Ok, so my good friend Captain Crunch dropped off a few awesome items for me. Don’t worry his name isn’t really Captain Crunch; he also goes by Captain Chaos. He always brings me the coolest things. In this batch there…
Sunday Snapshots: Life Before Selfies
In a simpler less narcissistic time, the word “selfie” was non-existent. However, Photo Booth photography was something “selfie” like according to today’s standards. Photo booth photography today seems like a lost art. I found a few family gems which made…
How to Obtain Polish WWII Military Records (part 2)
Treasure delivered to my door. I am overwhelmed with what I received in the mail from Margaret! Click here to read my previous post about how to Obtain Polish WWII Military Records (part 1) It took about 8.5 weeks (from the…
Cheers to our Nana!
Happy Birthday! I’ve opted for an early “Sunday Snapshots” in honour of our amazing Nana, on what would be her 96th Birthday. Time with Nana was always well spent. Weekends consisted of sewing, cooking and baking, trips to Eaton’s (with a…
Picture Perfect: Terance Treasure
Do you remember this photo I uploaded awhile back? This beauty with Great Grandmama Golden, Grandpa, Shirley and Tom. I always assumed Terance (Grandpa’s dad) was out of the picture at this point in time and it was just him, his…
Sunday Snapshots DeLaSalle {Roaring Twenties}
Welcome to this week’s Sunday Snapshots: DeLaSalle {Roaring Twenties} Grandpa Stan attended the college preparatory high school, DeLaSalle/De La Salle High, located on Nicolett Island, Minneapolis Minnesota. Here, Stanley and his brother Tom were taught by the Christian Brothers (the…
Is Your Blog Accessible?
It’s been awhile since I’ve composed a geeky post… so here’s some information to all my fellow bloggers/designers and web developers. I’m by no means an specialist in website accessibility, however I do teach web accessibility and have a nice…
Sunday Snapshots – Lake Lenore
A few weeks ago I was going through a few of my dad’s pics and found some of his memories from camp. I think it’s cool to see how things can change, yet still be the same. I’ve added a…
Mmm… Mimosas!
Mmm… Mimosas! Who doesn’t love Mimosas!? It’s a socially acceptable way to celebrate breakfast. Anyway, I found a cool recipe on Pinterest… although I wouldn’t really call it a “recipe”. Two components and nothing to burn can’t constitute as being…
Sunday Snapshots – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday
Sunday Snapshots – 1943
Today’s Sunday snapshots were all taken by my Nana, Glenna Golden (nee Hare). Her pictures illuminate the year 1943 in Moncton, New Brunswick. During this time, Moncton was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan – a program to…
The Art of Ukrainian Pysanky
This weekend the girls and I went to a Ukrainian Pysanky (Easter egg) Workshop at the very cool Ukrainian National Hall (the ceiling and the crown molding are amazing). Jasmine had this great idea; she found the workshop on Facebook…
