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There are the gargoyles at the doors to the place that we stayed in Richmond Hills, Ontario. I do have a thing for gargoyles with about a dozen of them “guarding” my bookshelves. But, what’s the story behind these? Are they there for the artistic nature of these beauties? Or, perhaps they wree guarding theContinue reading “There’s a story in everything that I do”

It was in 1985 that Susan and I first celebrated her birthday together. She had never been to the Bruce Peninsula in Canada, so that’s where we headed. We spent the night at Tobermory at the tip of the peninsula. What a fun memory. From there we spent birthdays mostly in Ann Arbor and atContinue reading “Celebrating a special birthday”

We are not put off by the cold and snow of winter. I guess that’s why we enjoy traveling to the Upper Peninsula in December and January. Well, the first real snow has arrived. It’s not “very cold” some 17F as I sit here writing. There is something that pleases me when I look atContinue reading “The first “real” snow of the fall”

On Saturday we watched the University of Michigan Wolverines beat the Ohio State University Buckeyes 30-24. The Wolverines are now #2 and OSU has dropped to #5. This means that UM cannot play OSU in the College Football Championship games, which I am pleased with. Now on to books. This December when we are visitingContinue reading “Books to read to the kids”

This story appeared in my new feed yesterday and was too similar to the start of covid (SARS-CoV-2) in the fall of 2019. It meant that it was time to get to the WHO website and ready more about the virus. Obviously, some of the same old viruses and bacterial are still around, but notContinue reading “A new respiratory virus”

Our day started in Ithaca at the State Diner where we had a great breakfast. On our way to the restaurant we passed this amazing mural that took up an entire city block. I thought that the monarch theme fit in nicely with our visit to Cornel. From Ithaca we headed west and crossed intoContinue reading “Port Dover, Ontario”

I found it interesting that the most prominent photo above “Entomology” was a spider, which is not an insect. Part of the 30+ people here for an end of season gathering of moth enthusiasts. Susan sitting in the range studying a tray of interesting micro moths. These are the types of moths that are perhapsContinue reading “A collection of moth-loving people”

As I am sitting down writing this as Thanksgiving approaches I found this particular cartoon quite funny. Over the years I have prepared turkey, chicken, duck and quail. But I would never threaten poor little Woodstock. The traditional Peanuts Thanksgiving dinner is popcorn and toast. Now on to Ithaca. The place we stayed in IthacaContinue reading “Fun in Ithaca”

If the Group of Seven were the stars of the McMichael Gallery, then the Tom Thomson exhibit was a super nova. The title of the exhibit was North Star. It was truly “exceptional.” This sums up the artist quite nicely. This painting perfectly catches the image of a frosty morning in the north. What theContinue reading “McMichael Gallery – part-3 Tom Thomson”

One of the reasons we went to the McMichael Gallery was to see the paintings by members of “the Group of Seven.” There was one gallery with many by the members. These are but a few. After each painting there is a brief description of the painting. I was amazed at how the artist caughtContinue reading “McMichael Gallery – Group of Seven”