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We enjoy the curling. Hubby gets out the stats and makes charts.

There are no concussions.
There are no fights.

Until this past week, there are no demonstrations of temper tantrums in curling.

The kittens and cats get involved, too.

He loves the strategy. I love the integrity of curling. They curl against the rocks, the ice, and not so much one another.

The fans are fun, for the most part. Like tennis, there is a gentility to it. Until this past week.

Until last Saturday. There was a large crowd. They were down to the final round-robin. There was beer and fans used to hockey and the jeering that results.

The posts were a sad statement of affairs.

Crowd booing, people yelling obscene remarks about players, with their family members sitting in the audience in front of them.
Like tennis, when you are about to shoot or serve, you pause out of respect.

CurlingZone · 6,313 like this.

Saturday at 04:43 ·  Unconfirmed sources at #2013Brier #Curling tonight that had Stoughton missed his last shot, CCA would have allowed a re-throw due to crowd distraction under Section 8, item 6 of CCA Rules of Play.

Saturday at 05:09 via mobile · Like · 7 I think its rather sad and disrespectful when a curling is sitting in the hack and the fans are booing them or taunting them. Edmonton fans were very disrespectful and sounds like most of them drink too much.

Then there was the microphone incident...

Brier teams warned against abusing TV gear

2013 Brier: Players warned after TV equipment trashed | The Curling ...

Relaxing with curling!

thecurlingnews.com/.../2013-brier-players-warned-after-tsn-eq... 4 days ago – 2013 Brier: Players warned after TV equipment trashed ... restitution was in fact paid; the player and team – and all the teams – were warned ... receiver and threw the equipment against a rink board, causing an estimated $4,000 in damage. ... which includes a warning for a first offence of “verbal abuse” or .

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Something old, something new...

 Across the street from the house where I grew up. I was a preschooler at the time! This is the old me.

apartments in our new town

new kittens

old barn

Old old building in our new town!

Found at a Fair: BIG

Found at the Lynwood Fun Fair!

Round Robin Challenge: Big

Round Robin Challenge: Water

Round Robin Jan. 30, 2010

Theme: Water
It's everywhere in Muskoka

You just can't always see it! This river drains into an apparently frozen lake! But we know about lake water temperatures! Ah, well. It's all water under the bridge now!

Round Robin: candlelight

Round Robin Photo Challenge Taken at Red Leaves, during the arts fundraiser.

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And this one from a party!

Round Robin Challenge: chickens

"Round Robin Challenge: Chickens"

You'd think Muskoka (cottage country) wouldn't be the place for them. But it is! Lots of hobby farms and people who believe in fresh country eggs.


This is one that did not get away. A free range chicken the kids brought for our dining pleasure and my daughter's 30th birthday dinner.

These are at Nancy Tapley's resort, near Deerhurst.
Here are some chickens in flight...OK, as close as they'll ever get!
This one peered around the fence at me, hoping I would feed it! These are Nancy Tapley's Muskoka chickens, I call her the Chicken Whisperer, featured on a previous post, and on YouTube! She is brilliant with all creatures, two and 4-legged!

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Floating

Float like a butterfly!

Lonesome Charlie, our favourite goose, tries to float like a butterfly.
It started with a food fight, with Oscar chasing the other pair away. They float across the water.


Sting like a bee.

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