tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post3413942871609138633..comments2024-03-27T10:30:15.253-06:00Comments on Standing Into Danger: HR8: What My Father Didn't Tell My MotherFundy Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-14975078524364727912018-05-16T10:00:57.878-06:002018-05-16T10:00:57.878-06:00Hi, Heidrum! I didn't realize last night that...Hi, Heidrum! I didn't realize last night that you had commented on other posts, so I'm working through them. Those trains were such fun to travel on. I still get a ride on a prop now and then, usually when flying to Vancouver Island. I'm sure you have interesting memories of that trip. Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-82651642743090246882018-05-16T09:58:30.113-06:002018-05-16T09:58:30.113-06:00Hi, Karen! Sorry ~ I just found your comment now....Hi, Karen! Sorry ~ I just found your comment now. I'm glad that you enjoyed the old photos of Nakina. I wish my father had taken more, but film and processing was expensive then. Thank you for your kind words. All the best to you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-76474757485885903222018-05-16T09:56:43.162-06:002018-05-16T09:56:43.162-06:00Hi, Mary. I'm a little late replying. I came...Hi, Mary. I'm a little late replying. I came back to this post and discovered your comment. Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad that you enjoyed my post. My father is deceased; I miss him every day. Have a good one! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-47324419225378353162018-05-15T10:13:59.261-06:002018-05-15T10:13:59.261-06:00My Mom and I managed to take the Algoma from Saute...My Mom and I managed to take the Algoma from Saute Ste Marie in the 80’s, We flew to the Saul in a small AC prop plane first. My Mom was a widow since her 49’s and I was sometimes he travel compagnion.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-62828046953029822742018-02-19T07:39:51.916-07:002018-02-19T07:39:51.916-07:00I grew up in Nakina and now live in Winnipeg. I wa...I grew up in Nakina and now live in Winnipeg. I was born there on the edge of town in Dec 1960. Really enjoyed reading this with all the old pictures. it would make a great book. Its good to see the old buildings as many are gone now. I rarely go back as my mother and father are passed. My eldest sister has a cabin at one of the lakes in the area. Thanks for this. very well presentedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127759315631407375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-71828279675803648682014-04-26T18:05:29.566-06:002014-04-26T18:05:29.566-06:00I stumbled across your blog and have been utterly ...I stumbled across your blog and have been utterly fascinated. I grew up in Nakina (in the 50's & 60's) and now live in Charlottetown PEI, is your father still alive? I'd love to know more about his northern experiences, so few have journeyed to that part of Ontario. It seems a world away now.<br /><br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-33692669024126700612013-04-27T09:37:19.367-06:002013-04-27T09:37:19.367-06:00Hi Kay!
I loved that line too ~ and can you beli...Hi Kay! <br />I loved that line too ~ and can you believe my dad taught penmanship! <br />Thank you for the positive and encouraging words. I am writing a book about my family and the north. I'm just floundering around because it seems so big! Blog posts are helping me get organized and underway. I've been reading a book on memoir writing, and it said to build a platform on a blog or at least on-line. Somehow it doesn't seem so daunting to do post by post ~ like eating an elephant one bite at a time. I have tons of material! <br /><br />People like you keep me moving forward, Kay! I can't tell you how much your positive words encourage me! <br />Have an awesome day and weekend! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-10968917548012132182013-04-27T09:32:13.615-06:002013-04-27T09:32:13.615-06:00Hi Noushka! I am definitely working on some sort ...Hi Noushka! I am definitely working on some sort of a memoir or autobiography or something! I'm finding my way as I do blog posts. Thanks for the encouragement! Please don't stop your fauna photos! They are spectacular. You pointed out an interesting perspective on my grandparents' wedding photo that hadn't occurred to me before ~ fascinating; but, for sure, they posed! Happy hunting with your camera this weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-44831757050151380452013-04-27T09:28:58.581-06:002013-04-27T09:28:58.581-06:00Hi Paul! Thank you for the kind comment and the L...Hi Paul! Thank you for the kind comment and the Liebster Award. What a nice surprise! I'm working on that blog post now. How fun that your partner works for the National Library of New Zealand! Libraries are very cool ~ especially when they store historical itms like photos. Have a great weekend. I hope that moving about is getting easier, especially as you are going to be moving!!!!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-48820699566606083972013-04-27T07:50:05.956-06:002013-04-27T07:50:05.956-06:00Weasel ~~ ? Aunt Myrtle?
Where in the world did t...Weasel ~~ ? Aunt Myrtle?<br /><br />Where in the world did that come from? <br /><br />Come to think of it! <br /><br />LOLOLOLOL!!fromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-37756156517780133992013-04-27T06:23:01.452-06:002013-04-27T06:23:01.452-06:00Hi Sue!
