Saturday, March 21, 2026

New and Old Photos

Red asked if this picture of JJ and me were backward. The answer is yes. It happens sometimes on certain selfies. I did notice but not before I posted. I think I may have fixed that from happening again, but we shall see.


But now that it has been mentioned . . .  Ta Da.


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Milady and I trend rather heavily toward the British tv that we find on Britbox and Acorn, more Britbox than Acorn. However, we are currently quite into The Pitt. We consumed the first season relatively quickly and are presently galloping our way through the second season. We both approve with definite thumbs up. 
Update: Apparently, we are now caught up with the series and must wait for one drop per week. This is very disappointing. 
By the same token we have lukewarm feelings about Scarpetta. Given the source novels and the star power actors, we were rather disappointed. The show was over-written and over-acted, which made it quite uncomfortable at times. I think that The Brits have perfected the mystery genre. They get on with telling the story, which is interesting enough on its own merit without reverting to hyperbolic acting. It's not that I wouldn't watch a second season of Scarpetta if it were offered, but it wouldn't be at the top of my list.

I recently uncovered in my files a newspaper page that I scanned quite some time ago when it was already yellowed with age, so I removed some of the yellow. Here's how my grad photo appeared in the local newspaper. 

Fourth in second row in case there is any doubt.

You see that were living in Guelph at the time, so I was included in the newspaper, but we only lived there together for s year while I was attending university. From Guelph, we moved to London where I spent a year at Althouse College of Education, University of Western Ontario. Then, we moved to Sarnia where I taught for thirty years and lived for 34 years.

Speaking of Guelph, Sue brought home this photo of Sue from her visit with Heather. We were entering the house where we had a basement apartment. It was the day of our wedding, which took place at 11am. After the ceremony, we had a luncheon reception at the church in Toronto before driving the hour to Guelph. We didn’t take too long to get organized before travelling on to Stratford where we spent our first night. I don't know why we don't seem to have this photo in our own collection, or we haven't until now.


30 comments:

  1. There is joy emanating from your wedding photo. All the men have white bow ties in the grad photos.Have you ever worn one again?

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  2. Sue looks very much a 70s bride. I love the outfit.

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  3. It was lovely looking through these photos, especially the one on your wedding day. You were/are a lovely couple. I have heard of Scarpetta from our son who was also lukewarm. I have been watching several British series, the last one being The Young Sherlock and found it entertaining. I have been thinking about watching The Pitt and will now thanks to your recommendation. I also watched Department Q(?) a month ago and found that very interesting.

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    1. I've kind of put Young Sherlock on my watchlist, so this is good to know.

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  4. I had the same experience with The Pitt. I ended up watching the first season twice, because I like it so much (and hate waiting a week for the next episode to drop). It's really well done. You are the happiest of the page in your school photo! Your wedding photo is lovely.

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  5. In interesting outfit Sue has on. I'm sure it would sell well in a retro shop these days. Not sure if retro is the right word. Can't pull out the one I want. Vintage?

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    1. Our church thought it scandalous when she changed out of her wedding dress before we departed.

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  6. You both look so happy in the wedding picture, it's lovely. About the car picture, I did wonder if Canada drives on the left. I was pretty sure not.

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    1. No, but our politics lean slightly left. Slightly. 😎

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    2. As they should...

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  7. What a couple of sweethearts. Great pic. It's obvious you're more thrilled than Sue is (assuming this is on your wedding day). (Just kidding! You're both clearly the best for each other.)
    What is the secret to flipping selfies around properly? Oh, I guess I can google the answer to that. Never you mind.
    -Kate

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  8. Did you take extra note of the bespectacled, be-braided doctor who is played by Bryan Cranston's daughter? He's such a fantastic actor, if she develops half his skills she'll be going places.

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    1. Oh OK. She's interesting. The character seems to have a slight touch of autism or something, but it hasn't become part of the story. Now, I am off to try to figure out who Bryan Cranston might be when he's home.

      OK, I see now.

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  9. Very cool photos from the past!

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  10. Don't you two look cool!

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  11. You were a beautiful couple then just as you are now. Love that graduation photo of you. :-)

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  12. What nice pictures! That is not Sue's wedding dress, then?

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    1. The wedding dress was very traditional. This outfit caused a stir, but it was only for a few minutes on our exit. Ladies were not supposed to wear slacks within the church building, so this was quite edgy.

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  13. OK, I'm trying to understand the little bow ties at graduation. I see the female grads also have the exact same top and robes. I much prefer your wedding day apparel. Hope the church recovered. I wasn't allowed to wear slacks at school until '71. Linda in Kansas

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  14. The wedding photo is gorgeous! I did wonder whether you had a British car. I can't get the Pitt on my limited streaming services. I've heard glowing reports about it. I gave up on the Scarpetta books; they got overwritten and overly dramatic for me. I like the forensics stuff but not all the drama. That's probably why I prefer police procedurals to thrillers. I might give the series a try although it doesn't sound like I'll enjoy it.

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  15. What a good looking couple you were--and still are!

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  16. Photos bring back a flood of memories.

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  17. oh anvil. what lovely photos. I am a sucker for these pics.
    you both look so lovely with nice smile.
    Were you a teacher then, was it a school or university? Was Geography your subject?
    Please post more of you both, travels and whatnot.
    P.s. I tried Scarpetta, and gave up. I got fed up of going back in history and forward again.

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  18. These are amazing photos and wonderful memories.

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  19. It is great that you have all of those old photos especially that missing one. How we change over the years. I'm still not used to it.

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  20. My eldest is watching The Pitt and encouraging us to start watching it.

    So you had school uniforms in college? I have never heard of that before.

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  21. Lovely seeing the old photos!

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  22. Weren't you two cute!

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