Hi from southern Ontario,
Chez moi/at home: what's happening here? I just got my Covid Booster booked for Jan 14th. We were waitlisted from Dec 15th. My daughter who had Covid is feeling much better, her 8 yr old daughter tested positive early last week, but is totally asymptomatic, still bouncing off the walls and doing cartwheels. Her brother is still testing negative which means the kids can visit their dad.
We have a New Years event planned with immediate family, an outside gathering on Sunday afternoon with bonfires and a very mixed menu.
Weather: Above freezing about 4 C, quite gloomy, most of western Canada has to understate the conditions, completely frigid temps, records being broken almost daily, minus 34C in Regina, Saskatchewan, one community in the Northwest territories hit minus 51.1C on Boxing Day.
Alton Cemetery project and other genealogy: I have been following my plan to go through my watchlist by oldest edit date and add/edit as and if needed sources, biography improvements, formatting, 22 profiles improved this week.
I asked the Secret Santa Elves for any further information that could be found about Jane Unknown the wife of McClellan-277, my dear Robbie's 5 x GGF. Sometimes a proven lack of information can be useful. One Elf found evidence that if we assume the couple got married at the Presbyterian Church at Cherry Valley the records of the marriage record were likely lost along with the minister Samuel Dunlop's papers when his house was burnt to the ground during the Cherry Valley Massacre.
I'll get back to the cemetery project next week.
What else: The amaryllis in my indoor kitchen garden are growing well, I have 7 bulbs, 3 of which have 1 bud, 2 of them have 2 buds and the other 2 are growing but no buds yet. Some are bright red with white, some are pink and if I remember correctly, one is pure white.
And last week Susan Smith asked for a picture of my library, I'll see if I can get that done!
