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Communion
20 Jul 2025

Communion

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 13

A Saskatchewan town, with a Fransaskois accent.

Click on the Bishop’s Palace for details…..

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Bishop's Palace, English, Culture, Cathedral, Larry Bekker, Church, Catholic, Protestant, French, Saskatchewan, CFRG, Gravelbourg
Canada’s Middle Child
13 Jul 2025

Canada’s Middle Child

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 3

If you could travel to any major city in Canada, which destination would you choose?

Click on the least likely option…

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Louis Real, Mosquito, Marymound, Golden Boy, Winnipeg, Stoney Mountain Penitentiary, Manitoba, Nutty Club, Randy Bachman, Winni-the Pooh, Neil Young, Burton Cummings, The Simpsons, Portage, Main
Gravelbourg Mud
1 Jul 2025

Gravelbourg Mud

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 2

“So, won’t you come with me
Where the Wood River flows?
The little Wood River knows….” – Connie Kaldor

Click on the kids in the river for a deeper dive….

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Gravelbourg, Ethel Phillipson, Wood River, St Agnes Priory, Marymound
A Meanness in This World
22 Jun 2025

A Meanness in This World

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

“He’s going to kill us. Let’s run.”

Click on any band member to witness innocence and evil…

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Baton, Montana, Unibomber, Lincoln, Murder, Kaczynski, Donna Peard, Lethbridge, Marchng Band, Spokane World's Fair, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute
Jake and the Kid
5 Jun 2025

Jake and the Kid

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History | 2

The foothills of Alberta is a good place to exercise independence skills. If you can’t find yourself here, there is some doubt you can be found.

Click on either foothillbilly for details…

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cribbage, Foothills, Alberta, Tractor, Leo Boucher, Farm, Rod Stewart, W.O. mitchell, Jake and the Kid
Grief, Manifest as a Tree
25 May 2025

Grief, Manifest as a Tree

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

Cypress trees symbolize mourning, death and transition.

Click on the weathered face of the forest for details

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Cypress, Dean Guest, Dr Gred Powell, Cypress Hills, Lodgepole Pine, Grief, Mourning, Trees
Four Billion Years in Three Hours
15 May 2025

Four Billion Years in Three Hours

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 0

How the Earth and everything on it came to be, from cell to civilization.

Click on the DNA double helix for details….

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Anthropology, Alice Roberts, Paleopathology, Evolution, The Story of Us
Late For Dinner
3 May 2025

Late For Dinner

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 2

“Call me anything you like, just don’t call me late for dinner.”

Strike the railroad dinner chime for details…

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Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Railroad, Dinner Chime, Dining Car
Frugs
20 Apr 2025

Frugs

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason | 0

Quacking while copulating is a clever survival technique.

Click on the amorous Wood Frogs for details….

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Wood Frog, Frog, Boreal Chorus Frog, Brumation, Pond
The Farm Never Left Me
15 Apr 2025

The Farm Never Left Me

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 6

People who grew up on a farm are a fraternity, we understand one another.

Click on either boy or his pet for details.

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Tractor, Farm, Farming, Horse, Combine, Threshing, Arcola, Allis-Chalmers, Paton, 4-H, wagon, Gravelbourg

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  1. Russ Paton on A Pardoned Horse5 February 2026

    Yup. Fancy, the wonder horse.

  2. Judy Darvill on A Pardoned Horse5 February 2026

    Sometimes you just need a little motivation to pull up your boot straps and carry on! Way to go Fancy!

  3. Russ Paton on Monkey Mind1 February 2026

    The kids are my usual “go to” but those little monkeys weren’t around. I had to find professional help for…

  4. Judy on Monkey Mind1 February 2026

    Glad to hear your kids could help you out! I only assume this is who you spoke to as we…

  5. Russ Paton on Pigeon Toes25 January 2026

    Not this trip, but I get the feeling we will be back…

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