THIRD ATTEMPT FOR THIS BLOG

This blog is long in coming........

I have had a computer glitch

Know the line

THREE TIMES AND OUT?

Well

this is my final try on this story

I must say

THANKS

to my family and friends

for your comments on last

night's blog

A PEEK AT SOME OF MY PHOTOS

The blog brought tears to two
therefore
 brought tears to my eyes
What a group we are!!!!!!!

The story that I am about to tell
started on Tuesday and finished on Wednesday

I find myself often thinking about my blog
Sometimes I know exactly what I am going
to do from a photo or of someplace 
I have been

This is good!!!!

Other times

I HAVE TO PUT MY THINKING CAP ON
and
this is what happened on Tuesday

I drove some 60 k or so to a city
where I go to get  my hair cut
Before starting my journey back home
I decided to take a drive down
Stanley Avenue
and take a photo of
the home where my
grandparents lived
and
where I lived as a child

This was the home of Jack and Lavina

My Dad and his sister happily lived here

Memories............

Grandpa had a wooden bowl way up high

in the pantry cupboard

My favourite candy was in the bowl

Red and white peppermint

Tasted like a candy cane

I would come over to Grandma's

sit at the large kitchen table

and

VOILA

a 'nappy' of

corn syrup

would be placed in front of me

YUP

YOU READ IT CORRECTLY

CORN SYRUP

it was soooooooooooo good!!!!

This was the home of

Ken and Gwen

My Dad had the home built next to my grandparents home

in 1939

A present to his bride

There was a path between the two houses

Out my front door

and

in their side door

ANOTHER MEMORY

We would go to Grandma's garden

break off a stem of ruhbarb

sprinke it with salt

and chomp down

YUM YUM

I then drove down to the end of the Ave.

As children we would put a penny on the track

and wait for the train to come by

I have been told that my Mom

would put my brother in the pram

and walk along this path to the footbridge

On she would go

 down Grand Avenue

over the 5th Street bridge

and along to Tecumshe Park where

she would cross another footbridge

then homeward bound down Stanley

Apparently she would

walk this walk every day

Joe's parents lived on Water Street

one street over from the Avenue

The Mother's would pass each other

in the park

We have all heard this saying before

IT'S A SMALL WORLD

Coming off memory lane

I'm now on my way home

I spot this

JOHNNY ON THE SPOT

Now

this would not be good for some people I know!!

I found this little family swimming in

a slip off the Snye

I wish I had had my long lens with me

It's hard to see but there must have been at least

25 white swans in the river

It was quite a beautiful site

I thought this was quite unique

A garden was planted between the

road and the river

Very pleasing to the eye as I drove along

Colourful chairs waiting patiently for the sun

My ride home

After supper we decided to walk the island

As you can see there are many wagons and carts

at the main dock

Cottage people load up their wagons and

off they go ..................

Sometime soon a fire will be glowing in this pit

Wonder if they'll have marshmallows?

Evening is upon us

Another good day

Busy traffic on the river

Do you see the little tug?

One pushing

One pulling

WEDNESDAY

It was a slow going pace for this sailboat

coming up river

with her main sail billowing in the breeze

THEN

ZOOM ZOOM

POWER POWER

FOLLOWED BY..........

This beauty

I came back in the cottage to this

Just warms the heart doesn't it!!!!!!!!

SWEET