Thursday, March 19, 2026

Licensed

Before we even left the house, we learned that Jonathan had passed his driver's test. We do have a graduated license plan here, so I don't have his road permissions all straight in my head, but I think he's able to drive around town on his own and on secondary highways as long as he has a fully licensed driver riding shotgun. Later in the process, there will be another test to pass.


The drive into Ottawa was interesting. The highway was clear on a sunny day, but once we hit the city, we had to approach intersections with caution because we could hardly see the snow-blasted traffic lights from Tuesday's big blow. Here's one picture but some lights were even more snowed than this one. 


Once we arrived, the food was good, and my almost-79-year-old wife was looking pretty good too.




25 comments:

  1. Was it a birthday for Sue?

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  2. Nice! We are trying to see around snow piles on corners and intersections to pull out on highways right now. Hopefully the melt down this weekend will reduce those piles.

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  3. Snow covered traffic lights is,a new one to me, very tricky. Snow also makes blind corners, another joy of winter.

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  4. Congrats to JJ.! Sue looks great- as always!

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  5. That is a great picture of your almost 79 year old bride!

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  6. Three cheers to Jonathan! I remember that feeling of passing and it's a good one!

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  7. I should be so lucky to look like that! Happy birthday to Sue and congrats to JJ.

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  8. Congrats to Jonathan!

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  9. Hooray for Little J! -Kate

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  10. Sue is so beautiful. Well done to grandson!

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  11. I want to know Sue's beauty secret. Happy Birthday to her.

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  12. Kudos to the grandkid on the test pass. Many do not manage to get that done. And hugs to beautiful Sue. Happy birth month.

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  13. Sue is beautiful and holds her age extremely well. I would have said she was in her 60s. We call that a drivers permit; it's a preliminary step to getting a license. Even when licensed, there are restrictions for a while: no other people in the car except family members, for example.

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  14. Good for Jonathon for passing his test.

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  15. Big congratulations to Jonathan, that’s a great milestone! Sounds like quite the drive in too, those snowy lights must have been tricky. And what a lovely line about your wife, made me smile.

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  16. Your photography is becoming livelier and more stylish

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  17. Sue is a beautiful lady and you took a lovely photo of her. Happy Birthday Sue! Congratulations Jonathan, I was very interested in those rules and regulations. And I liked that photo of the traffic light.

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  18. Me thinks that you Canadians should think about installing heaters on your traffic lights to keep them clear of snow.

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  19. Congratulations to Jonathan.

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  20. Well done Jonathan! Sue does look great for a youngster!

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  21. Good for Jonathan. Aster turns 16 in May. She's good to go.

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  22. Yay for Jonathan!
    The traffic light, whoa. That would be tricky.
    And Sue looks amazing. Just beautiful.

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