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.
Sunday October 11
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ann on our ride on Thursday
Ann and I have now moved on to Katy and Ben's in Renfrew, driving up on Wednesday via the 407, Peterborough and Bancroft. On Monday morning, Ann and I rode up the Etobicoke Creek Trail getting back in time for lunch. Nancy arrived shortly after, having driven down to Brampton from Barrie for a visit. She, Ann and Martha went apple picking at a friend of Martha's.
On Tuesday, Martha's friend Cliff arrived and he, Martha, Thom Ann and I went to the Canadian Opera Company in downtown Toronto to see Cosi Fan Tutte. Although I have seen several operas on video, I have never seen a complete opera in person other than The Hobbit by the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus back in 2004 when Ann and I billetted four of their members. This time we got rush tickets on Tuesday afternoon and sat high in the nosebleeds. Nevertheless, we could see and hear everything well and enjoyed the show.
Here in Renfrew it has been a long weekend for all with no school on Friday for a professional development day and Thanksgiving Monday off as well. On Thursday, after an afternoon ride while the kids were in school, Ann and I picked up Morgan and Julia from Ottawa, so we had a full house for Alex's fifth birthday on Friday. He got to choose the menus for all the meals: pancakes with bacon for breakfast (and presents, of course), mac and cheese with bacon for lunch, and hamburgers with bacon for dinner. In the afternoon, Katy went with Alex so he could ride his scooter along the sidewalks on Gillan Rd. while Ann and I took Andrew for a bike ride along the Algonquin Trail as far as Whitton Rd. Alex's birthday party will be next weekend.
Yesterday everyone enjoyed a relaxing day. A 1000-piece puzzle was started and I took advantage of a beautiful day to ride towards Calabogie as far as Norway Lake, taking the roads on the way down and the trail on the way back.
Today has been another relaxing day except for Ben and Katy who prepared us all a wonderful Thanksgiving turkey dinner at mid-day. Afterwards we watched the Disney movie Coco and, later on, the adults watched Project Hail Mary..