Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Canada Strong

 It was beautiful to watch Canada Strong on the Hill yesterday. The young people came out in droves in both the capacity of audience and the show leaders. The Prime Minister is dearly loved by the populace; he just fits into the scene so perfectly. It was very pleasant to have the Duke of Edinburgh at our Canada Day as well - a beautiful touch for sure and he brought good wishes from the King. The King is lucky with his support from these two siblings - Princess Anne and Prince Edward. They do him great service and especially here in Canada yesterday. Thank you to the King for sure. The Governor General did a magnificent task in her capacity as well and much appreciated. 

I was happy to sit at home and watch it all on the television. I will always remember my grandfather watching the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He was so intent; full of information about the service as the hours passed and he never left that set really nor did I for the most part although just seven years of age I could tell by the way my grandfather was so glued to that TV that this was a momentous happening in our world and so it was. Elizabeth II became one of the most celebrated women in the world and loved by many. 

Canada Strong and with our population now at 41 million we will succeed and support our population and this huge landmass preserving it for the future as well as the present so that all the world may benefit from the goodness of Canada. The bombing of the fireworks carried on well past ten o'clock last night but we had a lot to celebrate as we have made it through these past six months together and supportive of each other. The few with their separation ideas are just that a few; Canada needs all of her people to be the great nation she is to become. When the Founders of Confederation bought Rupert's Land with Canadian taxpayer money it was for a purpose; to unite all of the royal colonies now provinces of the new Canada (Turtle Island) and to provide a link to British Columbia far off on the Pacific Coast and we did it and for a young nation to build the railroad coast to coast we did well. Thank you to the Founders and all those hard working people who actually did the work on the railroad that made it so. 

Yesterday matching for the fifth sibling and then the task will be complete; just have to maintain it by checking in on matches regularly. I like the setup on Living DNA and the ease with which you can move between siblings in matches. I like the ability to quickly copy all of the data into my spreadsheet but others also do have that ability. And of course with my 100% British inheritance of DNA having so many UK testers is really great. The endogamy that I knew existed is very clear there with a number of people matching in the over 50 cM range with so many little pieces all of them looking like Knight/Arnold/Butt/Ellis or Routledge/Routledge and there are some Blake in there that are interesting for sure. But that endogamy is a long way back although there are a couple of stubborn chromosomes that make their way through the generations. 

The Blake Newsletter still in the writing process; yesterday didn't seem like a day to do that and so will return to it today along with extraction of matches. Cleaning all accomplished for another week. Back to walking and kayaking. A lovely summer and July is probably going to be a very warm month. 

Tea drank, solitaire puzzles completed and breakfast is next but first yoga.  

 

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