Lilac trees are supposed to be purple, or “lilac”, and indeed we have a number of such plants in our yard. This view is looking north across much of the property toward the house – the trees in the row are Eastern Redbud, a lilac, and a flowering Dogwood tree. The road is visible way in…
We’re lucky enough to live “in the country” and so one of our neighbours (our properties touch corner to corner) is a large field of about 70 acres that is used by a local farmer to grow one of corn, soybeans or wheat each year. After the corn had been harvested in 2007, a very…
Some photos of the large tractor and haybaler that worked in the field neighbouring our property in 2007 and 2008. Click the image to open a larger view.
Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings asks: “What event or person inspired you to start your genealogy research?” For me it was in early 1989, a few months after I’d bought my first Macintosh computer in November 1988. I attended a Moffat family Reunion in Balclutha, New Zealand arranged by an Uncle. One of my father’s cousins had…
The 2009 Byron Center Relay for Life was held at Nickles Middle School from 3 PM Friday 8 May to 3 PM Saturday 9 May.
Below is a gallery of photos from the 2009 Byron Center Relay for Life 24 Hour Cancer Walk. (You can click an image to see a larger version of it, or activate the slideshow from the link which will show all the images as a slideshow).
Happy Holidays From Caledonia, MI, USA December 2008 (You can click an image to see a larger version of it) Hi Everyone Winter has arrived here in Michigan – actually it arrived a few weeks ago with temperatures below freezing, snow, and a huge freeze in the American economy. Thankfully, despite all the doom and…
On 29 March 2008 Lisa and I again helped out at the Science Olympics Bottle Rocket Contest. In this contest students must construct a rocket based on a softdrink/soda bottle. The bottles are “launched” by partially filling them with water, and then adding compressed air which will force the water out of the bottle, propelling…
Happy Holidays From Caledonia, MI, USA December 2007 (You can click an image to see a larger version of it) Hi Everyone I’m afraid this is going to be a bit late this year, particularly for those not in the US. Looking back now it’s hard to remember where the year went. In April, Lisa’s…
13 October 2006 – well a surprise from “Cousin Anne” in Australia today – a death entry for George Moffat, son of John Moffat and Jean Bogue – only trouble is he’s not “our” George Moffat. So my line of Moffats as currently known ends at George Moffat who died in 1844. 9 October 2006…