Mostly, for 2020, we drove to the hostage exchange, and hosted the grandkids during virtual school. Momma and Poppa worked from home.
Brockville | Merrickville
Anniversary trip
4.0
June 25 - 28
- Our vacay – a road trip Part 1
- Trip to Muskoka Part 2 – the turtles
- Trip to Muskoka – Part 3
- Muskoka Trip – Part 4 Bala
- Trip to Muskoka – Part 5 Bala Falls dam update #52...
- Trip to Muskoka – Part 6 Gravenhurst Hotel & Market
- Trip to Brockville
- PPF and a trip to the cemetery
- Walkies in Mer Bleu
- Pakenham Maple Run Tour Part 1
- Pakenham Maple Run Tour Part 2
3.0
- Gramma Camp 3.0! (Thursday, the hostage exchange)
- Gramma Camp 3.1 Friday
- Gramma Camp 3.2 Saturday
- Gramma Camp 3.3 Sunday
2.0Gramma Camp 2.0!
Gramma camp 2.1
Gramma Camp 2.2
Gramma Camp 2.3
It's our week for grandies; Part 1
Gramma Camp Part 2
Gramma Camp Part 3
Gramma Camp Part 4
Gramma Camp Part 5
Thanksgiving Weekend Crown and Pumpkin Tour
Trip to Long Sault, part 1
Long Sault, part 2
Narrows Locks: headed to Napanee 1
South Frontenac to Napanee 2
Our kids took a trip Around the World!
This is a daycation saga!
- Trip to Napanee, Part 1
- Lunch in Napanee: Waterfront Restaurant, Part 2
- The heron and turtles (Napanee – the river, Part 3).
- Winery in Westport: daycation Part 4
Trip out west to see our youngest two grandies!
Preparation: I packed my stuff!
Thursday, May 31st 1. Getting There Off to YVR!
Friday, June 1st #2. Vancouver and kidlets!
Saturday, June 2nd #3. Queen Elizabeth Park
Sunday, June 3rd #4. YVR, splashing, sushi
Monday , June 4th #5.: YVR=>YYC, lunch in Canmore, drive to Deer Lodge, Lake Louise
Tuesday, June 5th #6a. Lake Louise, 6b. Canmore for lunch, hiking Johnson Canyon, and back to YYC.
Wed., June 6th #7a. Calgary's Inglewood Park, birding, 7b. The City of Calgary , 7c. James Joyce Pub
Thursday, June 7th #8. Thursday trip home to Ottawa & Perth
Friday, June 8th #9. Friday, June 8th – recovery!
Saturday, June 9th #10. Recovery, Catching up after our trip
Mar. 23 – Another adventure
March 23rd trip – part 2
March 26 – part 3
Sat., March 10th's drive:
Narrows Lock to see the birds! #1
Narrows Lock to Newboro #2
Chaffeys Lock and Opinicon #3
March Break!
March Break with the Grandies!
March Break with the grandies- episode 2
March Break with the grandies – episode 3
March Break – episode 4
Amherst Isl. Ferry 2 (ferry video)
We visited the Grand Bahia Principe El Portillo, near Samaná!
7. Thursday
8. Friday, and home!
1. turtles
2. Beachtime,
3. Bananaquit,
4. Tern, fishing,
5. Flickers
7. Frigatebird
8. Moorhen
9. Palmchat
10. Mockingbird
11. Our room
12. Fumigant.
Perth Studio Tour 2017
Kingston –Part 1, here we come!
Kingston Trip – Part 2: Gord Downie Memorial
Kingston Trip – Part 3 Dinner: Amherstview
Kingston Trip – Part 4: Amherst Island Ferry
Birds are flocking! (videos)
Kingston Trip – Part 6: Amherst Island, Wildlife, Topsy Farm!
Kingston Trip – Part 2: Gord Downie Memorial
Kingston Trip – Part 3 Dinner: Amherstview
Kingston Trip – Part 4: Amherst Island Ferry
Birds are flocking! (videos)
Kingston Trip – Part 6: Amherst Island, Wildlife, Topsy Farm!
We went to the beach, for last swims!
Grandsitting Day 6 (morning)
Grandsitting Day 6: Lombardy Fair
Grandsitting March Madness Day 1
Grandsitting March Madness Day 2
Grandsitting March Madness Day 3
Grandsitting March Madness Day 4
Grandsitting March Madness Day 5
Grandsitting March Madness: Going Home
2016Grandsitting March Madness Day 2
Grandsitting March Madness Day 3
Grandsitting March Madness Day 4
Grandsitting March Madness Day 5
Grandsitting March Madness: Going Home
Max Finkelstein said, "I hope we do better for the next 150 years."
#Canada150
South Wind Brigades PART 1 –arriving @Jones Falls
Hotel Kenny: Jones Falls
Brigades PART 2 – going up Jones Falls locks 42 => 39
South Wind Brigades PART 3 –departing Jones Falls
South Wind Brigade PART 4 – @Chaffeys Lock
Canada Flag by Curtis Wilson
We proudly own one.
October
Ottawa Valley's Great Fire of 1870
Burnt Lands Provincial Park Alvar
Communications Bunker from the Cold War
September
#1 Tupper Lake Trip
#2a The Wild Center (indoors)
#2b Tupper Lake Trip; outdoor trails
#3 Tupper Lake Trip; the town
#4 Tupper Lake Trip videos
#5 Tupper Lake Painting
#6 Tupper Lake Trip; home again
Day trip to Golden Lake & Barry's Bay #1Day trip to Golden Lake & Barry's Bay #2Day trip to Golden Lake & Barry's Bay #3
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Napanee Day Trip OVerview: This is part of our serious lunch trip, 116 km!
