With my grandson Casey
Best friends
Catch me!
The jump
Sky is on fire
Me and my grandson
McRae Point
Boat dinner
A present
Quinn sits in airplanes
My granddaughter Quinn sitting in the cockpit of a CF-100 aircraft at the Warplane Museum in Ancaster, Ontario on a recent visit. Quinn’s great-grandfather, my father (more info here) flew CF-100s along with a bunch of other fighter jets in the Royal Canadian Air Force. This plane was made by Avro — maker of the infamous Avro Arrow — and was nicknamed “The Clunk” because of the noise the landing gear made when retracted (it was also affectionately known as the Lead Sled). It was the first straight-winged aircraft to go supersonic.
Continue reading “Quinn sits in airplanes”A trip to Narnia… er, Calgary
Went out to Calgary for our annual trip to Becky’s company Christmas party, which her company thoughtfully pays for, and found that a winter storm followed by minus 15 Celsius had turned the city into Narnia.
Every inch of every branch on the leafless deciduous trees was outlined in frost, and all of the snow that had fallen was frozen in place. It was quite beautiful. Made me miss the place, even though it was frigid.
Continue reading “A trip to Narnia… er, Calgary”Quinn helps make banana muffins
Quinn goes to swim class
Quinn had fun at swim class with her other grampa, who volunteered to go into the pool with her while we watched from the visitors’ area
Quinn and Halloween
Quinn gets excited for Halloween, where she is going dressed as one of her favourite things: An excavator!
Fall
