I'm 81...did the test 3 times...came out 74, 89 and 65 which says it doesn't really mean much.

Even though this has not been a classic Muskoka winter, it's had its moments. I seriously wonder why our "snowbirds" flee it every year.

Bracebridge Falls at night


Manitoba Street during a snowfall


Above High Falls

Funny story.
But I was surprised when I was in Australia a few years back to find out that you can't buy Foster's beer there. It's strictly an export product.

You use the label "liberal" as a veiled insult.I wear it proudly as a socially responsible individual. I am, as we say in Canada, both a small and a large L Liberal and it is truly exciting the way our new Liberal prime minister has re-energized the country after the dark days of Stephen Harper who, as a trained economist, did understand REAL ECONOMICS and almost destroyed our freedom with his slavish devotion to them. Economics are an important part of running a country but they are only one of many parts.

I find that hard to believe. True there is some waiting for non urgent procedures such as knee replacements. But in critical situations, things are attended to promptly. I know that from personal experience both in Toronto and in the small town where we now live. What was your friend's father's problem and was it lack of surgery that actually killed him? The United States is the ONLY developed nation without universal health care. Sure, there are some problems with our system. But nobody declares personal bankruptcy because of medical bills. Nor do they get second rate care. Indeed, Toronto is one of the leading medical centres in the world. What we need now is pharmacare. We seniors are taken care of but people under 65 will get excellent treatment but then can't afford the prescriptions they're given. And tomorrow I have to cough up $4000 for my wife's dental work which is not insured. My late mother-in-law had no resources and lived with us in Toronto for several years. She lost the use of her legs and she died of heart problems. If I had had to pay her medical bills, I would not be enjoying comfortable retirement in a nice home in a gorgeous part of Canada.

Do you really know anything about it? I suffered a loss of hearing in my left ear this week. I went to our local ER where I was examined by a doctor, prescribed an antibiotic and arrangements made for a CAT scan next Tuesday. My only cost was 1.50 for a coffee. As a senior, I paid only 4.50 for my prescription. My wife suffered an asthma attack Christmas night while we were visiting our daughter in another, larger Ontario city. She was attended quickly and competently at the local hospital there despite a large number of people waiting. You have been brainwashed, my friend, by the opponents of "Obamacare" who believe it is better to declare personal bankruptcy than to have universal medical care. You will find the vast majority of Canadians enthusiastic about our much maligned system and also angry that so many mistruths about it have been spread in the US.

And you indeed should be sorry and envious.

You're wicked :-)

This is right wing crap. How do you explain the enviable lifestyles of Sweden. Norway and even Germany, all of which have extensive social benefits, strong labour unions and healthy economies?

And I see I have made a typo in "put." Poetic justice?
It's not a personal attack. It is an expression of concern for what is happening to the English language, aided and abetted by Facebook and Twitter.
If we are so uncaring and imprecise with our use of the language --- breaking and ignoring the established rules --- why then should we accept other laws, rules or standards. The most endearing quality of your current president down there is his eloquence and expertise in using the language.

I normally out an apoostrophe in can't

I smell a rat!
(The word is "rhetorical")

I thought this was a decent study. But here's the interesting thing.I took it with my (Samsung) cell phone.
I've used it before for snapshots but never for a "serious" photograph.
Even an 8x12 print shows superb detail and excellent colour rendition.(I tweaked the contrast a little in Photoshop.) It was shot in available tungsten light in a supermarket.

Gilded bunnies

That is SOOOO great!!!

They turn up regularly --- up here, at least --- at garage sales and flea markets. (See my earlier post about my Eumig.)