Welcome to Amherst Island
Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The island is part of Loyalist Township in Lennox and Addington County. Amherst Island is located about 3 kilometres (2 mi) offshore from the rest of Loyalist Township and access to the island is by way of the Frontenac II ferry from Millhaven.
The main population centre on the island is the village of Stella, which is the where the ferry lands on the island side. Harrowsmith Country Life declared the island’s local hamlet, Stella, as one of the “prettiest towns in Canada”.
Points of Interest Map
Click on any of the points of interest on the map above to learn more about the business or location it represents. The map above is broken down into businesses, geographic areas of interest, etc. The map is printable through Google Maps, and paper copies are available at many locations on the Island.
Celebrating Earth Day taking in yet another spectacular sunset.
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I’m grateful every day for my little slice of paradise on our gorgeous planet.
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Mama Nature, you are a truly remarkable artist and my very favourite muse.
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#grateful #earthday #mothernature #mamanature #blueskies #colderthanitlooks #amherstisland #home #sunset #inspiration #muse
NOW AVAILABLE at the Spring kingstonholidaymarket || Summer Baby || 16x16 #oiloncanvas || $200
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I painted this little beauty based on a photo I took from the end of our dock the morning of my birthday last summer.
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I love being a summer baby and all the things about long days, hot sun, cool lakes, and the freedom of being outside.
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This piece is meant to celebrate taking time for those things that fuel your soul.
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Find it now at the “Kingston Holiday Market” link in my bio along with 13 other original paintings by yours truly.
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Don’t forget to check out the offerings of all the amazing local artists and makers. What better place to find the perfect gift for Mom—or the mom-like person in your life—or to get yourself a little spring pick-me-up!
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Our amazing master carpenter richymurrell took this antique stained glass window and gave it new life! Coming soon to AirBnB.
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NEW on my blog || Spring snowfall and resilience.
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This morning’s snowfall is a really great metaphor for things not going according to expectations: it’s spring, nice weather has arrived, flowers are growing, and then it snows.
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All the beautiful things we’re growing are blanketed in chill. Everything we’ve been working so hard on is put on pause.
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And yet.
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We really should see this coming. It seems to happen every year. It should be part of our planning.
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It should be something we welcome. But it’s really hard, especially in a year with so many things being put on hold.
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Read more at the link in my bio.
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#blog #new #update #resilience #rest #regroup #healing #cozy #snow #spring #magnolia #blooming #readmore #amherstisland #wecandohardthings #patience
Coming soon to the Spring kingstonholidaymarket || Evermore || 10x20 #oiloncanvas || $250
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This painting is a study in softness, light, and colour. It’s all about the soft, subtle brushstrokes and weaving in colour to create texture and depth.
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I painted it based on a photo I took last summer on a walk near my Amherst Island home.
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Named for the Taylor Swift song, this painting explores coming through darkness to find the light on the other side.
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I was knocked over by the lyric, “I had a feeling so peculiar, this pain wouldn't be for, evermore” when I first heard it.
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I had to paint something hopeful to embody that peculiar feeling.
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We’re just one sleep away from the spring market and dozens of local creators with their best offerings on the table—just in time for Mother’s Day.
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Mark your calendars for Thursday at noon!
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#evermore #painting #summervibes #summer #spring #holiday #mothersday #mothersdaygiftideas #mothersdaygift #blue #green #taylorswift #pinkshoes #painting #oilpainting #trees #amherstisland #islandlife #walk #bringoutsideinside
Here is Some shots of a short-eared owl another beauty from amherst island
http://www.fredlemirephotography.com/owl-workshop-amherst
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Purple sky sunshine morning.
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The moody before the storm.
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A brief reminder of summer days ahead.
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A loving reminder that the sun is always there, shining, waiting for us, ready to warm us again when the storm passes.
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Because it will pass, my friends, and we will be more grateful than ever to see the sun.
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More joyful than we would have been, had we not weathered the storm.