Thank you for leaving such a thoughtful ...Hi Sue! <br />Thank you for leaving such a thoughtful comment! And for joining my blog! I discovered that happy event when I turned my computer on this morning. <br /> <br />Dad did have a wonderful sense of humor, and so did his family. I was too young to understand or remember much of my grandparent's humor, but I remember family stories. <br /><br />I often read "Anne of Green Gables" to my third grade students, and it was so eerie, because the way they spoke, the expressions they used, their manners and behaviors create such strong echoes in my memory. Nana was a second cousin of L. M. Montgomery and reading Montgomery's book is like reliving the parts of my childhood that I spent in Price Edward Island. <br /><br />Thank God I didn't have to wear those clothes! The photo of Nana and her siblings was probably taken in the decade of the 1900s and AoGG was published in June of 1908.<br /><br />Have a great day! Maybe you'll get some biking in! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-53016289861135779892013-04-27T06:13:54.390-06:002013-04-27T06:13:54.390-06:00"I have not been flinging money around lavish..."I have not been flinging money around lavishly", what a great line, I am going to use it!! (I have been called a cheapskate before, and now I will just quote your Dad!)<br />I really enjoyed reading this along with all the photos. This is really fascinating to me. Non-fiction books are my first love in life so this is right up my alley!<br />WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR DAD!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-34377187963726333022013-04-27T02:41:38.461-06:002013-04-27T02:41:38.461-06:00Hello Fundy,
Thanks for your reply on the previous...Hello Fundy,<br />Thanks for your reply on the previous post!<br />Indeed I believe you should write a book, especially for your children and theirs!<br />An advice I am not sure to follow myself, LOL!!, although I have a case full of documents dating back to the beginning of last century! :(<br />Well maybe when I reach 100 years old and I can't take fauna pics anymore!!!<br />That first photo is puzzling me... They both look thoughtfully in different directions and not at each other, as if they were lost in their own worlds! Also Myrtle Jane's feet are hardly touching the ground as if she was there only temporarily... Well I guess that is probably the way the photographer told them to pose!!<br />Keep well, cheers!<br /><br />Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-13852014583898828332013-04-27T01:58:44.456-06:002013-04-27T01:58:44.456-06:00Really loved all these photos. My partner current...Really loved all these photos. My partner currently works for the National Library of New Zealand and they keep all sorts of really old and historical items that people can go and see and some of it might relate to their families. Thanks for sharing your memories. By the way - I have given you an award on my blog - http://seasonsfullcircle.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/liebster-award.htmlPaul Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15036814105495366575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-48527970791667485992013-04-26T22:56:03.514-06:002013-04-26T22:56:03.514-06:00This is just gripping!
What a very handsome coupl...This is just gripping!<br /><br />What a very handsome couple your grandparents were ... such a charming photo, and I love her shoes. All the photos are fascinating ... especially the train crossing the bridge and the view from the hotel window.<br /><br />Your dad sounds like a character - there's a kind of undercurrent of humour in his writing which makes it fun to read. He must have inherited it - your grandmother's family all look as though they had a good sense of humour too. They look as though they would have been fun to know.Mrs. Micawberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680436275934263596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-64082588329300828272013-04-26T19:31:37.221-06:002013-04-26T19:31:37.221-06:00Hey Ron! It was totally fair! He has always call...Hey Ron! It was totally fair! He has always called me "Weasel" ~ to this day! And his kids called me Aunt Myrtle! Or Aunt Weasel! No holds barred when it comes to Facial Royale! Roy loves to push my buttons, and one of our family names for him is The Instigator! LOL Louise! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-11894479254825876092013-04-26T19:24:31.182-06:002013-04-26T19:24:31.182-06:00Hey Jim! Thank you for the encouraging words! I ...Hey Jim! Thank you for the encouraging words! I hadn't thought of a screen play ~ just a book! I've been reading a study by John J. Honigmann on the Indians in Attawapiskat ~ written in 1948. I've been lugging that paper around for at least a quarter century! I wish I could quote from it directly ~ it is heartbreaking! I have a number of amazing references, and a lot of things I have to research. I think you will be surprised at the directions my story goes in! Thank you for being a loyal and supportive reader of my Northern story! Have a great weekend and take care! We just got back from Friday Night Date Night at Parkway Grill! Sometimes two glasses of merlot hits you more! Time to watch a movie with T! I hope that you and Ron are enjoying a great evening!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-52148010773959942012013-04-26T19:18:10.445-06:002013-04-26T19:18:10.445-06:00Hey Ron!
Yeah, Roy was named after his grandfath...Hey Ron! <br />Yeah, Roy was named after his grandfather. And Roy was in proverbial "do do" for not naming his first son Donald Blair ~ broke generations of tradition! Although he named his second son Blair and his daughter has the middle name Donalda! <br /><br />It's interesting who Dad told what ~ but once Dad got to LH, he started writing more family letters because he had access to a typewriter and a carbon tape! Money's always a bitch! I just found what he paid fascinating! <br /><br />I feel sad when I think of you and your family ~ losing your dad so young! Treasure those letters! I feel so close to my Dad when I read his ~ and ~ Holy Toledo ~ we have far more in common than I thought! I think your Dad would be so proud of you, Ron, because you are an awesome person. <br /><br />Have a great weekend! We're going to have a glorious weekend here! Take care! Give Sophie her favorite kind of rub or scratch! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-63075389534454289572013-04-26T19:08:58.486-06:002013-04-26T19:08:58.486-06:00Hey Dutchess!
