Monday
Sun and cloud today. The hotel in Newmarket had a nice hot breakfast. We went through a couple of rain showers on our drive. We travelled from Newmarket to East Gwillimbury to visit the Selby Cemetery where we located the tombstone for my gg grandmother Martha Abbs. When then headed north around Lake Simcoe to Baysville, Muskoka. This is where my g grandfather James Allen lived and died. We visited the Baysville Community Cemetery where we were shown the location of the family plot. There is no stone for him. However, there is a marquee close by that contains a number of tin name plates which used to be located an wooden crosses over grave sites. They brought them all together in one place. The research by the cemetery people has located the plot site. We took photos. we also located a provincial historic plaque about the founders of Baysville. After these two visits we headed back to highway 11 and then 400 and ended up at our motel in Toronto about 5 pm. We had supper at the nearby Perkins Restaurant. Walked 4.5 km. steps counted 8600.
Tuesday
A good day weather wise. Sun and cloud with a threat of showers. We had breakfast at the motel and then set off for the Archives of Ontario (AO) which was nearby on the campus of York University. We arrived there about 9 am. We both had items to research. The first thing we did is order any books etc. that we wanted to look at that were not on microfilm. I then headed to the microfilm cabinets to find the County Marriage Register films I wanted to look at. The AO has very nice viewers on hand and lots of them. The have film readers that will project the image onto a computer screen. Adjustments can be made to the image and the image can be saved as a digital image on a USB drive. We headed out of Toronto about 1:30 and after a pleasant drive arrived home in Ottawa about 7:15 in the evening. Walked 4.5 km. steps 19200.
Wedenesday
Sunny and cool, abt 19 C. Did Tae Bo today. Cut the lawn and did some tidy up in the garden. This evening I assisted in loading boxes of book from the Friends of LAC book sorting group for the book sale this weekend. I was really tired after I got home. I am reading the last Harry Potter book. Walked 4.6 km.
Thursday
Cloudy and cool, abt 16 C. Rain in the afternoon and evening. Read some more Harry Potter. Went shopping and picked up the tour information for our next trip. Walked 4.4 km.
Friday
Sunny but cool today, abt 19 C. Did some outside painting today on the garage door and frame. I am changing the colour from brown to yellow. Much brighter! Finished reading my Harry Potter book. Now I am ready for the next movie. Biked 12 km. Walked 21. km.
Saturday
Fog this morning, then it became sunny, abt 19 C. We did TaeBo again this morning. After a break I put on the second coat of paint while it was sunny. Late afternoon we dressed up and headed to Cornwall for the Charter Night Banquet of the St. Lawrence Branch UELAC. The meeting ran a little long and we got home about 11 pm. Walked 1.9 km.
Sunday
A little fog this morning. By mid afternoon it was sunny and warm. abt 22 C. This lead me to do some more outside painting. I am working on the next issue of the Ottawa Genealogist. Biked 11.4 km. Walked 2.8 km.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sept 6 to 12
Monday
A dreary day with cloud most of the day and intermittent rain showers. We did something different today. We booked a boat trip on the Rideau Canal with "Chuckles" at Chafferys Lock. The boat is a converted lobster boat that runs on electric motors backed up by batteries and a small motor that operates a generator. We travelled through two locks, Chaffeys and Davis and stopped at Jones Falls for an hour to look around. We saw several Loon families and a Blue Heron. Jones Falls is interesting for its four locks which raise or lower boats about 56 feet. There is also a huge sandstone dam that holds back the waters. The dam dates from 1832. Walked 5.3 km.
Tuesday
The day started off cloudy and cool. Afternoon was sunny and warm. Evening rain and T-Storms. Started back at the book sorting facility of the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada. The book sale is coming up in two weeks from Sept. 17 to 19, at St. Laurent Plaza, Ottawa. Cut the grass after supper before the rain. Did some reading in the evening and watched a DVD. Walked 7.4 km.
Wednesday
We did Tae Bo again today. We manage to get through the Basic program which is 25 minutes in length. Not bad for senior citizens. We have started re-watching a DVD on The History of Britain. Walked 6.8 km.
