tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post3292492950242916505..comments2024-03-27T10:30:15.253-06:00Comments on Standing Into Danger: The Lansdowne Letters: To Hell with the Stepping Stones Fundy Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-40717573668763451312015-01-21T17:18:56.466-07:002015-01-21T17:18:56.466-07:00Hi Keith! I'm working on the memoir! But I a...Hi Keith! I'm working on the memoir! But I am not fast, so don't hold your breath!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-32396277705609707022015-01-21T05:51:17.023-07:002015-01-21T05:51:17.023-07:00Your dad seriously had some amazing adventures!! E...Your dad seriously had some amazing adventures!! Enough for a book or a memoir :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-67917140175350451062015-01-20T22:39:43.594-07:002015-01-20T22:39:43.594-07:00Hi Audrey! What fun! I haven't found your em...Hi Audrey! What fun! I haven't found your email, but I'll check again tomorrow. Give Sophie a hug and tell her thank you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-48114911815796421052015-01-20T22:38:12.939-07:002015-01-20T22:38:12.939-07:00Thank you, TPC! What a lovely thing to find your ...Thank you, TPC! What a lovely thing to find your comment tonight! Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-52505655258393581862015-01-20T19:50:27.559-07:002015-01-20T19:50:27.559-07:00Hello there, Louise!!! Your name was chosen for m...Hello there, Louise!!! Your name was chosen for my book giveaway. Sophie picked your name out of a hat!!! I sent you an email, hopefully you received it. I just need to get your address and the package will be on its merry way! Congrats!!! XOXO, AudreyAudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901253574307836440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-61933575502130437442015-01-19T20:38:02.795-07:002015-01-19T20:38:02.795-07:00These letters and posts melt my heart. Thanks for ...These letters and posts melt my heart. Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />TeresaT. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-12844369713613098322015-01-19T14:28:13.087-07:002015-01-19T14:28:13.087-07:00I remember the loggers, too, David. We lived just...I remember the loggers, too, David. We lived just outside Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, for a couple of years in the mid-1960s. Each summer there was a sports meet for lumberjacks. They held all sorts of competitions, like log rolling and walking out a long greased pole over the water. They had a pancake fry too. It was so much fun. Lots of logging in the Atlantic provinces. I was fascinated with the coureur des bois as well as the voyageurs. Canadian history was always such fun! Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-80793091017522573652015-01-19T14:20:29.670-07:002015-01-19T14:20:29.670-07:00Hi, Noushka! Yes, I've realized a lot of drea...Hi, Noushka! Yes, I've realized a lot of dreams! but I have many to go ~ and a big one is coming up this summer. Terry and I are taking a cruise up the inside passage from Vancouver, Canada to Alaska, and then into Denali National Park in Alaska! I am so excited! Maybe I'll get some cool bird photos!!!!! It would be fun to meet you too, Noushka! Maybe it will still happen! but we can still be friends thanks to the modern age we live in! Take care! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-44892849943665900322015-01-19T10:28:02.806-07:002015-01-19T10:28:02.806-07:00Great stuff as usual. The historical pictures real...Great stuff as usual. The historical pictures really enhance this segment. I can remember when the logs were still floated down the river and the men would leap from log to log guiding and freeing up logjams with their spiked poles.That always seemed to represent a romantic images of the past although I am sure in reality that it was brutal, dangerous work. Many of them were French Canadian and a whole picturesque, unique vocabulary developed around life on the river.David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-32324767934067152222015-01-19T10:27:44.596-07:002015-01-19T10:27:44.596-07:00Thanks for dropping by my blog too. Enjoy the rest...Thanks for dropping by my blog too. Enjoy the rest of the week!Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-30568845488519021382015-01-19T10:24:57.413-07:002015-01-19T10:24:57.413-07:00Fantastic adventures again of your dad, I can well...Fantastic adventures again of your dad, I can well imagine his hazardous exploits and how lucky nothing really serious happened to him!!! WOW!!<br />About dreams coming true, I have to say I managed to realise most of them (to live in Africa was not the least!!).<br />I bet you did the same, Fundy!!<br />Many thanks for your lengthy comments, it is always such a great pleasure to read you!<br />I can only be sorry we live so far apart, I would have loved to meet you :)<br />Keep well, have a good week !<br />Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-13318793298927909772015-01-18T18:24:05.659-07:002015-01-18T18:24:05.659-07:00Hi Mark! I would love to have done what you did, ...Hi Mark! I would love to have done what you did, Mark! I'm glad I got to experience northern Canada even if it was not quite the Arctic. . I loved the solitude and how the few people there were pulled together to make life enjoyable and survivable. I got to live in a Newfie outport which was wonderful as well. It was a relief to take a long timeout from our crazy world. I still have to go above the Arctic Circle. There is nothing like the North. I flew over Hudson Bay twice this year, going to and from Reykjavik, and the scale of the wilderness was hard to grasp. But what magnificent county! In the summer of 2016 I plan to return to the North. Have a great week, Mark. I'll be popping by to see your inspiring photos!