Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty years ago, it described most of the activities of our whole family. Now that most of our children have flown the coop, it is mostly about what Ann and I (Dave) have been up to. I update it most weekends. We save all the messages over the past year in an Archive along with links to what we were doing ten and twenty years ago.
You can click on the pictures above to get a bit more information about each of us.
Monday April 29
Daffodils and glory in the snow
We have been fairly busy over the past couple of weeks. My current project is to remove what remains of the grass in the boulevard between the sidewalk and the road in front of the house. I did about a third of it last fall and am now completing the job. When done it will be a new flower bed. The part I did last year is already replete with crocuses, daffodils and tulips, the daffs currently in bloom; I'll add some annuals in a few weeks.
I've also got the garden ready and have planted some frost tolerant veggies: lettuce, kale, carrots and parsnips. I noticed today that the lettuce has just come up. There is also some garlic that I planted last fall.
Meanwhile Ann has been busying herself with her normal activities: volunteering at the food bank, attending book clubs, and singing in the church choir. She has also spent a lot of time figuring out our taxes; they were finally submitted today.
A week ago Friday was a beautiful day so Ann phoned Kim and we went for an impromptu ride on the BLT trail. When we got back Ann and I went for lunch on the patio at the New Scotland pub across from the ferry terminal in Dartmouth; David walked down and met us there. Later in the afternoon we sat out on our front deck with a bunch of our neighbours: Dave, Jim and Valerie, Carl and Roxanne, and Debra.
We have also been on several other rides: with the Roadents from Fall River to Enfield on Wednesdays and with the Railers out to Lawrencetown Beach last Monday. We also rode to Portland St. a week ago Thursday so Ann could meet Cindy and Vicki for coffee at the Second Cup. We have also used our bikes for a few assorted errands around town.
In Canning on our ride yesterday
On Saturday, we drove to the Valley for a ride with the Ramblers. I was sweep, the person who rides at the back of the pack to make sure nobody gets lost or left behind and to help out with any mechanical issues. About 15 kms from the end of the ride, Robert's tire slowly lost air. We pumped it up but it went flat again, a bit more quickly this time. Since it was a tubeless tire, we couldn't fix it easily, so I completed the ride and drove back to pick him up.
On Thursday, we drove to Mahone Bay to have Ann's e-bike serviced at the bike shop where we bought it. We took my bike and Ann's second bike with us and rode the trail to Lunenburg while it was being done. There we had a nice lunch with our friend Marilyn at the Salt Shaker Deli before returning to pick up the e-bike.
A week ago Saturday, I drove to Truro to play in a bridge tournament with my friend and ex-colleague Layton. We played in two sessions placing first in the morning and third in the afternoon, a very satisfactory result.
Yesterday was David's birthday. Ann was out for the Early Risers Breakfast at the church, so we deferred our traditional Eggs Benedict until lunchtime. David then went out to meet some of his friends downtown.