It has been really enjoyable to have long- time friends visit and to meet a first cousin for the first time this summer. Maureen and Ramsay on their annual cultural visit of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Stratford were able to stay with us and visit new and old haunts of Scarborough. Here we are on the new section of the Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail approaching the mouth of Highland Creek. Maureen did not want her picture taken! June and Verla. In this photo June is taking notes for documenting a family tree. June is my cousin as well as Verla's cousin. Verla knew June but I had never met her before, although I've been corresponding with her by email for the past 4 years (and I happily wore her clothes when I was in Grade 10). June's mother, Mabel, was my father's oldest sister. Verla's father and June's father were brothers. Maureen and I taught with Verla in our first years of teaching at William Tredway. And here are the three of us in the back yard. A...
