Saturday Family Night – Armstrong BC Yvonne’s son, Paul, his wife Kelsey and their children drove down for the afternoon evening. With their cousins here, it made for a great evening. Wonderful children – lots of hugs. Pia got her Read more…
Thomas Hayes Trail – Armstrong Having an amazing time in Armstrong. Always amazing when we get to go hiking/walking in the woods. Yesterday and today. Spent the weekend with Marianne (Yvonne’s sister), Marianne’s son Shayne, and his wife Shannon, Shayne’s Read more…
Hanging out at Elbow Falls Great day hanging out with Yvonne’s son Spencer. He took us out for a drive to Elbow Falls, one of our favourite spots in the area. Water was pretty low. Melt from the mountains hasn’t Read more…
We’ve spent the last few days in Calgary. Then a couple more before heading out to British Columbia. Visiting grandkids. We spent some time the other afternoon and evening with Yvonne’s son and wife. They live in a great spot Read more…
This is a big country! We left Brandon a few days ago after a wonderful visit with our friends Tom and Aya. Driving through Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta one really sees the expanse of this country. The narrow strip we Read more…
Yvonne and Martin Road Trip Spring 2022 Ontario is a very large Province. Two long days got us as far as Kenora, Ontario. Another 4+ hours on the third day got us to Brandon, Manitoba where we are staying with Read more…
Dufferin Island Niagara Falls (***Note about our Road trip at the end of this post…***) Some photos of our walk-a-bout at Dufferin Islands today. Tons of birds about. So nice to hear them after a quiet winter. Yvonne and I Read more…
Meatballs and Pasta I like to cook. I’m not the best cook in the world but, hey, I like to eat so… I try and swim or work out at least three times a week. Swimmers are known for their Read more…
Cardinals at Dufferin Islands There is a smallish park just up the road from Niagara Falls called Dufferin Islands. The park is usually pretty busy with people and lots of birds. Birds are healthy because they get fed so well. Read more…
The Lost Art of Letter Writing… A while back a relative phoned me and asked me what I wanted for Christmas. At first I thought it was going to be tough to answer. I told them that my wife and I didn’t Read more…