ME: “hey Son, did you see my post about virtual presence technology for staying in touch with isolated family?” #3 SON: “why, what’s wrong with the cell phone I’m talking on right now?” ME: “ … uuhhh” At that point, I thought about the Uncle that I have not been able to talk to sinceContinue reading “Visiting Grandma Virtually (old school)”
Category Archives: Life Passions
Visiting Grandma Virtually (part 2)
An appeal to Grandparents everywhere. Your video gaming grandkids are well equipped to run “virtual presence” technology as featured on the sitcom Modern Family in 2015. Do it now! The clock is ticking on how much longer our brains will be able to deal with passwords. Before that happens, cash in on the skills thatContinue reading “Visiting Grandma Virtually (part 2)”
2006 Wayside Christmas Concert
(Ref: 20201126) In 2006, the Sunday School team at Wayside Gospel Chapel created an electronic slide show to tell the Christmas Story. Here are all of the photos. Only a the best for each scene were used in the presentation. However, since each person sees different things in a picture, I decided to publish themContinue reading “2006 Wayside Christmas Concert”
Profit is Good!
I was speaking to a recent graduate who expressed a less than positive view about the concept of profit. This stuck me oddly since I am living on a public employees’ pension plan and Canada Pension Plan. These are profit-based plans, so corporate profit contributes significantly to my retirement income. At the same time, IContinue reading “Profit is Good!”
John Deere, Part 2
Click Here to take a ride through Boyle Park in the driver’s seat of the John Deere! When we first moved to Boyle Park in 1996 the neighbours across the road were Mr and Mrs Struc. They lived in the city but he was a hobby farmer and they were frequently out during the summer.Continue reading “John Deere, Part 2”
John Deere, Part 1
When I was growing up on the Boyle Farm in Saskatchewan the first tractor that I remember was a John Deere Model B that we called Johnny. This tractor had a flywheel start and a hand clutch. I learned to drive it by the time I was 10 years old. This was very much aContinue reading “John Deere, Part 1”
Larch
Larch (also called tamarak) were unknown where we grew up. The first time Beverly Boyle and I saw them is when we drove through the mountains in the fall of 1985 on our way to the wedding of Todd Oliver and Debbie Oliver. Now we have them at Boyle Park! (First Posted on Facebook inContinue reading “Larch”
Bonfire!
Yes, I have the right picture! When we moved here this area was a big sand dune — a perfect place to have big bonfires. And we had BIG bonfires! Family groups, church groups, just ourselves — we burned all of the tree branches from out woodlot. We loved our bonfires. In fact, some sayContinue reading “Bonfire!”
The Running of the Boyles
As I outlined in the “Bush Boat” post, everyone loves a hay wagon ride. The kids, however, being kids (or perhaps just being Boyles), wanted a bit more adventure. They said “Grampy, is it OK if we jump off?” I looked at the situation and, several years ago, gave permission to jump off the back.Continue reading “The Running of the Boyles”
Tree House
About 9 years ago, Beverly Boyle was having a frustrating day with grandkids underfoot and uttered those words that every grandpa dreads to hear: “I bet if you asked grampy he would build a tree-house for you!” Yikes! Now what?!! Further still, Bev was envisioning an ewok village, from Star Wars, with multi-floors and walkwaysContinue reading “Tree House”