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As you know, I now degrade photos when you see them on the blog so that they will not affect performance. Click here to see the photos in their original resolution.

Cool title eh? This refers to the saga of my 70th birthday. Original Plan My birthday occurs in early November which is close to Halloween and the epic Halloween Rocky Horror Picture Show performance. This

Here is the official Halloween Portrait featuring JB Here is Lucy who seems to be taking better to these things lately. Click on Lucy’s photo above for a video; make sure to check your volume.

St. Jacobs is a town north of Waterloo notable for the largest Farmers’ Market in Canada but we were there to ride the volunteer operated Waterloo Central tourist railway. We loved the train ride which

We enjoyed Midland and the drive is quite pleasant if you plan it properly. We decided to return to take our 1 1/2 hour boat trip from Midland through Honey Harbour and Southern Georgian Bay.

Midland is town on the southern shore of Georgian Bay. It is quite accessible from home at around 2 hours drive. We have pondered a visit for quite some time. Most Canadians study the history

Nazim and Rozmin’s cat died today being ancient in years. She was bonded most profoundly to Mumtaz’s mom Dolat. Sam and I called her Raxl, one of many names she answered to. Click on the

I enjoy travelling to McKellar, north east of Parry Sound to attend the annual Interprovincial Music Camp performance on the Sunday before Labour Day. In February this year, I spotted a hotel room available in

Interesting title for an aviation story. The airspace over Niagara Falls is restricted up to 3500 feet. It is bi national but managed by the Canadian Department of Transport. Commercial operators are able to fly

It is mid August and time to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We don’t usually do anything fancy, in fact for many years, we celebrated while travelling. This year we tried something different.

I would agree that there is quite a bit of travel to Montreal this year but this trip in mid July was different. Nina Conti I am a great fan of the English comedienne and

In early July, we travel to Orangeville, a pleasant community North West of Toronto. Over the years, I’ve passed through many times but never managed to stop. Orangeville is also a major checkpoint in the

It has been quite a while since Mumtaz has flown with me which is a pity since she takes most of the aerial photos that you see on these pages. The flight to Brantford is

There are no photos from Mothers’ Day this year. It was a splendid evening on the Danforth in Toronto. For Fathers’ Day, after many changes of plan (mostly due to me), we settle on a

We took a road trip for short visits with family in Montreal and Ottawa. Here is a photo of me closely supervising the children’s leisure activities.

May 23 is not an official holiday on the calendar but it is memorable in its own way. This year, I made a small film to assist in observing May 23. Click here.