Wow! Hard to believe that the year is officially half over. It seems that it was just a short time ago that I was writing that I wanted to make at least 300 more posts here this year. Oh, does appear that isn’t going to happen. Not unless I’m planning on two to three posts a day here for the rest of the year. I’m NOT!

Canadians, of which I’m one of course, celebrated Canada Day yesterday. The Branch held a BBQ to mark the day which included swearing in two new members, good food (and drink), a cake cutting and minnow races for the big kids (adults). We had intended the minnow racing for the children but none showed up so the big kids got to play. Great fun was had by all.

I’m proud to be a Canadian even though it took me a long time to come to understand that I had a country to be proud of. Some of that was the lack of having any pride of country instilled in us as kids in school. In my generation, at least in the rural schools that I attended, it was just sort of taken for granted sort of ‘yeah you’re Canadian, so what’ attitude. Read the rest of this entry »