Oct 12 to 18

Monday
Some sun and cool. Spent most of the afternoon raking leaves, cutting the grass and applying dolomite to the lawn to counteract acidity. Very tired after that. Watched some MASH, Lovejoy and Waiting for God. Practiced dancing. Walked 6.7 km.

Tuesday
Rain over night, cool, a bit of sun late afternoon. Housecleaning today. Practiced dancing. Walked 8 km.

Wednesday
Cold today. Spent time searching the US and Canadian Census records for my Canadian Kipp family file. Went for a bike ride (cold). Our daughter came over with the dogs and spent a couple of hours with us. Watched some MASH. Went to our dance class tonight. Practiced the Rumba and Fox Trot and then they started us on the Triple Swing. Biked 9.5 km. Walked 6.5 km.

Thursday
Had a frost overnight. Cold and sunny. Started cleaning up the gardens as the frost killed a lot of the annuals. Leaves were falling like crazy this morning when the sun came up. Practiced dancing this afternoon. We are getting good at the Rumba. We are not bad at the Fox Trot but need help on making turns. We had the dogs tonight for a couple of hours while our daughter and her fiancee went out for supper. Watched a couple of issues of MASH. Walked 3.7 km.

Friday
Cool but sunny today, frost. We went to the City of Ottawa Archives today to help the Ottawa Branch OGS sort through their reference section to weed out old and not relevant items. After that we scanned a number of images from a microfiche into digital format. This makes the old documents easier to read because on the computer you can zoom in and change the contrast etc. After that we went out to Montana's for lunch then did some grocery shopping. At home again I vacuumed the cars and put a few things away in the storage shed for the winter. Walked 7.7 km.

Saturday
Cool but sunny today, frost. We went to the BIFHSGO monthly meeting today to listen to the speaker, Lady Teviot from England. She gave a very good general talk entitled: I Never Thought of That - A Second Look at Problems. After that we came home and I did some gardening. I spent some more time on Ancestry.com searching the Census for my Canadian Kipp file. I have finished with the third generation for now and will move on to the 4th generation soon. This search is rewarding but slow. It is really difficult to find people on the census for many reasons not the least of which is transcription error. Sometimes they just disappear for a ten year period! Practised our dancing lessons, Rumba, Fox Trot and Triple Swing. We then watched some more Lovejoy and Waiting for God. Walked 9 km.

Sunday
Cool but sunny today, frost. Went to church this morning. Afternoon, I did some more cleanup in the garden. The frosts over the last few days have done their work. Went for a bike ride in the sun. Starting working on my Ottawa Branch News again. It has to go to the printer by Friday. Biked 11 km. Walked 6.2 km.