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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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Railroad, Dinner Chime, Dining Car, Glockenspiel, Xylophone
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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Threshing, Arcola, Allis-Chalmers, Paton, 4-H, wagon, Gravelbourg, Tractor, Farm, Farming, Horse, Combine
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
The Most Interesting Person I Never Met
26 Mar 2025

The Most Interesting Person I Never Met

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

There is no way to stand in a graveyard with a shovel, without feeling conspicuous.

Click on any winter tombstone for details…

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Phillipson, Ethel Phillipson, Rosedale, Cemetery, Ethel, Graveyard
The Nun and the Girl Who Went to Prison
22 Mar 2025

The Nun and the Girl Who Went to Prison

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

This is what a prisoner looked like in the 1920s.

Click on either girl’s reflection, for a reflection.

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St. Agnes Priory, Reform School, Prison, Phillipson, Ethel Phillipson
Galilee
21 Mar 2025

Galilee

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

A former resident of this ranch gave us clues to the location of a lost treasure.

Click on his gate for a follow-up…

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Sitting Bull, Galilee, Treasure
Walking on Water
15 Mar 2025

Walking on Water

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

There is a treasure hidden somewhere in southern Saskatchewan, and I intend to find it.

Click on the “X” and come along for the hunt. We can share the booty.

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Sitting Bull, Wood Mountain, Galilee
Welcome to Arcola!
3 Mar 2025

Welcome to Arcola!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Tales From Dead Teds | 6

You can almost hear the sound of the children’s boots on the heavy plank sidewalk.

Click on either Arcola resident for details…

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Arcola, Saskatchewan, School, Buchanan
The Fortunate Isles
20 Jan 2025

The Fortunate Isles

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

The magnificent tree on the left was planted in 1870, nineteen years before Frederik Bekker landed on the Azores.

Click on the Metrosidero tree for the full story.

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Portugal, Fred Bekker, Azores, Sao Miguel, Porta Delgada

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