Click on a photo for slide show: 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.  Lots of ducks and geese.  Hawks and occasionally one will see an Eagle.  There are two spots in the park, one in particular, where a bunch of Cardinals

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 really need any ‘stuff’.  We don’t - really.  Finally, I told them that whatever she got it couldn’t be more than $20.00.  She laughed and agreed.  I read an article recently about Christmas presents and what children remember.  What do

Masters Swimming over the years Going to get my brag on here.  See how I compare in the images! I’ve been swimming most of my life.  Tried to keep it up through most of my adventures, work and children.  I’d often go through months or sometimes a couple of years that I could not swim much or as regularly as I’d have liked.  When I lived in Florida, I did some but tended to spend

Click image for Slide show: Tai Chi at Four When son Spencer was between a year to two years I used to walk him through a park in the east end of Toronto.  I did this mostly early Saturday and Sunday mornings to give his mother a break.  The park we walked was a few blocks south of the Danforth.  Greek Town.  We lived in that neighbourhood.  Just south and west a few blocks was

Click on a photo for slide show: Winter walk then dinner at Canalside Thursday walk along Nickel Beach.  Was almost springlike.  Lots of sun and a few friendly people walking their puppies. I managed to keep myself off the ice - it was a little precarious.  Things being as they are now, we went to Canalside Restaurant for fish and chips afterwards.  We've missed that.  Normally, live music happens on the weekends.  We had originally