March 31, 2025

I remember the Blue Ridge Mountains also the Jefferson Hotel, I'm sure we ate there on our way back to Ottawa after three months of travelling West through Canada, Western USA into Mexico south to Guadilahara, a very beautiful area, through Mexico City on a Sunday afternoon the streets were full of people, not cars! Then North through the Border to Texas, around the "Mexican Sea" to Florida where we camped on the sands for a week to rest up before criss-crossing our way through Savannah, Georgia through the S. Eastern States  to N.Y. State and finally to Ottawa, a few days before taking ship from Montreal to Southampton UK. All in the Summer of 1962.

By the Fall of 1963 we were once more on the Atlantic Ocean returning to Ottawa as my Dentist husband  realized London was not the best place for him to open his own practice.

Yesterday I realised that if had forgotten to mention Ivor Novello. His "We'll gather Lilacs in the Spring again" was a special favourite; I remember my Mother singing that whilst in the bathtub and I used to sing it when cycling home from my small school on the edge of the New Forest. I'm sure we had a whole record of his many songs. There were some lovely mellow tunes in those days; totally different from the classical music that I was learning to play.

The Ice Storm has been a disaster and will take many weeks to clear away all the debri of broken trees and Hydro Poles.

Thousands of buildings are without any power, especially for Hydro One. Thankfully we still have power through Ottawa River Power, another good reason why I chose to live in Jamieson Mills!

By Wednesday most of the ice will have melted, but rain is forecast and cool cloudy weather.

Take care, safe driving.

Suzanne