Gary McDonald "inRefinement" by A. McPope

  After watching and reading the news of the day I put my feet up, rolled back my LazyBoy and clicked the television toward an assortment of available Streaming Networks. There they were: six renderings beaming from a 55" screen begging to find a spot in my collection of photographs. I thought they were beautiful. I don't know who created them but I do know that the word Britbox was in the lower right hand corner of each.      Our weather network had forecast cold and snow yesterday January 22, 2026. Today is almost like yesterday except the snow has given way to wind with the temperature still between -13 and -19C. It's another perfect day to relax and write about the weather, these six photographs and current events in our neighbourhood and around the world but I won't be doing that now. It's 10:45 and Terryl and I are getting ready for a luncheon with Jack and Yvonne at Pho Huong Vietnamese recently opened in Port Credit. 👲 We, that's Jack and  I had a live...

Good afternoon friends: 48 hours ago we celebrated New Year's Eve with an eruption of worldly music during a play called "We Will Rock You." We were two of a near full house in a fabulous theatre in downtown Toronto. Many know this music to be exciting, wordy and meaningful. In Europe and the far east fireworks had been lighting the skies to welcome its citizens into 2026. There was dancing, singing, hugs and kisses between friends and total strangers all having a good time around our globe. 😄      Prior to 11:00am January 3, 2026 we were notified that the president of the USA had an important message to deliver. The news networks assembled at his Florida Club  where Donald J. Trump delivered a message that 150 armed military planes of various descriptions, dozens of low flying helicopters carrying armed soldiers, and an armada of equipment and machines have invaded the Venezuela city of Caracas to muffle and kidnap its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Fl...

There's wine in them there hills The taster and the pourer Tunnel into Albufeira Old Town The nine pictures above are Albufeira Old Town and beach taken on October 26, 2025   We began our plan nine months ago onboard an Azamara cruise when we received a notice that our next trip would include six free nights, WiFi, a $1300 cash credit, and an upgrade from Veranda balcony to a Suite balcony. We don't usually jump and book on the spot but this time within a few days we booked their eight day cruise from October 17 to 25, 2025 from Barcelona Spain with stops at Valencia, Cartagena, Malaga, Gibraltar, Seville and disembark at Lisbon Portugal.  Between golf games, dinners, shopping, 2pm vodka tonic dailies, and plenty of good times during unbelievable sunny and warm weather during most of our summer in Southern Ontario the planning is completed.  [A thought just hit me too late: that is to monitor time on the computer, listening to friends and family's suggestio...