I'm so glad you left a message...Hey Dutchess! <br />I'm so glad you left a message! Barb told me that you were following! <br /><br />I have all these photos from Nana, and I am on a mission to identify them. That's the youngest picture I've identified with Uncle Chester in it. Dappy ~ that's what everyone called him. <br /><br />I'm almost to Lansdowne House. I don't have the picture of Dad with the snowshoes. And Maureen and Duncan also on snowshoes in the bush. I know there are more photos. Wait until I get to John and me! Do you have any Lansdowne photos? I know there were more of Father Ouimet ~ and I am missing a lot from Lac Suel! Can you check your photos, please, please, please? Comments are like cocaine ~ not speaking from personal experience about cocaine ~ just rumors ~ I so appreciated your comment! I so loved hearing from you! I miss, miss, miss you! <br /><br />Terry has us going to Reno during the Scallop Days weekend! :( But we're meeting Jon (from Vegas runs) and his girlfriend Cindy whom I have hit it off very well with! And I'm finally going to see Lake Tahoe! <br /><br />We're almost to LH. Was it not funny to read Dad's comment about the miners' fight? Have a super weekend, Sis! I'll call you! OMG ~ less than a month to Hawaii. I wish I could walk up the beach and see you there, like last summer! That was the best! I'm balancing on a bosu ball ~ I'm up to about 12 minutes now ~ so I can paddle board. Who knows, maybe I'll even take a surfing lesson!<br /><br />Hey, can you take photos of Dad's paintings and send them to me as jpegs? Take care! LL! XXOO! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-51089767169382670902013-04-26T18:53:03.442-06:002013-04-26T18:53:03.442-06:00Thanks B&R!
I do love that picture of Nana w...Thanks B&R! <br />I do love that picture of Nana with her sisters and brother! My great Aunt Maude and i were very close ~ I spent several summers with her. Thank you for leaving the kind comment!<br /><br />I can't wait for my nephew Neil and his wife Jeannie to have their first baby ~ then I'll be hitting your shop for sure! You make such lovely creative things!<br /><br />Have a lovely weekend! Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-4908005472213311922013-04-26T18:38:03.870-06:002013-04-26T18:38:03.870-06:00I too love that first photo of your grandparents! ...I too love that first photo of your grandparents! <br />Ever thought of writing a screenplay once you have all this sorted out? Louise, it would be very timely especially here in Canada as there is a lot of talk/discussion going on about First Nations peoples and the north. Now you don't have to 'get at it' right away!! Just a thought. It would make for riveting viewing I am sure!<br /><br />Your father sounded like a very sincere fellow and had a good relationship with his mother too.<br /><br />You will be the Picasa Queen soon enough!! lolJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-44327820963832986742013-04-26T18:34:46.280-06:002013-04-26T18:34:46.280-06:00Louise MacBeath ~~~ you got me laughing about your...Louise MacBeath ~~~ you got me laughing about your brother's name ~~ not in least fair I'd say!<br /><br />wink wink!fromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-55049207106662524702013-04-26T18:32:24.319-06:002013-04-26T18:32:24.319-06:00I suspect your brother was named after "you k...I suspect your brother was named after "you know who"!!<br /><br />So different information for different people ~~ your father surely didn't want to upset your Mom.<br /><br />The finances are always the kicker in these stories. Same fact arose in my Mom's story with Dad over seas in the WWII!! Had to tough it out until the $$ came through.<br /><br />Ronfromsophiesviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532257840856313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-15104873951207524062013-04-26T18:04:53.934-06:002013-04-26T18:04:53.934-06:00Dutchess is following your Blog which has me mesme...Dutchess is following your Blog which has me mesmerized! I have never seen the picture of Nana and her siblings....they are all so young...Chester is kind of like Roy and all his sisters! Dad's letters and photos are amazing....I've been going around my house and looking at Dad's paintings from up North...the storm on the lake and Father's Island. You certainly have a lot of material to work with even before you get to Landsdown House which is where my memories begin. Powdered Milk and Biscuts at school, Dad's run in with the "Windigo", the Indian homes, the trips to the water hole with our buckets and the oil drum in the kitchen with the cheese cloth strain and flying in the bush planes! What an amazing time we had. Keep it coming sister! XXOOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-11917406021549086882013-04-26T17:55:16.879-06:002013-04-26T17:55:16.879-06:00Amazing history. Those pictures really take one ba...Amazing history. Those pictures really take one back in time; I especially love that last group one -- I keep imagining what they did after having their photo taken!BIKBIK AND ROROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688260142838394342noreply@blogger.com