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From the Random Folder, 2 very special holiday season photos. Here is a photo of this year’s Christmas present, carefully staged by Mumtaz: And here is JB, clearly getting excited about the holidays, click on
If you read this blog regularly, you may remember this post from last year. The point was that while we do not celebrate Christmas, Mumtaz does have an observance in December and there are a
In mid November, it is Daniela and Luke’s wedding anniversary. Hard to imagine their wedding was 10 years ago. It was nice chatting with them as they came through Niagara Falls in mid November. Many
Yesterday the Mayor of the town of South Bruce Peninsula announced the very unexpected death of Wiarton Willie. Surprisingly, this is a more complex matter than it may seem on the surface. Willie was Quite
For those that are not familiar with this facility along Guelph Line in Milton, here is a link to Wikipedia: Halton County Radial Railway – Wikipedia and here is a link to their web site:
For our trip to the Kitchener and Guelph areas, we were set for a night in Hespeler before the exciting trip to the Halton Radial Railway. We resolved to use only secondary routes to get
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Sam and Trevor prepare the apartment for Halloween. Click on the photo below for more.
Among many changes in 2021, we vacation in October, August was too tense. This year’s vacation was a one week trip to Vancouver accompanied by Sam and Trevor, followed by a few days at home
Every year we make a trip to the Caledon district north of Toronto to see the fall colours. We went a little early this year and the weather wasn’t great but it was the best
On September 19, we celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day; perhaps the quirkiest holiday in the calendar. In addition to talking like a pirate, celebrations include a spaghetti dinner prior to which we don
At the end of August … It’s Zabeena’s birthday! Click on the photo below for a few terrific photos including a couple with Anver. Now we will expect birthday photos every year. Sam and Trevor
Usually we travel in the last weekend of July coincident with the Oshkosh Air Show. This year we postponed to mid August. Our usual vacation at the end of August is postponed until Autumn. The
By mid July Mumtaz, Sam, Trevor and I are fully vaccinated including the waiting period to maximum immunity. We travel to Toronto to visit Sam and Trevor in their new condo which was thrilling. We
You will notice this title from time to time. I usually attach albums to specific articles in the blog but I archive single photos in a folder that I call Random; I post photos from
It has been quite a while since I’ve updated the blog … essentially there are no photos to archive and the pandemic situation makes most events rather boring to report. Ill Advised As March waned,
Naeem, Rehana, Ayaan, Inaya, and Leila after a Montreal snowstorm. Click on the photo for more.
Up at 6:30am In a normal off year, I make it a point to get up around 8am in time to tune into to a local TV station and get the news from Wiarton. Punxsutawney
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