This was a very successful event and will never be forgotten by many who participated. There was a city parade with a replica of The Mathew on a float (owned by Boyd Dawe, formerly from the Goulds, Newfoundland), citizens dressed in Explorers’ costumes, and a large stone placed in the city park to the memory…
A good sign of a harsh winter is when squirrels are seen nesting in tree tops. Submitted By: Frank Blackwood
Taken along the highway in Richmond Hill, Ontario, which is known for its many huge oak trees since the 1800s. Submitted By: Frank Blackwood
What a wonderful memory of hauling our eight foot Christmas tree back home from in over the frozen marshlands around Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay. The teacher would let us leave class one afternoon, a few days before our school Christmas concert to find a large tree. Usually, there were six of us who got to leave…
A benefit concert was held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Oshawa, Ontario for A. Frank, who recently had major brain surgery in Edmonton, Alberta. Despite the terrible weather, Newfoundlanders came out to show their love and support for our Newfoundland icon. Thanks to all the musicians and organizers. The family joined me onstage to…
Taken on Remembrance Day in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The white picket fence resembling white crosses reminds me of being back home in Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland when we watched the Rememberance Day parade marching gallantly through the town on November 11th at the 11th hour every year. We peeked through the picket fence as curious…
Newfoundlanders cannot do without a good meal of fish and brewis now and then. We will crawl over high snowbanks to buy a bag of “hard bread” when there is a shortage. So, I went off to the Metro Store in Richmond Hill, Ontario and bought all the hard bread on the shelf. I’m certainy…
It might be dramatic, but I do have a good supply of hard bread now! Submitted By: Frank Blackwood
Other creatures have to survive like us from the many unpredictable challenges of an ever changing nature. Taken along Leslie St. in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Submitted By: Frank Blackwood
Picket fences resemble white crosses. Taken in Cookstown, Ontario. Submitted By: Frank Blackwood
