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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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Aviation, Glider, Cu Nim, Foothills
Do it in Cake
11 Oct 2024

Do it in Cake

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History | 2

Cake tastes better than pavement, and other things I learned today.

Click (gently) on the ballet dancer for details.

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Landfill, Ballet, Injury
Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk
6 Oct 2024

Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk

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

We are considering a couple of winter holiday ideas.

Click on your preference, and we can chat about it.

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Slavery, Tuktoyaltuk, Climate, Timbuktu
Gin-Scented Tears
27 Sep 2024

Gin-Scented Tears

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History | 1

This is a working telephone. I keep it as a reminder of better days in the telecommunications industry.

Click on the dial for details…

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Telus, AGT, Telephone, 1984
Hate, or Hard Work
19 Sep 2024

Hate, or Hard Work

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

When you sleep with an elephant and that animal cocks its leg to fart, you have a right, indeed an obligation, to register an objection.

Click on the pachyderm for a long-winded warning.

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Hitler, Gerhard Bast, Austria, Vienna, Nazi
An Edible Dormouse
17 Sep 2024

An Edible Dormouse

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

Dormice aren’t really mice, technically they are squirrels, but I still wouldn’t eat one.

Click on the Slovenian delicacy for details.

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Slovenia, Dormouse
Tough, and Reliable
16 Sep 2024

Tough, and Reliable

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

Never take a rubber mallet to a fist fight, and other things we learned in Velden am Wörthersee.

Click on either pistol for a full run-down….

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Gaston Glock, Pyramidenkogel, Austria
Pork Chops
14 Sep 2024

Pork Chops

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

The biggest pig I have ever seen in my life came loping out of the ditch and crossed the road.

Click on the curly tail for details…

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Pig, Austria, Autobahn, Germany
Until László Returns
13 Sep 2024

Until László Returns

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

“The English Patient” might have the most tragic ending in all of cinema.

Click on László Almásy’s passport photo for details.

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Burg Bernstein, Castle, László Almásy
One For the Road
11 Sep 2024

One For the Road

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

It is good to have working feet today. My driving skills have been seriously impaired.

Click on our preferred mode of transport in Bratislava for details….

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Slovakia, Bratislava, Old Town

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  1. Russ Paton on Grief, Manifest as a Tree25 May 2025

    Thank you. I am sure you met the Guest family on one of your trips to the farm. They were…

  2. Judy on Grief, Manifest as a Tree25 May 2025

    So sorry for you loss of dear friends. The Guest name is familiar to me from Arcola days and I…

  3. Russ Paton on Late For Dinner3 May 2025

    The voice of experience …..

  4. GG on Late For Dinner3 May 2025

    You can NEVER have too many railway things.

  5. Russ Paton on The Farm Never Left Me16 April 2025

    Yes, we are fortunate to have all the old photos. They always prompt memories or nostalgia.

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