Hello from sunny Ontario! On our way to the airport Dave and I stopped in at the Driftwood Vet Clinic to pick up our newest rescue - Cindy a 6 year old, purebred, red, cocker spaniel. Her crime - her puppies died so she was useless to them. She also had an infection and will need to be spayed - so she was no longer a money maker. They paid to have her euthanised - killed but then did agree to allow us to rescue her.  She was a quiet traveller to Lorna’s and Dave tells me that she is an awesome little companion. She has joined his group of apple dumplings and follows him eveywhere. She sleeps cuddled to the old cocker - Sasha on the bed. What an incredible little girl she is and what a waste it would have been to kill her.

The trip was a marathon of delays. Instead of arriving in Toronto at 6am Wednesday I arrived at 2:35 Thursday to find that Air Canada refused to tell my sister if  I was on the later flight - security reasons - eventhough she told them that she was going back to Sudbury. So when I arrived - I was stranded in Toronto.  I took the express bus to the greyhound station - the one in the seediest part of downtownToronto instead of the one in the mall close to the airport - extra money you see. So I missed the bus by 10 minutes and had to wait 5 hours for the next one at ….1am.  The seats are difficult to sleep in but my dad was waiting at the bus depot when I arrived at 6 am Friday morning. A true marathon of endurance!! After a wonderful homecooked breakfast and a 3 hour nap - I was good as new.

The weather is gorgeous - sunny and warm - +9 today! I hear Dave is snowed in, Dave and Dixie and Stan had no power for two days. Look at what I am missing!! My mom and dad and sister Carol and her daughter Charlene all say hello to everyone and I will be back home again on Thursday. Please keep tuned. Dave has taken in 4 more pound puppies from Burns Lake so lots of pictures and stories will come. And snow pics. Look at the bookmarks we have for sale as stocking stuffers and help out a rescue dog! Take care and see you soon.

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