New Year's Eve Party

Today I did a New Years Eve party for some children at the Library. One of the activities was a set of home-made Pinatas. It was interesting to see the difference between the boys' behavior and the girls'.

Ladies Who Lunch

Here's Eb , Margie and myself having lunch at the Spicy Thai.

Wind Storm

A big wind storm on Sunday knocked over an evergreen at Colleen and Scott's place. Here's Scott inspecting the situation.
Colleen sent a picture to CHCH news and they used it on television. Fortunately, the tree didn't damage anything.

Christmas 2008

Fran sent me a DVD of a crackling fire.

Here's Christian with his new transport truck

I helped Colleen make dinner.
Christian had so many presents, he didn't see this Mechanic's workbench that I gave him until the next day.

Beamsville will be Hockeyville!

On Saturday, Ted and I went to the rally to support Beamsville's bid to be the Kraft Hockeyville for 2009. There were outdoor rinks for the kids....

......Facepainting and entertainment (note the tree decorated with Kraft Dinner boxes)....

and hockey jerseys for sale.

Birds

The Mourning Doves are waiting for the little birds to do their work.

Juncoes, sparrows and finches can eat from this neat feeder from Lee Valley.Now we can all eat!

30 Years ago

Brendan sampling the wrapping paper on his first Christmas

Handel would be proud

Last night, Eb and I and another friend went to Grimsby to see Chorus Niagara's presentation of the Messiah. A wonderful performance! Here's a link to their site: http://www.chorusniagara.ca/

Library Christmas Party

House Tour, Niagara-on-the-Lake

We started at the Old Rectory

Then we saw several rooms in the Prince of Wales Hotel.

George Bernard was keeping warm on Queen Street.