Thursday
Cloudy and dreary today with some rain. Starting reading the last Harry Potter book again. Walked 7 km.
Friday
Sunny today a bit cool and warm at the same time. Finally got reasonable weather to do some caulking around the windows. Biked 12.2 km. Walked 7.7 km.
Saturday
The weather was great today, sunny and warm. We travelled from Ottawa to Brantford, Ontario in about 6 and a half hours. We bought some plants to take to the Princeton, Cemetery. When there we took a few more photos and took about 30 GPS readings. Just comparing some stones from previous visits, some of them are deteriorating badly. In the evening we had supper at East Side Marios in Brantford. After supper it was raining. Walked 4.6 km. steps 24,200
Sunday
The day was cloudy with some sun by mid afternoon. So it was hot and cold throughout the day. We attended the Schultz family reunion at Princeton, Ontario. There were about 32 family members present. We had a very nice pot luck lunch and a multitude of desserts. After lunch as president this year I ran the business meeting. I gave a brief summary of research for the last year. Cousin Lee gave a talk on the Schultz family and what he is doing about contacting Schultz families in Germany. My wife gave a talk about DNA which made families aware of what it can do. It may have confused some as well. After that family members broke off and chatted. We left about 4:30 and headed across country to Newmarket for the night. We stayed in a nice Holiday Inn Express. Used the exercise room. Walked 8 km. 12,675 steps counter reset.
A dreary day with cloud most of the day and intermittent rain showers. We did something different today. We booked a boat trip on the Rideau Canal with "Chuckles" at Chafferys Lock. The boat is a converted lobster boat that runs on electric motors backed up by batteries and a small motor that operates a generator. We travelled through two locks, Chaffeys and Davis and stopped at Jones Falls for an hour to look around. We saw several Loon families and a Blue Heron. Jones Falls is interesting for its four locks which raise or lower boats about 56 feet. There is also a huge sandstone dam that holds back the waters. The dam dates from 1832. Walked 5.3 km.
Tuesday
The day started off cloudy and cool. Afternoon was sunny and warm. Evening rain and T-Storms. Started back at the book sorting facility of the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada. The book sale is coming up in two weeks from Sept. 17 to 19, at St. Laurent Plaza, Ottawa. Cut the grass after supper before the rain. Did some reading in the evening and watched a DVD. Walked 7.4 km.
Wednesday
We did Tae Bo again today. We manage to get through the Basic program which is 25 minutes in length. Not bad for senior citizens. We have started re-watching a DVD on The History of Britain. Walked 6.8 km.
Thursday
Cloudy and dreary today with some rain. Starting reading the last Harry Potter book again. Walked 7 km.
Friday
Sunny today a bit cool and warm at the same time. Finally got reasonable weather to do some caulking around the windows. Biked 12.2 km. Walked 7.7 km.
Saturday
The weather was great today, sunny and warm. We travelled from Ottawa to Brantford, Ontario in about 6 and a half hours. We bought some plants to take to the Princeton, Cemetery. When there we took a few more photos and took about 30 GPS readings. Just comparing some stones from previous visits, some of them are deteriorating badly. In the evening we had supper at East Side Marios in Brantford. After supper it was raining. Walked 4.6 km. steps 24,200
Sunday
The day was cloudy with some sun by mid afternoon. So it was hot and cold throughout the day. We attended the Schultz family reunion at Princeton, Ontario. There were about 32 family members present. We had a very nice pot luck lunch and a multitude of desserts. After lunch as president this year I ran the business meeting. I gave a brief summary of research for the last year. Cousin Lee gave a talk on the Schultz family and what he is doing about contacting Schultz families in Germany. My wife gave a talk about DNA which made families aware of what it can do. It may have confused some as well. After that family members broke off and chatted. We left about 4:30 and headed across country to Newmarket for the night. We stayed in a nice Holiday Inn Express. Used the exercise room. Walked 8 km. 12,675 steps counter reset.
Aug 30 to Sept 5
Monday
Very hot today, abt 33 C. We did Tae Bo this morning. Worked inside this afternoon on various documents. Froze some more tomatoes. We also picked about 6 4 qt baskets more. Cut the grass late in the afternoon. Was it hot even in the shade. The sweat was just rolling off me. Walked 10 km.
