Still working on the Chianti, but now have some homemade’ish pizza to go with 😎

A bit of extra old cheddar, a drop of Chianti, and the old year starts to slip away…

Happy New Year’s Eve

Truth ☮️💟

A lunch that was 45 years overdue

North York Flames, circa 1978

• My best guess is this hockey picture was taken in 1978…the year this group was last together. Yesterday myself (top row, far right) and 3 other team members met up for lunch at a Firkin pub in Toronto. A conversation that was 45 years overdue! Amazing how we pretty much picked up where we left off… still friends, still teammates, still knowing we've got each other's back. If the coaches hadn't bothered with a team picture that year, I doubt any of us would have batted an eye. But 45 years later I sure am grateful to have this memory.

The three I had lunch with were;

• Neil Harris - front row, 2nd from left

• Ben Hunter - back row, 2nd from left

• Rob Perrault - middle row, 3rd from right

• and again, that's me, Bob Rodkin - back row, far right

The best of memories ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Bandit, from Jonny Quest, 1964

My first favourite cartoon dog, even before Snoopy (Aug. 10, 1968)

Christmas Dinner, Part 2 😋

Merry Christmas 🎄 🌟🎄

 

Received a couple Christmas gifts from some kind folks today, so I got my tree out 🎄🌟

I saw the BEST show this evening — my granddaughter’s dance recital 🩷

Pope Francis just became my favourite Pope…again

Pope Francis is now allowing priests to bless same sex unions. He says such unions should not be subject to “exhaustive moral analysis” and that anyone seeking God‘s love and mercy should receive it. 

Millions of lives will be released from judgement by this, many families reconciled, many hearts given comfort that were tormented before.  

Much respect for him for this. This is truly a great thing. 

~ Marianne Williamson

Didn’t even feel like another coffee today, but…

Didn't even feel like another coffee today, but I was at a shop with a Starbucks right beside so what could I do? The pull of the caffeine is just too strong.

Trailer for sale…

Saw this on twitter…just had to post it here 😎

Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo (my twin?)

A friend sent me this picture saying, "here's your twin" 🤔

Getting ready for Christmas 🎄 🌟

Merry Christmas 🎄

Good News! In 1/4 century I’ll have dental benefits again 😄

The Long Road

You're older than you used to be
The mirror weaves a tapestry 
Of lines that dance and shimmer 'round your eyes
You stare back at a man, forever holding out his hand
As if the answer's going to fall out of the sky

But the penny never dropped
And no man has ever stopped time flying by

~ Passenger

Holiday Fireplace

 

Depression & Anxiety

No need to repost or share… you know the pain is real. Know also that you are loved just as you are 🥰

SportsNet is Cancelled

Sorry SportsNet, just can't justify $40/month to watch the odd Bruins game.

Lexie and Me

Just hanging out in the clubhouse.

The Taylor Swift queue

We're in queue to register for Taylor Swift tickets, and we're hoping to get 9 seats together.
…I wonder if the armrests go up? The dogs would find that more comfortable.

Frankie. Deep in thought…

Riley

My Riley, out for an after dinner stroll, lost in thought. :)

‘68 Chevy Malibu — My First Car

Wish I still had this one 😊

Foolproof Way to Eliminate Mosquitoes

Deep Smoky Sunshine

Found some colour on a wee walkabout this morning. The sun seemed to have an unusual deep hue today…possibly from the smokiness in the air?

Streamlining...again

Once again I've spent the last day or so deleting or deactivating several social accounts. I'm working at deleting any online presence that I no longer have the time or interest in being active. Still a ways to go.

Me Trying to Move a Log

Playing with Photoshop again

Kettlemans Bagel

Was on my way home when I came across Kettlemans Bagel …so of course I had to stop. Had the smoked meat on a sesame seed bagel…SOOOO GOOD!

4140 Garden Street, Whitby, ON • Canada

Coffee and Butter Tart by Scugog in Port Perry

Orr Announces Retirement

Chicago Black Hawks owner, Bill Wirtz watches as Bobby Orr announces his retirement at just 30 years old. November 9, 1978.

Maple Leaf Gardens

Construction on Maple Leaf Gardens was completed in 1931.
In 1954, at the age of 21, my father moved from Montreal to Toronto and lived in the apartment building in the right of this photo. Right behind MLG. Two years later he purchased a pair of season tickets that are still in the family today (my brothers share them, I'm a Bruins fan).
It wasn't until this year that I really thought about this… imagine, a 23 year old bachelor living behind MLG with season tickets starting in '56. The amazing hockey he witnessed first hand…not to mention the Stanley Cups.

My iPhone has gone on strike…

Frankie is a Bruins Fan

Frankie says the Bruins are going all the way this year, so he asked me to get him a special playoff collar 😎

Whitesnake

My turntable is having issues so no vinyl this morning. Instead, listening to some Whitesnake on cassette 😎
Happy Sunday

Record Store Day

Used Record Store Day as my excuse to add to my vinyl collection. Picked these up at Kops Records, Oshawa
Keith Richards, Talk is Cheap
J. Geils Band, The Morning After
J.J. Cale, 5
The Moody Blues, Seventh Sojourn
Traffic, The low spark of high heeled boys
The Beginning British Blues

Obscured by Clouds

I think this just may be my favourite Pink Floyd album. Definitely the one I've played the most since the 70s.

Beauty of a Day!

Gorgeous afternoon at the lake. Can't access Whitby Pier yet, but there's a nice view of it from Heydenshore Park.

Lakeview Park, Oshawa

Frankie, Riley, and Quinn are staying huddled together today. But they just want to go back to the car, the wind off the lake makes for a pretty cool walkabout.

Upside Down Frankie

Seems like only Frankie and me are interested in watching the Leaf game, and Frankie likes to watch upside down — which, if you think about it, makes sense 😂

It’s a CD kind of day :)

Too lazy for vinyl this morning but instead have a nice mix of CDs locked and loaded 😎

Watching Bruins Game with Frankie