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The Gift of Sight
6 Dec 2024

The Gift of Sight

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason | 2

Going to the doctor isn’t much fun, but an optometrist! I have been looking forward to this.

Click on the phoropter for details….

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Optometrist, Snellen Chart, Glasses, Lenses, Eyesight
In Paton’s Barn
22 Nov 2024

In Paton’s Barn

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History | 0

Edwin Landseer sometimes anthropomorphized his subjects.

Click on “The Monkey Who Had Seen the World” for details….

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Edwin Henry Landseer, The Monarch of the Glen
Cruising Without Bounds
20 Nov 2024

Cruising Without Bounds

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Grains of Truth, Family History | 1

My brother Brad and I learned driving skills early. Despite treacherous weather conditions, we both stayed on the road this week.

Click on either of the seasoned drivers for details…

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Gravelbourg, Cruising, Driving, Poetry
Taking a Year Off
7 Nov 2024

Taking a Year Off

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason | 5

Do you need to be rescued from the effects of political bombardment? You have come to the right place.

Click on the St. Bernard for help.

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St. Bernard, Politics, Skeletons of the Zahara
Where We Left Off
30 Oct 2024

Where We Left Off

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 8

I would like to introduce you to some of my cousins.

Click on the pink one for details….

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Cousins, Victoria, Wells reunion
The Evidence
26 Oct 2024

The Evidence

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

The King of the Smugglers procured a small boat, which he anchored at remote Smuggler’s Cove.

Click on the idyllic estuary, for a less-than-ideal story.

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Smuggler;s Cove, Larry Kelly, The King of Smugglers
On the House
25 Oct 2024

On the House

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

My siblings and I are visiting our cousins on Vancouver Island this weekend. We expect to uncover treasure while we are there.

Click on either Wells cousin to join us.

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Ian Tyson, Smuggler;s Cove, Imagination
Baywatch
24 Oct 2024

Baywatch

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

If you could fog a mirror in the 1990s, you remember Pamela Anderson.

Click on the lifeguard to see what she is up to now.

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Pamela Anderson, Ladysmith BC, CJ Parker
The Coast
24 Oct 2024

The Coast

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

A trip to Vancouver Island is always interesting, especially for a bunch of Prairie Gophers.

Click on the displaced Flatlanders for details.

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Cousins, Wells, Vancouver Island, Victoria
Riding the Sky on a Lawnmower
19 Oct 2024

Riding the Sky on a Lawnmower

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 0

My lawnmower was responsible for taking me on a powerless flight over the foothills yesterday.

Click on the glider for details….

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Foothills, Aviation, Glider, Cu Nim

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  1. Russ Paton on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Liz, How adventurous! Neither Timbuktu, nor Russian aircraft, are accessible these days. You are fortunate to have made the trip…

  2. elizabeth Seale on Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk2 March 2026

    Russ: I am lucky to have been to both Timbuktu in 2000 and Tuk in about 2019. We actually drove…

  3. Russ Paton on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Thank You Liz, A friend of Autumn's is a friend of mine....

  4. elizabeth Seale on Tin Foil Underwear2 March 2026

    Great piece. I was very fond of your dad and I see you have inherited his skill with words. Liz…

  5. Russ Paton on Taphephobia1 March 2026

    Now, there’s a topic for another time! 🤩

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