THE GREAT VALENTINES DAY CRAP STORM OF 2021
Up to now I had been enjoying a very temperate and rather mild winter. A cooler version of Hawaii, you might say. I have been, as usual, minding my own business and not bothering anyone. I had also, by now,…
MY BROTHER, ENGINEER, LAWYER, FREE SPIRIT, MASTER OF LINGO & MY HERO
In this post I will try to paint a picture of one of the most interesting characters that I ever crossed paths with. I have known him all of my life and although we have not spent a lot of…
ME ON MY DAILY WALK WITH OL’ BUBBALOO
I try to stay positive and happy during our walks so don’t let this picture mislead you. Ange found this and said it looked just like me, when I walked with her and Mom in Victoria. The real reason for…
IF YOU THOUGHT I WAS BORING BEFORE, WAIT’LL YOU SEE MY NEW HOBBY
As my title suggests, I now have another “hobby” to add to my retirement package. Besides being a professional golfer, talented fisherman and guide, author of a major blog, chef, and the one in charge, who “metes” out the jobs…
OLD, OLD PHOTOS FROM THE H…. FAMILY ARCHIVES
This next post is a display of some very old photos from the family archives. My little sis “S” (of the car eject fame) was kind enough to send me what she had so I could share them on my…
AAAHHH, HOME AT LAST, NOW TO SINK SOME ROOTS
In the last post, I jumped ahead of myself a wee bit, in order to get down on paper, a few memories of the girls in their new environment, while those memories yet remained with me. Ron was still not…
RON AND THE GREAT CAR WRECK OF DOUGLASDALE (and other things in her teens)
I will skip ahead a bit, in the time, after our arrival back in Canada, to a point where Ron had now reached about 17 years old. She was deep into her second year of High School at Lord Beaverbrook…
AN ATHLETE IS BORN – ANGE KILLS IT AT SOCCER (Ange top row far right)
Soon after arriving back in Calgary, Deysi had the girls enrolled in a few, outside school, activities. For Ange they included music (both piano and clarinet), swimming, skiing and soccer. Ron, on the other hand, was now in her middle…
BUBBALOO DECIDES THAT IT IS NOW TIME TO BUY LIFE INSURANCE – AN OLD RANT
In the early days after returning to Calgary and trying to establish myself in the business world, I might admit that I had become a wee bit stressed out physically, financially and mentally. I could not bring it up because…
1994/5 A NEW LIFE AND SUDDENLY BUSY AGAIN (pic of 1st office in Calgary)
For the past few weeks and around the Christmas 2020 period. I have deviated and gone astray from the chronology of our life. Since finding each other in the Andes of Peru in early 1978. The chronology part, has taken…