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-72363602047066254842015-01-18T15:14:09.732-07:002015-01-18T15:14:09.732-07:00Thank you, Superlux! Your comment is so encouragi...Thank you, Superlux! Your comment is so encouraging! Happy week to you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-84393039998012783122015-01-18T10:02:13.068-07:002015-01-18T10:02:13.068-07:00Nice post Louise! It puts me in memory of preciou...Nice post Louise! It puts me in memory of precious mail deliveries when I was in the arctic around 1975. A twin otter would fly over the little air strip at top speed a drop a package of mail to us below eagerly waiting word from the outside world. Once every two weeks with usually a month between responses. Old news in the arctic was 'new' news in a landscape of such proportion, of such geographic scale - few elsewhere in the world today can imagine. Your father must have had a tremendous pioneering personality to stick it out in the north, especially through the cruel winter! Best - ME Mark Elderkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251928969935437984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-15656156028503490982015-01-18T09:36:09.332-07:002015-01-18T09:36:09.332-07:00Your father must be very proud of what you've ...Your father must be very proud of what you've become especially to think that he has always been your inspiration behind your aspirations. Fundy Blue, I hope you'll make more things happen this 2015. :)<br /><br />Glad to have found your blog.Lux G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00557863683608790087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-42721073319292257912015-01-17T08:49:40.723-07:002015-01-17T08:49:40.723-07:00Happy Saturday morning, Geo! Thanks for the encou...Happy Saturday morning, Geo! Thanks for the encouraging feedback! Yes that's me, and it was a school photographer who took my picture. I was so excited because Mom let me borrow a necklace of hers. And she managed to salvage my hair for the photo because I had recently taken scissors to my hair in a secret attempt to cut and style it. I knew immediately that I was not destined to be a cosmetologist! You and Norma have a great weekend! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-39615740138758743602015-01-17T08:39:36.664-07:002015-01-17T08:39:36.664-07:00Thanks, Linda! You are always so encouraging! Ha...Thanks, Linda! You are always so encouraging! Have a great weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-22881723212493638712015-01-17T08:38:50.800-07:002015-01-17T08:38:50.800-07:00Hey Ron! Dad really hung in there, but if you had...Hey Ron! Dad really hung in there, but if you had had a wife and five little kiddos aged one to ten who were depending on you, you would have hung in there too, I bet. Thank goodness you and I never had to face those challenges! But then we had our own different ones, didn't we? Yes, that's my 5th grade photo taken in the fall of 1960 ~ one of the few colored photos of me growing up! Have a happy weekend, my friend! I'll be making the rounds of all my favorite blogs this weekend. I managed to slice open my left index finger with a knife Thursday night and my right index finger and thumb are full of cracks. It really throws you off when you're a trained typist ~ LOL! I hope you, Jim, and SD are enjoying a fun weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-62498498657438407142015-01-17T08:24:47.782-07:002015-01-17T08:24:47.782-07:00Hi Sherry! Our Dad's letters were the only co...Hi Sherry! Our Dad's letters were the only contact we had while he was in isolation. Dad did have the ability to send a telegraph wire in an emergency, but that was very expensive and strictly for critical things. So those letters were big in our lives ~ and so much fun!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-68999397709930881212015-01-17T08:20:15.112-07:002015-01-17T08:20:15.112-07:00Happy Saturday morning, Debra! The reason I have ...Happy Saturday morning, Debra! The reason I have all of Dad's letters is that Dad knew I would eventually write a memoir. I just wish he were here now to share the journey! Dad did quite a few paintings while he was in the north. He gave many away to friends, but I can still see them in my mind. I was always fascinated to watch his paintings as they developed. Have a happy weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-31530326369444061612015-01-17T08:12:53.262-07:002015-01-17T08:12:53.262-07:00Hey Sis! I tried to call you last night after we ...Hey Sis! I tried to call you last night after we went to Parkway ~ no answer. So I called Bertie ~ sounds like you are really under the gun. It can't be easy in the Oil Patch with the price of oil in the toilet! We have a meeting later this morning, but I will call you later. Borrow one of Donnie's cranes to help hoist that chin up! TeeHee. Do you remember when Donnie would tell us it was a two-crane-day or a three-crane day? I thought of you when I was sipping that wine! Love and Hugs, kiddo!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-13654350203210963812015-01-17T08:08:13.415-07:002015-01-17T08:08:13.415-07:00Cheers, Jean! These letters, photos, and painting...Cheers, Jean! These letters, photos, and paintings are my most valuable belongings. If I had five minutes to clear out in front of a forest fire, they'd be in my car! My cleaning lady, more importantly my longtime friend, was over yesterday and telling me about how her uncle spent New Year's Eve in New Zealand ~ a item on his bucket list. He was so excited to wake everyone up in the middle of the night and wish them Happy New Year before most of the world. The people at the other end of the phones ~ not so excited! I've often wondered about how New Zealanders think of the rest of the world. You're always in front of everything and at the bottom of the world. Have a great rest of the weekend! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-5498708735080419502015-01-17T07:56:42.950-07:002015-01-17T07:56:42.950-07:00Hey Pat! I later made that crossing back and fort...Hey Pat! I later made that crossing back and forth one time ~ scared the heck out of me! Perseverance is the key to just about everything in this life! You're the definition of it when it comes to your blog! Have a happy weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-10771554987467728002015-01-17T07:51:54.493-07:002015-01-17T07:51:54.493-07:00Hi Susie! Smith's Cove is a wonderful place. ...Hi Susie! Smith's Cove is a wonderful place. My grandmother's home (now my sister Bertie's home) was the one constant throughout our lives. And one branch of our family has lived in the area for hundreds of years. But when you're a kid, you don't always appreciate your everyday home. I was fascinated by the north. Have a happy weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-60711799541148028702015-01-17T07:46:43.465-07:002015-01-17T07:46:43.465-07:00Hi Alex! Dad could turn a phrase so naturally. I...Hi Alex! Dad could turn a phrase so naturally. It's a skill I really have to work on. And yes, one way or another he made it to school. I hope that you and your wife have a great weekend together!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.com