Our sympathy to the family and friends of Thurlow Canavan of Low, Que. who passed away last Friday. Thurlow will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Get well to Bev Murray who is recovering from surgery. From what I hear she is home after spending four days in hospital and is doing well. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Get well to Lee Dubeau who is doing better and is out of I.C.U. We wish him a continued recovery.
Last Saturday afternoon, Marie Gauthier and I attended a beautiful baby shower at the R.A. Centre in Campbell’s Bay for our friend, Esther Dubeau’s grandson Lucien and Sonia who are expecting a baby boy. There was a good attendance and they received a large amount of gifts and money for the baby. After opening the gifts they thanked everyone for coming and for the gifts. Afterwards there was a delicious lunch served. Everyone enjoyed a beautiful afternoon. Now we are waiting for the little one’s arrival and we wish them all the best.
The ice finally left Johnson’s Lake some time between last Saturday and Sunday. Sunday night around 9 p.m. I opened my back door to see if my stray cat had come and I heard the loons. I was surprised that they were right there the same day that the lake opened. It sure was nice to hear them again.

I had a nice call from Jean Smith from Charteris to tell me that she had her first hummingbird last Friday. She said that she had just put her feeder out and it was right there. We are always glad to see them back. I am planning to put my feeder up today. We are not supposed to put any red colouring in the solution. They will come to the clear solution just the same.
The wild geese are really flying north these days. Allison Corrigan was saying that there was a very large flock that landed in his field just behind his barn last Wednesday and stayed for a couple of hours.
The work bee for our lodge at Belmore Lake was postponed until this Saturday because there was still some snow in places and the road was muddy in spots.
My sister Beulah will be coming to stay with us around the last week in May. I am looking forward to that. It is always nice to have her. My niece Shelley is having a yard sale and plant sale on the long weekend. I am planning to give her a hand with it. She has a small greenhouse on the farm and said that she has a lot of plants and some to give me. I am happy about that because I didn’t start any of my own after being in hospital.
Happy birthday to Denver Bretzlaff on May 14 and to Danny Pasch on May 15.
Happy anniversary to Sharon and Gord Shriver who celebrate today, to Fran and Karl Erfle on May 10, to Kelly and Lisa Johnston Hodgins on May 14 and to Lorraine and Keith Harris on May 13.
This coming Sunday is Mother’s Day and I hope all you mothers have a very lovely day and much happiness.
The wind storm on Friday sure left a lot of destruction in places. Our small plastic shed which is 10’ x 10’ was torn out by the pegs and went flying across the yard. It ended up on the front lawn but on its way there it went right over my car and put some scratches on it.
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