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tubing…

05 Tuesday Apr 2022

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recently my grandson and I had a conversation about some fun times… two of the things he remembered are below…

one was a tubing trip down the river in Courtenay, BC, where I was knocked off the tube by a tree branch and lost my new hat… everyone but me was quite happy as they hadn’t liked it, lol… he was around seven at the time… I ended up with a bruised leg and a gash on my head… it certainly was something I won’t forget, and apparently neither will he…

the other memory was around a beta fish in a vase that I kept on my desk at one of my workplaces… he has always been interested in fish and is a great collaborator with the goldfish…

so interesting to hear the things he remembers;-)…

pelicans…

15 Sunday Jul 2018

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a few days ago I received a postcard in the mail from my Ottawa daughter… she had sent it from Kingston and it had a beautiful heron on it…

I love herons and we were recently talking about them as they seem much more common in Ontario than here… either that or I am just not in the places here where they reside… she often sends me photos of them when she’s by the river or paddle boarding…

just last week when the boys and I were on a walk, the pelicans were on the river as we crossed the bridge… first time this year that I’d seen them… got a few pics but mostly from far away…

today as I walked over the bridge to the Park they were on the water again… they are another bird that I find very interesting… often they can be seen in Lockport, but I haven’t made it there yet this year…

I do love it when I spy birds when I am out and about… so blessed to have the opportunity for walks in such a beautiful area…

vacation day seven…

01 Thursday May 2014

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final day of vacation… watched a series to the end of the first season last night, but we still got up around 6:30…

took a picture of the transit station which we have been using and which is right outside the kids’ apartment…

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then I packed my bag… although there was talk that I wasn’t going to get everything in it…

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but I did, with only a small additional bag for carry on…

20140501-154959.jpgit had been overcast and rainy but finally the sky started to clear and we went for a walk along the river…

20140501-155340.jpgtook the bus to the airport wearing a t-shirt… no jacket or sweater… but I forgot my new scarf…

then, I waited – in a very long line at Security, and then for the airplane to arrive… eventually it did, and we were only about fifteen minutes late…

20140501-213114.jpgarrived and Crystal and the little boys picked me up and dropped me off at home…

the snow is gone… how cool is that:-)…