If you read the New Years’ Card to the end, you will remember that Sam was suffering from a COVID infection through the holiday season and into 2025. Happily she got over the infection and
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You may have noticed that Mumtaz was in Montreal during our Halloween festivities this year. In early November Sam and I drove to Montreal to meet up with Mumtaz, spend the weekend with us all
Belfountain is village in the Caledon area of Ontario. The Niagara Escarpment runs through Caledon on its way to Tobermorey at the end of the Bruce Penninsula. The roads through the area are especially picturesque
Every September 19, we celebrate International Pirate Day. We always take a photo or two but don’t usually publish. This year in a real treat, Sam visits from Toronto so we took a number of
This September it is the 70th anniversary of the Halton Radial Railroad. This is a favourite destination for me; for more information on a past visit along with more information, click here. I truly recommend
I’m quite jealous of Sam and Trevor. True, I have had a number transit stops but we have never really visited. Sam and Trevor report that they had an excellent time; for a small sample
Every year at Camp Manitou Wabing near Parry Sound Ontario, the last 2 weeks of the summer are given over to the Interprovincial Music Camp. A fabulous faculty is assembled, the campers audition on arrival;
We made a short trip to Decew Falls south of St. Catharines. The park is significant due to the ruins of a large house on the site. Check out the story of Laura Secord in
In what was the highlight of the summer, old friend Markland and his wife Maria visit on their way home to Portugal. Markland and I met and worked together many years ago in Vancouver. He
Towards the end of July my cousin Michael with wife Nancy and daughter AJ visit. They were on a grand circle tour of Lake Erie. They not only travel a lot as a family and
In early July we travel to Quebec City. We are continuing a new trend of using the U.S. route through Syracuse and Watertown for about 1/2 of our trips towards Montreal, Ottawa and beyond or
WARNING TECH TALK AHEAD So here are the potential solutions to the embedding problem that I discussed in the last post. Option 1 is to find a WordPress plug-in that manages the connection between OneDrive
I suppose that I should be happy that the current methods for managing photos have worked well for 6 years. Alas, Microsoft is acknowledging that the embed feature associated with OneDrive is no longer working
As seems to happen every year, I let the website fall behind in late winter and spring. Unlike most years, there is quite a lot to catch up on. Pi Day The new tradition for
Sam and Trevor kick off Sam’s birthday celebrations with a trip to Haute Goat near Port Hope, Ontario. This year they booked an overnight cabin, I particularly liked the photos where the sheep are looking
As you know, Groundhog Day is a major day on the calendar. It is similar to New Year or September where you find a day that is both the end and the beginning of the
What a great celebration this year. There was a something of a confluence of events. It was a great milestone so we were planning something special; then, Yasmin was visiting Rehana, Naeem et.al. in Montreal;
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