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Explore the Past, from Antiquity to Last Week

Caganer
15 Dec 2024

Caganer

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel, Family History | 4

The people of Catalonia have a curious Christmas tradition.

Click on the Caganer for details….

Spain, Christmas, Catalonia, Barcelona, Caganer
In Paton’s Barn
22 Nov 2024

In Paton’s Barn

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History | 0

Edwin Landseer sometimes anthropomorphized his subjects.

Click on “The Monkey Who Had Seen the World” for details….

Edwin Henry Landseer, The Monarch of the Glen
Taking a Year Off
7 Nov 2024

Taking a Year Off

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason | 5

Do you need to be rescued from the effects of political bombardment? You have come to the right place.

Click on the St. Bernard for help.

St. Bernard, Politics, Skeletons of the Zahara
The Evidence
26 Oct 2024

The Evidence

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History | 0

The King of the Smugglers procured a small boat, which he anchored at remote Smuggler’s Cove.

Click on the idyllic estuary, for a less-than-ideal story.

Larry Kelly, The King of Smugglers, Smuggler;s Cove
On the House
25 Oct 2024

On the House

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

My siblings and I are visiting our cousins on Vancouver Island this weekend. We expect to uncover treasure while we are there.

Click on either Wells cousin to join us.

Ian Tyson, Smuggler;s Cove, Imagination
Baywatch
24 Oct 2024

Baywatch

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

If you could fog a mirror in the 1990s, you remember Pamela Anderson.

Click on the lifeguard to see what she is up to now.

Pamela Anderson, Ladysmith BC, CJ Parker
The Coast
24 Oct 2024

The Coast

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

A trip to Vancouver Island is always interesting, especially for a bunch of Prairie Gophers.

Click on the displaced Flatlanders for details.

Cousins, Wells, Vancouver Island, Victoria
Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk
6 Oct 2024

Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk

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

We are considering a couple of winter holiday ideas.

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

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

Gin-Scented Tears

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Family 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…

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.

Hitler, Gerhard Bast, Austria, Vienna, Nazi

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