The weather

November 27th we had a rain storm. Pretty crazy for this time of year. It was 13 Celsius in Fredericton. The Weather Network said, "Rain at times heavy will give a total of 50 to 100 millimeters of rain to parts of New Brunswick by Thursday morning. ...Strong and gusty southeast winds is forecast with this system.  ...and wind gusts up to 90 km/h are possible over southern sections before diminishing overnight."


It is now December 20th and we are having another storm.  This is the third in the last couple of weeks, so it will definitely be a white Christmas. It is snow, rain and freezing rain. Norm Foster, when he was host of a local radio station, called it Snain. Connie and I still use that term!


I'm on one of the computers at the Media Lab on UNB, and I've got some scanned pictures. I've been using one of the scanners up here because it handles the little, itty-bitty, tiny, small slides. Here are a few:

This is Liz checking out the tomato plants. Notice that Uncle Karl has them tied up with panty hose!

I think this is Jamie playing with weights. Though it is hard to tell.

Windsong in a cute outfit.

More random photos

Just a selection of random pictures.

David is obviously fascinated by the gift he has just opened. We usually had that look on our faces when we got something from Uncle Karl. Often we would really not know what it was. This is a good picture of David with his long hair. Dad is having a laugh - he probably knows what it is!

Dave and Jim reading something very engrossing. That white globe lamp behind Jim? That was the lamp Uncle Karl gave me with the pink light bulb! Lorrie has it now. Don't know if I'll ever get it back!

This is a Christmas photo as well. Though it is either before the gifts were opened, or after everything was cleaned up. Mum loved her African violets. She told me once that she put them outside in the rain because she thought it would be better water for them, but they all got sick - apparently there was a fairly high amount of acid rain in that area of southern Quebec.

Liz having a birthday cake. Nancy on the left, one of Liz's best friends. Jim and Jamie helping to blow out the candles. Mum loved making fancy cakes. She got a booklet with different patterns in it. I remember one year David got a round one that was a lion's face. It was always fun to see what she would come up with.

 Windsong and Jamie in the kitchen in Hemmingford.

Jeanette in the Mickey Mouse shirt! I wore that thing until it wore out! I think this must have been taken at Park Safari in Hemmingford. I went a few times, but then went out west and when I came home for visits, there was too much else to do. It was interesting, but a zoo is a zoo. This one was a tourist attraction first. Not sure if they did much towards saving any at risk species. I seem to remember them having rhinos, and they are, and have been for many years, an at risk species. Although zoos can never really mirror nature, the animals are generally healthy and well fed, and at least they aren't being pounced on by predators!