April 27/07
The best pizza in Montreal.
April 24/07
Sandstone slab table top on the deck.
April 23/07
Turkey in the front yard.
Global warming at work. Since we moved here in 1973, the climate has moved about 300 miles south.
April 22/07
Pizza in the heater.
April 11-21
MHA Annual Meeting, Wildacres, North Carolina.
March 25/07
Maya's last trip outside. He passed away a couple of days later.
He had a good life, and will be missed.
March 17/07
Maya is getting very old. He sleeps in front of the fire most of the day. He stopped eating about
3 weeks ago. He still enjoys getting brushed, and purrs a lot.
He caught 2 mice about 3 weeks ago, but is not very mobile anymore.
March 3/07
We had some new snow, and Beth and friend dropped by for a ski.
New carport for the Sprinter van keeps the snow off. Nice.
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Jan 30/07
Soapstone surround around the bathtub.
Jan 19/07
Brock Zeman and Joel Williams at Richard and Val's
Christmas 2006
October 21/06
A visit from Emma and True, Anna and Debbie, and Grandma.
Anna holding baby Cassidy from next door.
Rolling down the hill at Linda's
October 20/06
Blower door test on our house. It turned out to be reasonably tight (3.6 air changes per hour at 50 pascals)
October 10/06
Trip to France
May 23/06
Marcio Melo, the artist who did the scgraffito plaster decoration in our shower, has put it up on his website.
May 13/06
Emma walking Hershey
May 12/06
Marsh Marigolds in the pond
May 7/06 Perennial Exchange
April 24/06
Visit to Backalley Woodfired Barbeque, Kensington Market, with Jerry Frisch. Photo report on 2006 MHA Meeting
Yonge Street early on Sunday morning
April 21/06
(scroll right) Niagara Falls - return trip from Wildacres
March 24/06
Brock Zeman and Keith Glass at Richard and Val's
April 28/06 Weekend with the girls
Sunday morning coffee on the deck.
After waffles.
Feb 25/06
Denise's new cat
Renovation
Kitchen
Jan 20/06
Vince Halfhide and Missy at Richard & Val's
Jan 19/06
New heater in my office for testing.
Jan 15/06
Babysitting Emma & True.
Dec 25/05
Christmas at Eileen & Mum's
Dec 11/05
Dec 4/05
Nov 25/05
Eileen's new condo.
Oct 9/05
Thankgiving dinner at Red Rock Falls.
Sept 19/05
Peppers on the deck.
Sept 18/05
August 15 - 20/05
Nulty Get Together
July 12/05
July 2/05
Robin's nest in the sumach off the deck
June 30/05
Loading the new van.
New storage area behind shop.
Paving for forklift access.
June 25-26 Weekend at the lake.
June 16-21/05
Trip to NYC with the Twins.
Walking across the Brooklyn Bride towards Manhattan.
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Right)
Looking towards downtown on Broadway from the Beacon hotel.
The Boathouse, Central Park.
May 22/05
Diesel fleet - 2003 VW Jetta TDI, 1992 Dodge Cummins, 2005 Dodge (Mercedes)
Sprinter.
Farewell photo - the 92 pickup is moving on after 365,000 km..
May 20/05
Melwood Cultery at the Blacksheep Inn, with Jenny Whitely.
May 19/05
Leila tries her hand at falconry.
May 5/05
The garden wakes up.
April 20/05
Trip to France
April 8/05
Burning brush at the shop. Snow still on the ground.
March6/05
Shop upstairs (Anna's apartment)
More photos of the new shop addition
Feb 21 - 28
Drive to Atlanta to attend ASTM meeting.
Fleabag hotel - all the nice hotels were booked up for the Hearth Products Show.
Tony Soprano country - - New Jersey turnpike heading back towards NYC.
"Nebraska" playing on the CD player.
American Flatbread Company, Burlington, Vermont.
December 27/04
Denise's renovation (scroll right)
November 28/04
Backyard sunset.
September 26/04
Morning Glory.
September 5/04 Shawville Fair
Draft horse competition.
1915 Lister 5 hp motor grinding corn.
Western Quebec Literacy Council booth.
August 12-15 Weekend at the cottage
Breakfast on the deck.
Evening hors d'oeuvres.
Sudden shower
followed by sun.
August 7. Thirty year anniversity house party at Richard & Val's
A
August 2 - 6. Visit from Emma
Unsuspecting cat.
Roasting marshmallows
Picking berries.
July 30
Masonry heater workshop at
Bev Marois' farm in Randolph, Vermont.
July 23-25 Stewart Park Festival.
Perth, Ontario.
Fruit - Australian groove
After hours: Brock Zeman and Keith Glass.
After hours: David GoGo - electric blues
Day Two, Acoustic Stage: Lynn Miles, Keith Glass and Lennie Gallant.
Jenny Whitely
Tay River, viewed from near the main stage.
Cooling off.
July 11/04
Shop addition - upstairs.
July 3/04
Shop addition.
Columbine
July 2/04
June 25/04
Shop addition.
Cool evening.
Panorama (scroll
right)
June 17-22/04
Trip to NYC with the twins. More pictures
June 12/04
Prairie Oyster at Perth Arena. More photos.
June 11/04
June 10/04
June 7/04
Shop addition
May 30/04
Shop addition
May 29/04
First iris bloom.
May 28/04
Steve Forbert at the Black Sheep Inn
May 27/04
View down the Ottawa River from an undisclosed location, Ottawa.
May 12/04
Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Western shore of Lake Huron.
May 4/04
Pouring concrete slab for new addition to the shop.
April 27/04
Stopover in Lancaster PA to visit friends and tour an Amish foundry.
April 18-26
Annual MHA Meeting at Wildacres in
North Carolina.
Mar 31/04
First Rhododendron bloom in the greenhouse.
Mar 9/04
Leila becomes a Canadian citizen.
Feb 28 - Mar 6/04
Trip to Boulangerie Anna
Feb 7/04
Baking bread in our masonry heater's bake oven.
Jan 31/04
Skating on the Ottawa River at Fort Coulonge
Jan 3-18/04
Family holiday in the Dominican
Dec 27/03
Skating on the lake at Christmas. More Christmas
pictures.
Dec 12/03
Fred Eaglesmith at the Black Sheep Inn
Fred's bus.
Nov. 9/03
St. Joseph's Oratorio, Montreal, at sunrise.
It is at the top of Mount Royal and is a landmark for many miles around.
Nov. 8/03
Lunar eclipse.
Oct 25/03
Fox outside my office window
October 20, 2003
Marriot Waterside Hotel and Marina, Tampa Florida.
I drove down to attend an ASTM meeting on masonry heater testing standards.
63.5 mpg @ 80 mph in our new turbodiesel VW Jetta - total fuel cost $120.00CDN
for 5300 km trip
October 10-12
4 Irish girls visit the Orange Lodge
September 20/03
Tom's 40th birthday party.
August 24/03
Emma visiting
Collecting milkweed pods.
Birthday party for Leila.
Reading
August 16/03
The Goddess of Light lights the Bonfire Assemblage at Ted and Marcio's
August 10/03
August 3/03
Pink day lilly
August 2/03
July 25-27/03 Stewart Park Festival,
Perth, Ontario
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
The Tay River viewed from the side of the main stage, looking towards the acoustic
stage.
July 22/03
Emma
July 20/03
True
Frog on Emma's thumb.
Maya getting a belly scratch.
July 13/03
White Lilly
Day Lilly
Carport
