in Kingston, Dec. 4, 2010

Well, we're having a little trouble adjusting to "retirement residence" living.  We slept in through the 9:00 AM breakfast.  In fact, we had to scramble somewhat to make the 1:00 PM Lunch sitting, so we could have breakfast.  My cold was much improved so we ran some errands.  One was to pick up dry cleaning at a strip mall that occupies the corner where we used to own and operate a motel.

Hillary's Dry Cleaning is about where our house used to be, while
to the left on the other arm of the strip mall was where our motel
The Lamplighter was.

Instead of "Play & Learn" picture a row of motel units with lawns and a birch tree in front of each unit.
Where the vehicles are parked, Dorothy planted and maintained gorgeous beds of flowers, and
I mowed a half acre of grass on my ride-on mower where the asphalt now reigns supreme.

You can still see the Kingston (Township) water tower ...

but the only actual remnant from our day is a portion
of the lilac hedge we planted behind the motel units
which provided a marvelous bouquet of scent
on a hot, humid early summer night ... long ago.

Our next big adventure was a second opportunity to see Brayden play in a hockey game, this one at the Constantine Arena at CFB Kingston [See http://www.cg.cfpsa.ca/cg-pc/Kingston/EN/Facilities/arena/Pages/default.aspx ]  It must have been because Grandma was along this time because the team had a better result, tying their match.

Hockey Mom and Hockey Grandma were happy with the outcome.

Brayden was in the thick of the action.

Here he is circling the net before heading up ice ...

and Paul was in action too, tending to the injured.

Our day concluded with an opportunity to take our friends Heather and Ellis out to dinner.  They shared stories about their trip in May to Rome and other points.  They used to say "all roads lead to Rome" but my GPS can't seem to calculate a route for us to drive there.  I guess we'll just have to keep pursuing our planned Big Tour,