Author: Tricia

One reason why I stopped writing here was that the site wouldn’t let me upload images I have on my computer. That has been fixed. Thus I am in business again! A lot has happened since I last blogged. We are still in Covid Times, in fact Ontario has just enacted, rather haphazardly, a much…

I have been absent from here for awhile. I guess life got busy! First of all The Orange President from USA has been ousted and Joe Biden is to be sworn in tomorrow. Trump has been playing dirty. First he refused to accept he had lost the election and tried all sorts of court applications…

I am delayed in writing, already it is the 18th! Max came here on 4th November and the weather did warm up, M and D. spent a lot of time outdoors. Max just loves exploring our property and they walk up and down the driveway dragging the cart. This time Max enjoyed riding on the…

I was going to write on Halloween but then I got busy and now we are in a new month. Instead of having a party or going along to the local village hall to help out with the Spooky event there all we did was carve a pumpkin and take it along to our local…

On 25th October 1923, Jane Ormerod (Nee McNeiry) gave birth to her first and only child, a son. He was probably born at home in Knott- End -On -Sea above the Fish and Chip shop that his parents ran. I am not certain of these details as I do not think the shop was built…

Everyday I think about this Blog and every day I end up not writing in it. Well today I will write something. What a different Fall it has been this year. All the Fall fairs have been cancelled as well as the Christmas Bazaars, no places to spend money! It has been a lovely Autumn,…

Here we are again. seems we are in the midst of the second wave of Covid 19. Certain areas of Ontario have been put back to Phase 2; Toronto, Peel, Ottawa are amongst them. Very happy we do not live in any of these areas. Here is my take on this whole thing. The virus,…

Here we are , well into Fall and October. This month can be very beautiful with astonishing tree colours. Even in bad years the colours of the leaves are amazing, especially when the sun shines. A far cry from my childhood Octobers in England which usually involved rain. Walking around our property I have been…

Thought I would give an update of my life at present. We had a visit from grandson, Max for 8 days. It was his first visit on his own and gave us a chance to get to know a little better. He is a very busy boy and at 22 months loves to be on…

Returning to my post of Monday 14th September and the thoughts therein. Should we be publicly celebrating traditions that come from certain Ideologies to the exclusion of others? Talking here about Halloween- which is the eve of All Saints Day. An explanation is given below. It was originally called Samhain and celebrated at the part…