation to fixed seasonal days such as
the vernal equinox or the winter solstice.
When the rules of courtship were stricter than today, women were only
allowed to propose marriage to a man on a Leap Day!
FEBRUARY 29th is also known as Sadie Hawkins Day.
Chances of being born on a leap day are approximately 1 in 1500.
People born on Leap Year Day are called leaplings.
With info from timeanddate.com
MI
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“The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony wth human ambition.” -Carl Sagan
FALL/WINTER
2023-2024