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Connect the Dots
31 Dec 2025

Connect the Dots

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 10

Your dot makes a difference.

Click on the photo on the left to join us for a New Year’s Eve reflection….

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Tin Tin, Nilton De Sousa, New Year, Bird's Nest Soup, São Tomé, Hopkins and Allen, Dots, Connection, New Year's Eve, Melania, Yayoi Kusama, Jacqueline Kennedy, Falkenstein
A Ghost Named Bernie
21 Dec 2025

A Ghost Named Bernie

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

Not all haunted houses look like this.

Click on the spooky mansion for true ghost stories.

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Haunted, Poole, Bassoon, Ghost, Regina, Thunder Bay, Paranormal
Heads or Tails?
14 Dec 2025

Heads or Tails?

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

Click on the flipped coin to see who wins….

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Penny Lane, Birch Cent, No Shoulder Fold Penny, Lucky Penny, Penny, Coin, Tails, Folklore
When the Light Left Procyon
4 Dec 2025

When the Light Left Procyon

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

A dog passed by today, riding a unicorn.

Click the image on the left to see if I am telling the truth, or if there was too much Bailey’s in my coffee this morning…

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Constellation, Procyon, Wolf, light years
Phantasmagorically
31 Oct 2025

Phantasmagorically

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

Kids should not read this, nor should some adults…

Click on the witch for 18+ details….

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Pharmacy, Hallucinogen, Witch, Broom, Halloween, Broomstick, Witchcraft
That Funky Smell
24 Aug 2025

That Funky Smell

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason | 7

Moses purportedly lived for 120 years.

Click on the prophet for some advice on ageing …

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Ageing, Elderly, Moses, Psalm 90
Do-Si-Do
1 Aug 2025

Do-Si-Do

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

Sometimes we waltz, sometimes we two-step, but always we move to a rhythm.

Click on Fred or Ginger for details….

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Death, Life, Dance, Square Dance, Patricia Paton, Manitou Beach
Communion
20 Jul 2025

Communion

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 13

A Saskatchewan town, with a Fransaskois accent.

Click on the Bishop’s Palace for details…..

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Culture, Cathedral, Larry Bekker, Church, Catholic, Protestant, French, Saskatchewan, CFRG, Gravelbourg, Bishop's Palace, English
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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Lodgepole Pine, Grief, Mourning, Trees, Cypress, Dean Guest, Dr Gred Powell, Cypress Hills
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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Paleopathology, Evolution, The Story of Us, Anthropology, Alice Roberts

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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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