Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty-five years ago, it described most of the activities of our whole family. Now that most of our children have flown the coop, it is mostly about what Ann and I (Dave) have been up to. I update it most weekends. We save all the messages over the past year in an Archive along with links to what we were doing ten and twenty years ago.
You can click on the pictures above to get a bit more information about each of us.
Monday March 23
Winter aconites in the back yard
Ann has been up in Renfrew for the past week looking after Andrew and Alex during March break so that Katy and Ben could work uninterrupted. I drove her to the airport a week ago Thursday but, despite it being clear in town, we found the airport blanketed in fog. I waited while Ann went to see whether the flight was going to leave; she returned a few minutes later with a new ticket for the next day, so we returned home. That messed up her plans to hang out with Morgan and Julia on Friday since she only arrived in time to get a ride with Ben out to Renfrew. However, since Morgan and Julia also went to Renfrew for the weekend, they did get to visit for a couple of days. Since then, Ann has played with Andrew and Alex and has done a lot of work finding a suitable bicycle for Katy for her upcoming birthday. She flies home again tomorrow.
A couple of weeks ago, in Nova Scotia, we had the big thaw with temperatures going up to the mid-teens. All the snow which had persisted for well over a month — unusual for these parts — disappeared revealing the winter aconites in flower underneath. So skiing season is over and biking has begun. So far I have gone around my standard loop in Dartmouth three times and I've also ridden a new route which circumnavigates the airport making use of a new road with a bike path that connects the airport to the village of Wellington. Yesterday, I drove to MacElmon's Pond Park near Lower Onslow and rode a loop through Crowes Mills, Belmont, Debert and Masstown stopping at the Masstown Market for lunch. These last two rides are new ones I've added to the Ramblers schedule and wanted to try out first.
I've also managed to do a bit of gardening getting the beds ready for planting and tidying up the hostas, hydrangeas and peonies. Winter is not quite over yet though: we had snow overnight and all day today so, until it disappears again, there will be no more biking and gardening.
On Friday and Saturday, I played in a bridge tournament at Mount Saint Vincent University with my friend Layton. We played in four sessions coming in first, second twice, and third in our flight.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had damaged the car while parking at the Oval. It finally went into the shop last Monday and I've been driving a rental car since. Although they had estimated that it would take four days to fix, there has been some trouble getting a part so it is still there. I hope it will be ready in the next couple of days.