Personal Musings

Ed and I are heading out to spend 2 weeks in the Rockies, with a stop in Calgary to go to Damon and Liana's wedding. (Their picture is the second from the left across the top of the page.) We've chosen a somewhat convoluted route to build in a trip up to Jasper with Ed's nephew and his wife after the wedding. The route includes overnights in Cranbrook, Banff, Calgary, Jasper, Edmonton, Cardston, … [Read more...]

Our pre-Canada Day party in 2006 was so much fun that Ed and I decided to do it again this year. Everyone on the street was invited and were asked to proudly sport "CANADIAN colors on your sleeve… hat, shirt, face" and as you can see by the picture, it was a festive celebration in red and white. … [Read more...]

I suppose it's only fitting that my first post to this blog - as a Canadian - would be to talk about hockey and root for the Ottawa Senators. But WHAT's to root for? Are these guys even playing? They only won the second game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs due to two 'lucky' goals. Now it's the end of the second period in the 3rd game and shots on goal were 11 for the Mighty Ducks - only 3 for the … [Read more...]

On May 5th, 2007, Ed and I were thrilled to celebrate the wedding of Ed's nephew Andrew and Carol at Paletta Mansion in Burlington, Ontario. Already beautiful, Carol was an extraordinarily beautiful bride and the smile you see in the picture never left her face. Her tiered dress was both fabulous and elegant. Andrew was relaxed, charming and dare I say - relieved? :-) There were about 75 … [Read more...]