Downsizing Day

Another day of downsizing with 8 boxes and three large briefcases going to a new home. Five of the boxes are for a book sale and include two boxes of children's books which tend to sell well. But that is in the distant future likely but kind of them to take the boxes. The other six items are the work of my husband and his friend George Armstrong and will find a home in Loyalist Ontario which I am happy to see as well. He has spent quite a bit of time labeling and preparing all of this material. 

Next big collection is Kipp pictures and getting them all assembled. I think he should check with Library and Archives Canada as they might be willing to have such a large collection of Kipp material. If not perhaps somewhere in the United States as this is a very large family and the collection that Ed has on his website was recognized by one of the archival libraries and I have forgotten which at this time. 

Fifty four years of memories are wrapped up in all of this material but it is so nice to share it with repositories that can make use of it. I collected up all of my Blake material, labeled it and gave it to my younger sister to have since family members are more likely to go to her to find pictures and information. 

Still under lockdown here in Ottawa being careful where we go and always wearing a mask and washing hands. Soon we get our flu shots and we will be prepared for the combined Flu/COVID-19 season. 

Even with all of the downsizing we still have thousands of books!