So you may remember my New Years’ Card making reference to a reunion of a few of us that opened and worked at the Meridien Vancouver, in particular my snarky comment about not getting any
Sam and Trevor are very proud; and she did it in time for their first anniversary.
It was an interesting summer in St. Catharines, in fact for all communities on Lake Ontario due to very high water levels for most of the summer (it wasn’t totally a natural phenomenon by the
The Random folder doesn’t really connect to the site anymore so watch for a blog post whenever I put new photos into the Random Folder. Tasnim and Layla Layla in Edmonton in July Sorry for the focus
2017, Big Apple, Photo Posts, Sam, Slide Shows, Snakes, Trevor, What
I head to Toronto to spend the day with Sam and Trevor; at the end of the day Mumtaz arrives from Vancouver. This is a very unusual photos post in that there are a lot
2017, Anver, Ayaan, Brianna, Davy, Eclipse 2017, Flying, Inaya, Mount Rushmore, Photo Posts, Salem, OR, Vancouver, What, Whistler
It was quite a summer coloured by the passing of Mumtaz’s mother. Mumtaz arrived in Edmonton very soon after, Sam, Trevor and I travelled together to join the family. Mumtaz stayed in Edmonton to assist
WARNING — SOME TECH TALK AHEAD So you may have noticed difficulties with Abelfamily.ca since the late spring. The methodology that I implemented to hook the photos to the site simply stopped working. I
After a long struggle with heart disease, Mumtaz’s mom passed away in late July. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and renowned for her dedication to her community.
Sometime in late Spring, the method that I employed to link photos on this site to my database of photos on One Drive seems to have crashed. Everything prior to February 2016 is working fine.
CFVNB the splendid Cirrus SR22 Turbo has been sold. Here is the new plane, an excellent 2007 Diamond DA40XLS. It is less capable and slower but much less expensive to operate and actually has a
This winter in Niagara was quite peculiar. No snow whatsoever until mid March; then a pretty major snow storm followed by another week of above zero weather. Mumtaz headed for Edmonton to look after her
So if you have been reading the blog, you might wonder how my alleged trips to Europe and Florida went. The Florida trip was rescheduled to the end of March then ultimately cancelled. The Europe
Sam and Trevor are very proud.
We hope Groundhog Day celebrations were especially exciting this year. Typically we do not travel to Wiarton on odd numbered years. Since we went to Punxsutawney last year, I was tempted to break with tradition and
That is the current name of my high school which was called Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute when both I and my brother were students there. It was a fine school with an excellent academic record.
OLD NEW YEAR CARDS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. All the Best to all for 2017. This year’s New Years’ Card is here. I found it quite difficult to cram everything I wanted into the card