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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: History, Science and Reason, Travel, Family History | 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: History, Science and Reason, Family History | 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: History, Family 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: Science and Reason, Family History | 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: History, Family 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
Raised on Robbery
1 Apr 2025

Raised on Robbery

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel, Family History | 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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Regina, Empire Hotel, South Railway Street, Albert Street, Joni Mitchell, Raised on Robbery, Saskatchewan
The Most Interesting Person I Never Met
26 Mar 2025

The Most Interesting Person I Never Met

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

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

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

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

Galilee

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Family 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

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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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