Hope everyone is enjoying the weather and the festivities over this long awaited weekend. We are officially all finished planting for the season! Tom finished drilling the soybeans on the home farm on Friday. He and Bob got Lachine’s beans all in shortly after noon on Saturday with time to spare. With the weather being so nice Tom took off for a motorcycle ride and ended up at the grand opening of the new Duke’s Harley Davidson dealership on 401.
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Today is 05-05-2005 and Cinco de Mayo. It is also the first day of farming for Tom! He and Bob were busy working ground and planting corn around the house and bush till dark. These two make a great team and are good for each other. They compliment and balance each others skills and temperaments. Hope everyone gets and a good sleep for an early start tomorrow. The weatherman is predicting warmer weather.

Last Monday, Irene moved down the hall to room 246. Her room was scheduled to get a make-over including new bathroom, closet removed for a wardrobe, updated heating, ceiling, paint and drapes.
I went in on Sunday and helped pack up all the books, pictures and nicknacks etc. A volunteer helped transport all her belongings down the hall and set up the new room. All in all the move went very smooth and Irene is comfortable in her new surroundings.
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This afternoon our pond fish came out of their winter dormancy and hiding places to inspect their surroundings and bask in the sun. They swam to the surface and said hello. I was thrilled and welcomed them to spring.

Eileen, Tom and I had a great and memorable dining experience on Friday. We went to Nirvana, an Indian curry house on Brunel Road in Mississauga. We loved the atmosphere, the music and beautiful guilded paintings. The service was excellent and we were royally pampered.
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Happy St Patrick’s Day to all our wee family and friends. Tom and I are here in Toronto with Eileen and Brian celebrating our 51st birthday together. We will be going to Doolins, the corner pub for lunch and a twin pint of Guinniss.

As winter temperatures and snow covered fields are still the norm, some of us are daydreaming about the motorcycle weather ahead. Helping to kick start the musing Tom, Laura and I ventured down to Cobo Hall in Detroit to enjoy the International Motorcycle Show on Saturday.
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Another special day arrived today – Happy Birthday Jaclyn!

Josh came over and the partying began. Jaclyn did not get off work until 9:00 p.m. so we celebrated with a late supper at our place..

We enjoyed a meal of lasagna, garlic bread and salad. The toasting wine was a South African dry red called Goats Do Roam. It actually even tasted good with the special confetti cake Laura baked. We hope your day was special Jackie!

This morning everyone woke up to sub-sub zero weather and blue skies Cozy up Catherine and Bill -31 numbs my brain! The snow plow has just gone down our road and we may venture out to church if we can get out of our driveway. Yesterday was a wild wintery day with everything from huge snowflakes to strong gusts of gale force winds. It left in its wake beautiful and unbelievable snow drifts to explore. Have a good Sunday !