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Rhododendrons at Milner Gardens
Last year I promised to return to Milner Gardens in Qualicum Beach and show you the rhododendrons blooming there in May. Promise fulfilled in this post. Enjoy the tour with me! There is plenty to explore at Milner Gardens – trails…
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Created by Nature
Nature is very creative. If we take time to stop and look around as we move through our day, we may be surprised at what we find. We often don’t pause long enough to notice nature’s artistry until we go on…
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Our Vacation Home
Two years ago we resurrected our desire to go camping. Covid had found us spending most of our time at home, which was not a big problem since we have plenty of beautiful wooded land to enjoy on Salt Spring Island.…
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Time for New Adventures
It’s May 2023. Spring has finally arrived after several long, cool weeks. We have finished (for now) tending to the garden – weeding, fertilizing, planting. The pink rhododendron in the photo is in our northwest flower bed, and the bees are…
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Six Women – Six Generations
I enjoy doing genealogy research, and one thing that gives me great pleasure is to share what I find with family members. I am writing this post to share 170 years of history with some of my cousins as a gift…
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Mary Stocks & Ron
I have known Mary and her sister since I was a teenager. They are our second cousins, the daughters of Ida Babcock and Herb Stocks. Since they are about 10 years older than my sister and I, we were in awe…
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Ida Babcock & Herbert Stocks
Ida Maude Babcock, my first cousin, was born in 1909 at home in Toronto. She was the first child of Eva May Butteris Woodley and Fred Babcock. My sister and I always referred to her as Aunt Ida, even though she…
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Eva May Butteris Woodley & Fred Babcock
As a teenager, I always looked forward to our visits to Aurora to see my great-aunt, Aunt May, and her family. My mother, sister and I would drive the 75 km to their house to spend the afternoon with them, usually…
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Ida May Woodley & William Henry Butteris
Ida May Woodley, my great grandmother, was born on Jan. 10, 1872 in Darlington Township, Ontario, the third child of Charlotte Regina Francis and William James Woodley. In the photo above from 1881, she is standing with her parents, her older…
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Charlotte Francis & William Woodley
Charlotte Regina Francis, my 2nd great grandmother, was born March 30, 1842 in Brooklin, Ontario, the eighth and last child of Henry Francis and Sarah Stacy. I have often wondered how that middle name was chosen for her. Was the family…
