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A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR !

AND MAY YOU ENJOY EXCELLENT HEALTH THROUGHOUT 2011 AND BEYOND .......

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************** HOOOO HUMMMMMM.......

I made it home safe and sound.....there's no place like home!

Our weather is doing nothing and so boring and from the reports there is going to be a change in store for us. It will be an early January thaw.

RAIN....YUK !!!!!!!!!

Bring on the snow I am always up for the white stuff!


Till next time......

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CHRISTMAS BARK

For several years I made Christmas Bark and gave it packaged in seasonal tin containers. Many of my family members always looked forward to receiving their annual gift. Well, I hadn't made it for a couple of years and the complaining was relentless so this year I was cajoled into whipping up a batch. The bark is made of white and milk chocolate roasted and salted peanuts and any dry breakfast cereal I can get my hands on. Now the twist comes when I add crushed candy canes and or other crushed mints which gives it the Christmas effect.


This is the crushed candy that Son smashed for me and as you can see some busy finger have already invaded the goodies.
I sprinkle it all over the top just before I take it outside to cool.

The second batch is well under way and the milk chocolate is melting nicely.

The white batch is outside cooling down. At this stage it doesn't look too good but once it is broken into the "bark" it is sooo tasty!

Ta Da.......a whole bowl full of yummies even if it did take so persuasion to make it.

OOPS! I almost forgot to post these two pic of the mighty Grand River.

This top one is a view of the damn looking north and up the river.

And here you are looking down the river. The ice is very evident brrrrrrr!

***** AS PROMISED SOME RANDOM PIX......
Christmas Eve 2010

I took a stroll around the down town part of the city in which #2 Son lives and I know you will enjoy the interesting views.

Just keep scrolling down.....

No these pix are not of a bomb scene it is and old foundry that has undergone a transformation into an "outlet mall".
It is a work in progress.

Here is a shot of Old Bro #2's building with just a little late afternoon sunlight.
I took the pic because of the interesting little house in the foreground which was covered in barn board.

"Old Post Office"

Now here is another building I love...City Hall

And down the street is The Market Building.

The Galt Public Library
It is now referred to as the "old" library and is no longer in use.

I loved this building.

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********* TIME...2:54 AM TUESDAY DECEMBER 21 2010

Here I am with grandson and his friend and we are watching the Lunar Eclipse, These guys are so comical to watch as they run from the TV to the computer to the not so cold side trying to catch the complete event.

Grandson is trying to record the event and I can't stop giggling as the two of them encourage each other.

Could someone please tell me where these 13 year old boys get all their energy?


Till next time.....

BRRRRRRR....This is the Maitland River which is frozen chuncks of ice due to the recent cold snap.
There is no sign of open water.

The first pic is a view of the river looking toward the mouth.

And this view is looking toward the golf course.

**********A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

**********AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

My holiday begins and do hope to post lots of pix and comments while I'm away.
Now, I want all of you to behave yourselves and that means don't over indulge instead enjoy the time you have with each other while making wonderful memories.

Till next time.....

A WEE TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS

and as promised here are the pix of my most recent clean up which tooK me two and a half hours but at least I have a 'handle' on the snow so far......enjoy!

YIKES! I just checked the radar and we are getting a double whammy....not only is a Snowfall warning but a Snow Squall Watch.
It seems that this storm is just making circles over us and we in the 'eye' of the storm....in the mean time just sit back and have a look at what I was doing earlier today!


****At the request of L'll Sis and Hubby as well as so many of you that wanted me to post pix I drove around town and did a little "shutter bugging". Enjoy since I will have new shots of the storm that is hitting as I post this...






Snow plow work on Airport Rd. just as you come off Hwy# 21.
That drift looks to be about 15 feet high....Yikes!

Still on Airport road heading home.

Here's Scott our neighbour doing a little driveway maintenance before the next big "blow"!
Notice the snow on the roof that is just from last week.
Keep going there's more pix.....

A shot of the snow pile up from Rexall Drugs parking lot just at Five Points

And the other end of their lot

This one is of the parking lot at the Tim Horton on Hwy # 8 looking towards Shoppers Drug Mart

Keep on going there's still more pix.....

This is Court House Square with lots of snow around.

Another shot of the Square

The parking lot of Giant Tiger