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I read the other day that making art is a hopeful thing. I think that’s true.
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Finding beauty and working to capture it in a lasting way is an expression of hope.
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But I think it’s also an acknowledgment that there will always be stormy days when we need a reminder of the sun we cannot see behind the clouds.
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#morningthoughts #hope #beauty #storm #weatherthestorm #wecandohardthings #summeriscoming #purplesky #sunshine #clouds #cloudysky #amherstisland #sunrise #islandlife #magnolia
Coming soon to the Spring kingstonholidaymarket || False God || 18x24 #oiloncanvas || $250
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This painting gives me such a wistful feeling. It’s all grace and longing and love that can’t possibly last.
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I painted it based on a photo I took from the ferry of an early-December sunset over Lake Ontario. It captures the part of the channel where the tip of Amherst Island looks like it could reach out to touch the mainland.
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The colours are peaceful and calming and oh-so-fleeting, as the sun sets so quickly that time of year.
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I love this piece. And I love that it has inspired a much larger painting done for some early collectors of mine.
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I love that it’s romantic and sensual and indulgent.
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And it holds a lot of hope for the future.
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Because as much as this painting is based on a late-fall sky, it really feels like spring to me.
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Don’t miss your chance to collect this piece when the market opens on Thursday!
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red-tailed hawk giving me a rather stern look 😎 #redtailedhawk #hawks #hawksofinstagram #birdofprey #birdsofprey #faucon #oiseauxdeproie #oiseaux #fågel #raptors #eliteraptors #eye_spy_birds #nature_perfection #nature_brilliance #naturebrilliance #nature_birds #birds_adored #birds_of_ig #birds_captures #birdperfection #bird_watchers_daily #birdingdaily #wildlifeplanet #wildlife__focus #birdingontario #birdsofontario #ontario_birding_ #featheredfriends #amherstisland #ontariocanada
More magnolia magic for your morning.
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Maybe it’s small moments of wonder that will help us get through what comes next.
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Maybe it’s gratitude for what we do have. Our homes. Our people. Our pets. Good books. Meaningful connections. The warmth of the sun on our faces.
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Maybe it’s not enough.
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Maybe it’s everything we need.
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#magnolia #lakeside #lakesideliving #lakesidelife #islandlife #amherstisland #wempsbay #wempsbayamherstisland #mindfulness #gratitude #maybeitsenough #iamenough #sunshine #spring
Checking In
The early lambs are doing well; we will do some specific updates on their stories in the coming week
This photo is from 2018; that seems a lifetime ago
Humans are in the habit of asking each other "how are you" - most of the time, we don't give the space to get an actual answer
So today we are checking in
How are you?
How are you really?
13 months is a long time to be in perpetual survival-mode
Drop a comment, send us a private message
We would love to hear about the good, the bad, the bruised, or the unexpected benefits
What do you know now that you didn't know a year ago?
What skills have you gained (or lost)?
Here are a couple of ours:
The Topsy farmers have learned how to use Zoom and other, digital meeting aps - the results have been mixed
We would love to use these new skills to bring you folks into the lambing pens with us
Is this a thing you would want to do?
We learned the term "rewilding" and are engaged in the active process of giving 1 linear kilometer of habitat back to nature
We have learned a new relationship with consent and personal space
We are still learning how to balance the farm 'as a business' with the farm 'as a family'
We are still learning to not get ahead of ourselves when the excitement of a new project comes along;
Like running downhill vs. running downhill while giving a beautiful stranger a piggyback ride; it is easy to get tripped up and land both of you in the laneway
In no way is that a thing that embarrassingly happened in real life to one of the farmers as a teenager 😂🙈
The Topsy farmers make mistakes every day
We do our best to learn from them
Please reach out today
If not to us, then to someone in your sphere of influence
13 months is a long time
Our wells and reserve tanks are deeper than we may believe
Let us hold each other today
Even if it is from a great distance
Hold on
Everything is going to be okay
The hippies are coming
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📷 erinleydon
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