Tuesday
Very hot again today, abt 35 C. Hazy in the late afternoon, smog I suppose. We went for an early morning bike ride. Worked a bit more on the Schultz article. I also spent some time on the tour booklet for our bus tour to the Mohawk Valley in late September. Biked 10.8 km. Walked 3.3 km.
Wednesday
Very hot again today, abt 35 C. Hazy. We went for an mid morning bike ride. Worked a bit more on the Schultz article. Did some work on my computer backing up files. Biked 11.1 km. Walked 5.3 km.
Thursday.
Another humid day with a lot of cloud. Some rain showers late afternoon, abt 25 C. We stayed in most of the day. Froze tomatoes and made some tomatoe sauce for a spaghetti dinner on Saturday. Worked on cleaning up my computer files, modified the article on William Schultz, updated my web page, and uploaded new files for my link family to Ancestry and World Connect. I am reading a historical fiction book on the Mohawk Valley of New York, called "Clarissa Putman of Tribes Hill, by John J Vrooman". This is a story from the the mid 1700s the time of the Sir William Johnson and Sir John Johnson era and the Revolution. Walked 7.9 km.
Friday
Still a humid day. We went out for lunch to celebrate our anniversary and then went to see a movie. Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love. The movie was OK. Walked 4.3 km.
Saturday
Some rain today. After the rain ended a cold front went through and got rid of the humidity. Windy and cool. More work on the computer. We had company for supper, and spaghetti and meat balls, with home made tomatoe sauce. Our daughter and husband then took us out to see another movie, The American, with George Clooney. Scenery was nice and the movie was OK as well. Walked 7.2 km.
Sunday
Cloudy, cool and windy. Finished reading my book about Clarissa Putman. It was an engaging book about the Revolution along the the Mohawk River through the romance of the Johnson family. Biked 9.7 km. Walked 4.9 km.
Very hot today, abt 33 C. We did Tae Bo this morning. Worked inside this afternoon on various documents. Froze some more tomatoes. We also picked about 6 4 qt baskets more. Cut the grass late in the afternoon. Was it hot even in the shade. The sweat was just rolling off me. Walked 10 km.
Tuesday
Very hot again today, abt 35 C. Hazy in the late afternoon, smog I suppose. We went for an early morning bike ride. Worked a bit more on the Schultz article. I also spent some time on the tour booklet for our bus tour to the Mohawk Valley in late September. Biked 10.8 km. Walked 3.3 km.
Wednesday
Very hot again today, abt 35 C. Hazy. We went for an mid morning bike ride. Worked a bit more on the Schultz article. Did some work on my computer backing up files. Biked 11.1 km. Walked 5.3 km.
Thursday.
Another humid day with a lot of cloud. Some rain showers late afternoon, abt 25 C. We stayed in most of the day. Froze tomatoes and made some tomatoe sauce for a spaghetti dinner on Saturday. Worked on cleaning up my computer files, modified the article on William Schultz, updated my web page, and uploaded new files for my link family to Ancestry and World Connect. I am reading a historical fiction book on the Mohawk Valley of New York, called "Clarissa Putman of Tribes Hill, by John J Vrooman". This is a story from the the mid 1700s the time of the Sir William Johnson and Sir John Johnson era and the Revolution. Walked 7.9 km.
Friday
Still a humid day. We went out for lunch to celebrate our anniversary and then went to see a movie. Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love. The movie was OK. Walked 4.3 km.
Saturday
Some rain today. After the rain ended a cold front went through and got rid of the humidity. Windy and cool. More work on the computer. We had company for supper, and spaghetti and meat balls, with home made tomatoe sauce. Our daughter and husband then took us out to see another movie, The American, with George Clooney. Scenery was nice and the movie was OK as well. Walked 7.2 km.
Sunday
Cloudy, cool and windy. Finished reading my book about Clarissa Putman. It was an engaging book about the Revolution along the the Mohawk River through the romance of the Johnson family. Biked 9.7 km. Walked 4.9 km.
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