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 January 11
Dave at the top of the Beaver run at Wentworth
Our New Year's celebrations were about as exciting as they have been for the past few years: that is to say, not very. Ann and I watched the celebrations in Auckland, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, Dubai and Paris on YouTube (Sydney's were the best), then watched the CBC Cross-Canada Countdown. Then we went to bed. On New Year's Day we went skating on the Oval where we met Kim and Glen who had just returned from PEI where they had gone to pick up a new Siamese kitten. They also came back with pork pies from The Handpie Company close to the bridge. We were invited back to their place to sample them and to meet the kitten.
On New Year's Eve, we had intended to go skiing at Wentworth but, after we had loaded up the car with all our gear, we noticed that the right front tire was nearly flat. I pumped it up while Ann made an appointment to get it fixed. I dropped it off, with no guarantee of it being fixed before Jan. 2, then walked to the Cottage Café to meet Ann for a coffee. I had half-finished mine when I got a call to say that the car was ready (surprise!) so we both walked back to the garage to pick it up.
We did get up to Wentworth on Thursday. The conditions were pretty good, despite the wintry mix that they had overnight, but it was quite foggy at the top of the hill. The seats on the lift were also covered with snow and ice that melted when you sat on it. By the time we were done, my bum and back were soaked.
We skied again on Friday afternoon but at Martock this time since Ann met with Vicki, Cindy and Cathy in the morning. The conditions were not as good — heavy snow that made it hard to turn — but the chairlift was nice and dry. We have also been skating regularly at the RBC Centre on those days when the weather precludes the Oval (most days so far).
On Saturday, Ann went to the annual Epiphany lunch with the Grace ladies which she organizes. Like the previous couple of years, it was at The Palladium in Cole Harbour which does a good job of handling 40 or so women for lunch.
On Tuesday, we met the Roadents in downtown Dartmouth, walked along the waterfront trail to the Woodside ferry terminal, took the ferry to Halifax (free for seniors on Tuesdays), walked along the Halifax waterfront, returned on the Alderney ferry, and walked to Café Marco Polo for coffee and treats. That evening, Ann and I were invited to a cocktail party for the Ramblers Executive put on by the President, Sylvain.