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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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Portage, Main, Louis Real, Mosquito, Marymound, Golden Boy, Winnipeg, Stoney Mountain Penitentiary, Manitoba, Nutty Club, Randy Bachman, Winni-the Pooh, Neil Young, Burton Cummings, The Simpsons
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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Marymound, Gravelbourg, Ethel Phillipson, Wood River, St Agnes Priory
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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Spokane World's Fair, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, Baton, Montana, Unibomber, Lincoln, Murder, Kaczynski, Donna Peard, Lethbridge, Marchng Band
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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W.O. mitchell, Jake and the Kid, cribbage, Foothills, Alberta, Tractor, Leo Boucher, Farm, Rod Stewart
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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Mourning, Trees, Cypress, Dean Guest, Dr Gred Powell, Cypress Hills, Lodgepole Pine, Grief
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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The Story of Us, Anthropology, Alice Roberts, Paleopathology, Evolution
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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Dinner Chime, Dining Car, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Railroad
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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4-H, wagon, Gravelbourg, Tractor, Farm, Farming, Horse, Combine, Threshing, Arcola, Allis-Chalmers, Paton
Raised on Robbery
1 Apr 2025

Raised on Robbery

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

This cabinet may or may not have held the key used by a prostitute in a Joni Mitchell song.

Click on the Empire Hotel lobby cabinet for details…

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Saskatchewan, Regina, Empire Hotel, South Railway Street, Albert Street, Joni Mitchell, Raised on Robbery

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  1. Russ Paton on Just Fun22 March 2026

    Yes, we are fortunate. Many of the photos have images in the background that are as fascinating as the intended…

  2. Keith MacDonald on Just Fun22 March 2026

    It's so wonderful and amazing that Bear's and your ancestors amassed old family and other photographs. The photographs and text…

  3. Liz Seale on Watch Your Back16 March 2026

    The is an intriguing eclectic piece. I love it!

  4. elizabeth Seale on Generations16 March 2026

    Amazing that you have photos that go back so far…and that you can find them ! Liz Seale

  5. Keith MacDonald on Generations16 March 2026

    GREAT blog and pictures, Russ. CONGRATULATIONS, grandpa.

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