Skip to Main Content
  • Home
  • Categories
    • History
    • Travel
    • Family History
    • Science and Reason
    • Grains of Truth
  • About Russ
  • Contact
  • About Well Water
Well Water Well Water

A Confluence of Ideas

Travel

Cyber Dust Bunnies
2 Oct 2025

Cyber Dust Bunnies

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

Somewhere out there, floating on a mysterious cloud, is something you will never see.

Click on the Spitfire for details…

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Albert Allsop, Spitfire, Goodwood
A Letter from the Front
30 Sep 2025

A Letter from the Front

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

This puffy cloud put a punctuation mark on the end of our first day following Albert Allsop’s wartime trek through Europe.

Click on the dot for details…

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Reconnaissance, Spitfire, Bognor Regis, RAF, WWII, Albert Allsop
TOTIV VIRIBUS
29 Sep 2025

TOTIV VIRIBUS

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 3

Every day the 39th Reconnaissance Wing operated; they lived up to their motto.

Click on the crest of the 39th for details…

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
WWII, Albert Allsop, Reconnaissance, Spitfire, RCAF
Shrapnel
28 Sep 2025

Shrapnel

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

Albert Allsop never carried a gun, but he was one of the most shot-at soldiers of WWII

Click on the Leading Aircraftman for details….

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
WWII, Albert Allsop, World War 2, Ogden Shops, Leading Aircraftman, Reconnaissance
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…..

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Culture, Cathedral, Larry Bekker, Church, Catholic, Protestant, French, Saskatchewan, CFRG, Gravelbourg, Bishop's Palace, English
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…

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Mosquito, Marymound, Golden Boy, Winnipeg, Stoney Mountain Penitentiary, Manitoba, Nutty Club, Randy Bachman, Winni-the Pooh, Neil Young, Burton Cummings, The Simpsons, Portage, Main, Louis Real
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

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Dean Guest, Dr Gred Powell, Cypress Hills, Lodgepole Pine, Grief, Mourning, Trees, Cypress
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…

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
Regina, Empire Hotel, South Railway Street, Albert Street, Joni Mitchell, Raised on Robbery, Saskatchewan
Bullies
23 Feb 2025

Bullies

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 1

The car’s battery has been replaced, and the fridge will recover, but cleaning up the global disaster will take a strategy.

Here’s my plan. Click on the sun dogs and let me know what you think ….

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
America, Politics, Winter
The Sound of a Falling Tree
14 Feb 2025

The Sound of a Falling Tree

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel, Uncategorized | 6

Our trip is nearing its end; it is a long journey home from the centre of the world.

Click on the unique palm tree for a wrap-up.

Share this:

  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
São Tomé, Príncipe, Africa

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 25 »

By clicking submit, you agree to share your email address with the site owner to receive posts, updates, and other emails from the site owner. Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time.

Processing…
Success! You're on the list.
Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
  • Grains of Truth
  • Family History
  • The Winter War
  • An Altered Reality – Life in a Pandemic
  • Day Zero – Initial Shock and Isolation
  • History
  • New Normal – Living with a Pandemic
  • Science and Reason
  • 1000 Little Soaps – Adjustment and Aftermath
  • Tales From Dead Teds
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  1. Russ Paton on A Pardoned Horse5 February 2026

    Yup. Fancy, the wonder horse.

  2. Judy Darvill on A Pardoned Horse5 February 2026

    Sometimes you just need a little motivation to pull up your boot straps and carry on! Way to go Fancy!

  3. Russ Paton on Monkey Mind1 February 2026

    The kids are my usual “go to” but those little monkeys weren’t around. I had to find professional help for…

  4. Judy on Monkey Mind1 February 2026

    Glad to hear your kids could help you out! I only assume this is who you spoke to as we…

  5. Russ Paton on Pigeon Toes25 January 2026

    Not this trip, but I get the feeling we will be back…

  • Home
  • Categories
    • History
    • Travel
    • Family History
    • Science and Reason
    • Grains of Truth
  • About Russ
  • Contact
  • About Well Water

© 2026 Well Water - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP