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Merry Christmas! For the 2nd year running, we're publishing our christmas letter online, instead of through snail-mail. Please have a read. ... and a Happy New Year! It's been another year of many photos, but we're usually behind the camera,
so we've made a collage of some
rare photos that feature the two of us. |
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Ann returned to crocheting with a vengeance this year. Highlights of the results are now available. |
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These are our miscellaneous fall photos around the house, on hikes, and from Ann's Birthday. |
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The annual Christmas Dinner Ball with the Shurbens, our ballroom dancing instructors. |
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Ann successfully completed her new novel, DuoSphere, during National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo, as it is known, is a competition to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November. It you do the math, that's a quota of 1,667 words per day. Ann finished her novel in 25 days. The unedited version is now available for your enjoyment. |
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We've added a 'random photo' function to the Photo Site. |
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Gordon and Faith visited Carp from October 18-19. Sights include the Carp Farmer's Market, Parliament Hill, and the Jack Pine Trail in the Greenbelt. |
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| Photos from John and Anna's October 11 Wedding in Winchester and reception at Upper Canada Village are now available. |  |
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After John and Anna's Wedding, we made our way to Bolton for Thanksgiving via the New York side of theThousand Islands. |
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When you sign-up to our beta program, you'll also get a large website at http://yourname.catastrophic.net to share your photos with family and friends. Please, join us today. |
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The Trusler and the Darlington's visit Ottawa for the 140th Annual Carp Fair. |
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| On Sept. 20, we ventured into the wilds of Pontiac, QC for Anna and John's Shower. The two will be married October 11 in near Winchester. |  |
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We took a weekend to visit friends and family in Toronto Sept 12-13. Visits to Janevieve & James, the Darlingtons, Glen & Margaret, Ross' cousin Wendy, and Gran are included. Warning: cute baby pictures. |
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Our brief Go Home experience this year was capped by Labour Day Weekend. Highlights include the annual picnic, putting away boats and docks, and time spent with Alistair MacRae, up from NYC. Blasts From the Past: Labour Day Weekend last year, and in 2001. |
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We didn't go to the Airshow, it came to us. It was held at the nearby Carp Airport, and the two of us got on our verandah roof to watch the Snowbirds strut their stuff. We have photos from both the Saturday and Sunday performances. Here they are. |
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We spent much of the summer away at places like Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, attended half a dozen weddings, and enjoyed some weekends at the cottage. However, with just one weekend a month at home, and some generous help from the Darlingtons, we were able to keep things from falling apart at home. We even managed to renovate our largest flower garden, with documentation. Here are our garden photos, showin*g the transitions. Bonus: Ross'
Surprise 30th Birthday Party Blast From the Past: Last year's gardens featured in House in Summer 2002. |
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Photos from our August 8-17 trip to Nova Scotia are now available. Cape Breton, the Cabot Trail, and Halifax were some of the highlights. For once, there was no wedding to attend. We did get to visit friends Jen, Chris, Paul and Candy, as well as Ross' cousin Jen and her family. Blast From the Past: We made a trip to Nova Scotia in 2002. |
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Photos from Regatta Weekend, August 1-4, are now available. |
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Photos from our July 6-13 trip to Saskatchewan are now available. We travelled there primarily for Bobby-Jo and Greg's July 12 Wedding in Regina. |
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Finished photos from Gordon and Faith's July 4 Wedding and reception at Horseshoe Valley are now available. Ann was the official photographer, while Ross was busy as Best Man and M.C. |
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Photos from Bobby-Jo and Greg's July 12 Wedding in Regina, Saskatchewan and reception at the Queensbury Centre are now available. Submissions of more photos are always welcome. |
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Photos from Liza and Derrek's Wedding in Westport and reception at Tir Nan Og in Kingston are now available. Our friend Janevieve was a bridesmaid, and Liza was a bridesmaid at Janevieve's wedding last May 24. Submissions of more photos are always welcome. |
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Tomorrow is the 136th birthday of the Dominion of Canada. To celebrate, we've posted a dabbling of photos from the first half of 2003. Around the house, cat photos, short visits to friends and family, everything is in this set. Enjoy. |
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Ann's Grandfather, Borden Ling, passed away Sunday, June 22 at the age
of 91. We've posted a small collection of more recent photos. June 30 Update:Photos from the Memorial
Gathering at Donna & Ross' house have now been posted. |
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Photos from Father's
Day Weekend (June 14-16) have been posted. The Darlingtons came to
visit for a few days. Instead of a rest, they helped us start to transform
one of our gardens. On the Saturday, we took a tour of the local area,
with various stops at a festival in Almonte, Blakeney Rapids, and Pakenham. |
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Photos from our recent June
5-9 visit to see our friend Alistair, a denizen of Manhattan, have
now been posted. Trip highlights include walks through Central Park and
Fort Tryon Park, a trip to the Met, a night at a comedy club, and an informative,
rainy walk around the World Trade Centre site. We had a blast of a time
over three days, and look forward to going back some time. |
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The Ladies at Ann's work, CMC Electronics, decided to throw Nabeela a surprise bridal shower on May 9, 2003. The gaggle of 9 gathered at Lynn's house for games, Chinese take-out and cake. |
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Photos from Janevieve
and James' May 24 Wedding in Hamilton are now available. We took over
500 photos using 2 cameras, so we're offering different levels of 'viewing
commitment'. Also, photos from Janevieve's Bridal
Shower are still around. Honeymoon photos coming soon.
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| Victoria Day Weekend was spent at the cottage, fixing decks, spotting wildlife, and of course, Ooh-ahs |  |
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The Truslers visit for an action-packed weekend during the Tulip Festival. |
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Defying the W.H.O. travel advisory, we made not one but two consecutive weekend trips to Hogtown. The second trip was made so Ann could attend Janevieve's April 26 Bridal
Shower. |
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The Trusler cottage at Go Home Bay is available for rent this summer. For details click here. Update: Rented May 28 |
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Defying the W.H.O. travel advisory, we made not one but two consecutive weekend trips to Hogtown. The first trip was for Easter and Pete's birthday, and we have posted photos of Easter dinner and a hike in Palgrave. Bonus: also included is a photo of the now-infamous exploding orange juice tin. The second trip was made so Ann could attend Janevieve's April 26 Bridal Shower. |
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We made a special weekend trip to attend Paul & Candy's March 8 reception in Toronto. Besides being their one-month anniversary, it gave us a chance to see them the day before they moved to Halifax. We've also added a few photos sent by Epke Damstra to the wedding photo collection. |
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| Our pictures for Paul & Candy's Wedding are now available on our photo site. The wedding was held at the Sheraton Moana Surfrider Hotel in Waikiki, Hawai'i, on February 8, 2003. The photos from their bridal shower continue to be available. Feel free to download any photos you desire. Also, if you have any photos you'd like to contribute send them to us. |  |
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We hope you'll join us for a trip down memory lane. Ann has diligently scanned in dozens of photos from our years at Queen's University (1992-1997). We've included a journal of sorts, and hope that our friends and acquaintances from Queen's will help us grow this little project with more photos and tales from that time. For this blast from the past, click here. |
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| Janevieve visits Carp during Winterlude. |  |
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On Thursday, February 6 we will be flying out of Ottawa to Hawaii. Our first stop is Oahu to attend Paul and Candy's wedding. The photos from their bridal shower are already available. After a few days we'll fly to Kauai and stay in a rainforest near the Waimea Canyon, dubbed the 'Grand Canyon of the Pacific'. Besides hiking to 1000 foot waterfalls, we'll sail along the Na Pali coast, and maybe fly over the island by helicopter. After a few days, it's on to Maui, where we'll go up Haleakala (a Volcano), spend a day sailing and snorkeling, and go spelunking, among other adventures. Then, we'll fly on to Hawaii -the Big Island itself - for five days. We'll tour the island, go visit the telescopes on top of Mauna Kea (the world's tallest mountain), and spend a few days exploring Kilauea, an active volcano in Volcanoes National Park. On the final day, it's back to Oahu for a sunset dinner cruise before returning to Ottawa on the 23rd. A few days later, we hope to start posting our photos and notes as with previous trips. Be sure to return and visit by the end of February! |
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