The Service at Christ Church Cathedral online was very interesting and the Sermon thought provoking. I like the way that the sermon flowed. We are into the quiet time of the year in the Season of Pentecost (old name Trinity). No choirs only a soloist and they have been spectacular these weeks. Thank you to them for their dedication to the service.
Spent the afternoon, since it was a rainy one, cleaning out the large closet and reordering everything for ease in downsizing. One big box for our niece of some items which will mean more to her than us because it was part of her childhood since she lived with her grandmother (Edward's mother). There is still so much of Edward's material that we once again sorted through and made a complete box (we hope) of all the Kipp material for the family in southwestern Ontario (Oxford and Brant Counties) and then in Chilliwack British Columbia. I need to find an archives that will take the single Banker's Box as the material has been published in a book and do not want to see the original images lost.
Two binders of gravestones as well for Edward's American Colonial ancestors. Our trips down into the Northern United States in the East were many (usually five or six times a year) to visit the various graveyards generally on the way to Family Reunions or Genealogical meetings meant that we were able to go to many graveyards that we otherwise would not have visited. There are also copies of gravestones in local cemeteries in southwestern Ontario. I need to check and see if the OGS Library will take this material along with a small package of UEL material that he collected to use for his talks. Since that is a duplicate of original material though there isn't any loss there of material if I am unable to donate it. We also gathered up another load for Salvation Army including the Christmas Tree which is too large for me and a box of decorations - I suspect they sell such things. It will be just in time for this year's Christmas for someone wanting to have that at a lower price.
Cleaning day as well so will work on sending letters about the material in between bouts of cleaning. This is the top floor once again and with the big closet already done it will be less work this time. I will clean out my closet I think this next Sunday. I have pretty much stuck to online material for my studies so just have one big box of material that is printed.
There is smoke out there today; the perennial hazard of living in a heavily wooded country (40% of our land area is forest and that is almost 10% of the world's forests). Nearly 40% of our land mass is Arctic and northern as well. Just under 80% of the population of Canada lives within 160 kilometres of the Canada-US border although there is still a good portion outside of that perimeter including nearly 200,000 above the Arctic Circle. But we are a fairly mobile population with huge movements north all year long for various reasons.
Time to make tea; I am a bit late today I guess but decided to write my blog first.
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