Doreen Hart

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Early in Jan. '10 we found out that my Godmother, Doreen Hart, passed away in England c. Dec. 14/09. It's been decades since I last had contact, but I remember that she always sent me presents! I probably owed her quite a few thank you letters.

These pix were taken during our visit back to England in The Summer of '69 (when Bryan Adams and I were both 10. He was allegedly playing in a rock band and I was buying Matchbox toys in England).



Doreen's husband, Dennis. He died years ago.







Hey, I don't remember those two birds in miniskirts!

Behind them is a ditch and I do remembering rolling in it (wrestling with my brother?) and learning how nettles stings can be relieved (somewhat) with dock (?) leaves.

The Olympic Torch in Thunder Bay: Jan. 3/10

I accompanied my friend, Shannon Kuchta, and her kids to watch her mother, Linda McNally, carry the torch out of the Bombardier Plant. Unfortunately, because she stopped to pose with her family, the van left her behind and she didn't get to go to the other stops in Thunder Bay.

The second picture is my attempt to be in a photo with the torch.

It was a very cold day: I lost feeling in my camera trigger finger for a while!

Tolkien's Birthday: Jan. 2/10

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I gathered with a few LOTR fans to raise a glass to Prof. Tolkien on his birthday. We chose the Fox and Hedgehog where we did pay for drinks, although apparently they don't pay their bills. Perhaps we should have helped them out by patronizing their establishment more frequently.

New Year's Eve '09/'10

I spent New Year's Eve (until c. 0330h) at the Kuchtas' with just a few of us, playing Scene It, Pit and Boggle.



Mike was in the way for this shot. So I just reached around his head and aimed as best I could.