in Kingston, Dec. 3, 2010

There was entertainment at "The Pond" today, a country duo called "Picket Fences".

"Picket Fences" performed a medley of Johnny Cash standards.

However, we only caught a moment or so of this toe tapping entertainment as we were leaving for our big adventure of the day - a trip to Gananoque to help Andrew buy some new coral and fish for his aquarium.  This was a way of us getting him something appropriate for his Christmas gift.
Gananoque (pronounced Gan-an-ock-way for those of you unfamiliar with Eastern Ontario) is about a 30 minute drive east of Kingston "in the heart of the 1000 islands" on the St. Lawrence River.  Unfortunately, it was dark by the time we got there, so no scenery photos.
Andrew's fish supplier is a colourful chap named Jim who has a business which he runs out of his garage, a few miles out of Gananoque, in the middle of the forest.  He had just got a new shipment in from Montreal.  It all seemed a little surreal, Carylanne got a phone call that "a new shipment had just arrived from Montreal" and we had to rush to Gan. as soon as Andrew was out of school so we could be among the first to select.

Dorothy found an oak leaf in the forest.

Jim's business, http://www.fortyfathoms.net/ is an example of turning one's passion into a business. 

Jim helps Andrew identify some of the possible choices.

And there are LOTS of choices ...

Finally, Andrew made his selections ...

Jim, Andrew ... everyone was happy with Andrew's choices for additions to his impressive aquarium.

After we returned to Kingston, Paul again hosted us to a fine dinner, at Le Cavelier Dinning Room in Kingston, and ... actually no one ordered fish.