Springside Park Napanee
Godfrey Sculptures Park & Radiance of the Ordinary
4. Yam's Visit: Friday Ottawa,
You know they pay people to write about touristy trips. I'm doing this for fun!
- The marathon, Sunday, June 26
- Ottawa Bicycle Club 45th Annual Rideau Lake Cycle Cyclists were driving like mad June 12th.
- Classic Theatre Festival (Perth, all summer)
- The Lonely Ghosts Walk – Perth, Fridays beginning July 1 at 7 p.m.
- Historic, theatrical walking tour, Perth through the Ages, running Wed. – Sun. at 11 a.m. starting June 22.
- FaeryFest 2016
- Bee Meadow Farm Open House/Auction
- Chesterville & District Heritage Museum Visit
- Chesterville June 18th, 2016
- Festival of the Maples in Perth
- Kingston March 30th
- Wolfe Island Trip 2016 Part 1: Sites and critters
- Wolfe Island Trip 2016 Part 2: videos
- Wolfe Island Trip 2016 Part 3: Point Alexandria & birding trip
- Wolfe Island Trip 2016 Part 4: Ferry
- Our March 27th day trip
- Sitting grandies during March Break: Days 1 & 2
- Grandsitting, Day 3's Art & Day 4 Aquatarium
- Friday, March 11th: a quest
- "I best shower so I can take you out to lunch!"
- Tripping around the region
- Owl hunting and a trip to Smiths Falls
2015
Just flip through the photos you like!!! Such a beautiful part of the country.
Trip to Brockville, Prescott, and the St. Laurence River
Trip to Brockville, Prescott, and the St. Laurence River
Trip to Belleville for Jack-in-the-pulpit
My photos of our journey include:A fire in Napanee, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, funeral in Deseronto, tagged trains (hubby likes trains!), lunch in Napanee (beside the canal), and lots of sights, smells, and sounds.
Wolfe Island – What a delightful time hunting Snowy owls!
- Wolfe Island Ferry Ride in December
- Wolfe Island videos: Canada Geese and the ferry ride
- Wolfe Island - what an interesting spot!
- Skywatching on Wolfe Island
- It's all very exciting, owl watching!
- We did it! An owl!
BABYSITTING 2014
Chaffeys Lock Cemetery and Clear Lake CemeteryRideau Ferry Dock Opening
Daycation to Burnstown's House and Garden TourOttawa's Cancer Survivor Park
We visited Vancouver, Fort Langley, Surrey (for the wedding), Stanley Park in May. I am slowly processing my photos, deleting the duds and grouping the various locales.
The wedding, May 19th, was amazing.
We have much fun visiting events in Ontario.
There are tons of festivals from which to choose. Many activities for we retirees!
Waiting for the Puppets Up! show |
Puppets Up! in Almonte 2013
2. Glengarry Highland Games –sheep dogs, police, bands, heavyweight competitions!
3. Final set of photos: Glengarry Highland Games
Lots going on:
- Farmer's Markets!
- Brockville Farmer's Market June 15, 2013
- Puppets Up! in Almonte - a grand success
- Perth Garlic Festival
- HerbFest in Almonte 2012
- Faery Fest in Perth, Ontario & Faery Fest in PerthSundance Art Festival at Maberly
- Stewart Park Music Festival
- Festival of the Maples
- Perth Studio Tour
- Perth Fair
- Smiths Falls House & Garden Show
- Classic Theatre Festival
- Bala Cranberry Festival 2009
Tall Ships in Brockville 2013
What an amazing sight to see!
I created a few posts to better organise my photos!
We went onboard the Peacemaker, Mist of Avalon,
You can check out all of my ship photos here
This post features a slide show of the harbour sights. It was quite the event.
We travelled to BC in 2013!
Post #2 Tour around the town: Chemainus
Post #4 Next, we went to Duncan: Totem Poles
Post #5a Chemainus Theatre #5b Surprise! Jesse video
Post #6 Crofton, Vancouver Isl.
Post #7 Salt Spring Island tour
Post #8 Crofton's Pulp and paper mill
Post #10 Last tour around Chemainus
Wildlife in Muskoka: Algonquin Park wolves
In Algonquin Park
Moose Hunting in Algonquin Park: information & videos
Our 2009 trip north to Lake Superior
Lake Superior Park: Gargantua Bay
Puppet Travelers:
Granddaughter, Jofee, helped me buckle him in! |
They are terrific travelers. They never get car sick. They love visiting. People smile when they see either of them.
- Sir John climbed the Dorset Tower
- Muffin went to Wheelers Pancake House!
- Sir John went to Prince Edward County Marine Museum
- Muffin Muncher visited the Perth Garlic Festival
- Sir John went to Kingston, and met Sir John
- Puppets Up!
- Sir John went to Stewart Park in 2011
- Faery Fest
- Smiths Falls House & Garden Show
- Herbfest in Almonte
- Festival of the Maples
- Sir John at Fort Henry
- Garlic Festival 2011
- Almonte Celtic Festival 2011
Sir John in Kingston
- Art in the Garden Festival
- Perth Studio Tour
- Muffin Muncher visits the Smiths Falls train museum
- Sir John goes camping in MPP
- Sir John at Waring House
- Sir John and Muffin went to Muskoka
- Sir John at Muskoka Lakes Winery & Cranberry Bog
- Sir John goes to Tweed & Ottawa
- Muffin goes to a birthday party
Sir John in Kingston |
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