Wednesday 1 March 2017

365 - March 2017

Definitely lion this year,  I just hope that means we'll end March with spring. Poor Mother Nature is having a nervous breakdown, which we've caused :(

Things to look forward to in March:
- Like last year, not having to wear so many heavy layers to just go outside
- Lots of planning for upcoming Girl Guide camps and activities
- watching Melrose and Bella hopefully adjust to co-existing without destroying the house
- adjusting to Daylight Saving Time starting on March 14
- Starting to make summer plans, like camp, NFLD and Pittsburgh
- dig out the running shoes for some exercise 'out of doors'
- and more.....

March 1, 2017 - I like the way the wall butterflies look like their surrounding and absorbing the lamp light
March 2, 2017 - Evan Mitchel, Kingston Symphony musical director, works with young pianist Leonid Nediak on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at Queen's University before Nediak's debut on Sunday at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
*EXTRA* March 2, 2017 - Twenty of the world's top figure skaters spends two days in Kingston at a private pre-2017 World Figure Skating Championships training camp led by Canadian figure skating coaches Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson, at the Rogers K-Rock Centre on Thursday, March 2, 2017. The participating skaters come from Canada, France, Spain, South Korea, Denmark and the United States. 
*EXTRA* March 2, 2017 - Easter Seals ambassador Logan Stewart, left, with his mom Amanda, Smitty’s Family Restaurant and Lounge co-owner Randy Loucks and Easter Seals senior development officer, pose for a photo with a heaping plate of pancakes on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in celebration of the $4,914.43 raised during the 19 annual Smitty's three-day pancake event this week
*EXTRA* March 2, 2017 - A robin, seen as the first sign of spring, hunts through some turned up sod for worms along the driving path in City Park near King Street 
March 3, 2017 - Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Aman rappels from above the scoreboard to deliver the puck to base commander Col. Andrew Jayne during the opening ceremony of the ‘Salute the Troops’ Military Appreciation Game before the Kingston Frontenacs’ take to the ice against the Ottawa 67’s at the Rogers K-Rock Centre
*EXTRA* March 03, 2017 - Base commander Col. Andrew Jayne drops the ceremonial puck to captains Frontenacs' Stephen Desrocher and Ottawa 67's Travis Barron during the opening ceremony of the ‘Salute the Troops’ Military Appreciation Game before the Kingston Frontenacs’ take to the ice against the Ottawa 67’s
March 04, 2017 - sunset in Oxford Station
March 05, 2017 - cheerleading practice with the 6-year old
March 06, 2017 - S/he was only 2 feet away from me
*EXTRA* March 06, 2017 - a pop of colour
*EXTRA* March 06, 2017 - S/He's such a pretty colour
*EXTRA* March 06, 2017 - A number of the newer signs and trash cans, as well as the south washroom, at Lemoine Point Conservation area Kingston, Ont., have graffiti on them after someone tagged them with the word SINE in black and white spray paint.
March 07, 2017 - the unit finally finished one milk bag mat
March 08, 2017 - a peregrine falcon or kestrel (not sure) waiting in a tree near the QE property. Unfortunately, I only had my short lens on me at the time. 
*EXTRA* March 08, 2017 - Those traveling home along Portsmouth Ave around the dinner hour in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday, March 8, night saw the 20-30 protesters outside the Limestone District School Board Education Centre with signs stating that local schools matter and to keep rural schools open.  The protest in is response to the local public school boards Long Term Pupil Accommodation Review which included a recommendation to close and consolidate a number of school across the board
*EXTRA* March 08, 2017 - Mindfulness presentation with a treat at the school board meeting 
March 09, 2017 - A surprise treat from some awesome friends
March 10, 2017 - on hold until photo gets published

March 11, 2017 - Getting ready for daylight saving
March 12, 2017 - Team Gushue, NL, are the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier gold medalists
*EXTRA* March 12, 2017 - Team Gushue, NL, are the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier gold medalists
March 13, 2017 - The Kingston Frontenac Public Library offers a variety of March Break programming, including the Puppet Show Extravaganza: Imagine! with puppeteers Sarah Balint, left, and Brenda MacDonald that tell stories from around the world for youngsters like little seven month old Preston Epp, Caleb Kelly, age 4, and cousins Kyelar Bryant, age 9 and Mckayla Fox-Moore, age 4, at the Calvin Park Branch in Kingston, Ont. on Monday March 13, 2017. The first show of the day was full. The puppet show will be traveling to other branches throughout the week.  
March 14, 2017 - Designing a t-shirt for guide camp
March 15, 2017 - Over 10,000 vinyl records are stocked and ready for sale for the Kingston Symphony's Vinyl Records Sale starting in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday March 16, 2017 at 4 p.m. at the symphony warehouse at Sir John A Macdonald Blvd., Unit 7A, and running through the weekend. 
March 16, 2017 - CRCA Teacher candidate/educator Marisa Cardoso, talks about how the first nations discovered maple sap and turned it into maple syrup, at one of the demonstration areas at the Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation area during Maple Madness
*EXTRA* March 16, 2017 - CRCA Teacher cook Lynn MacQuarrie flips a pancake while helping cook close to 1,000 pancakes during the Thursday Maple Madness event at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area.
March 17, 2017 - A lucky find, with help from friends at an undisclosed location in town
*EXTRA* March 17, 2017 - A lucky find, with help from friends at an undisclosed location in town
March 18, 2017 - Some purchase from the symphony's Vinyl Record Sale
March 19, 2017 - Final design for my personal swap for the summer bridging camp 
*EXTRA* March 19, 2017 - Melrose is a very curious, fearless and noisy cat
March 20, 2017 - Local baristas Wynne Baker, left, Sarah Durrant, Jen Jang and Emily Lutz are seen warming up before the  Kingston Barista Competition at the Elm Cafe
March 21, 2017 - Super Engineering night with my girl guide unit, learning how to make DYI flashlights
*EXTRA* March 21, 2017 - The girls learned how to make flashlights with 'found' materials
March 22, 2017 - It's a happy 45th birthday celebration at the Royal Kingston Curling Club's Grandmothers and Great Aunts Bonspiel with a theme of 1970's for the 22 teams, including Team Wilkie – Gena Hayes, left, Pam Jordan, Nancy Wilkie and Chris Downey from the Napanee District Curling Club
March 23, 2017 - Melrose found a new kind of hiding spot, that comes with chew ties
March 24, 2017 - Apple-licious and it really was, from Cobs Bakery
*EXTRA* March 24, 2017 - Bunnies named Winney and Gerald, Happy not shown
March 25, 2017 - Melrose testing out my tree of life
March 26, 2017 - the smallest but most satisfying chocolate ice cream cone
March 27, 2017 - foggy night in Collins Bay
March 28, 2017 - Kingston's Inner Harbour after the renovation of the walking path
March 29, 2017 - Kingston Lions Club president Robert Skeggs, centre, presents a cheque for $100,000 to University Hospitals Kingston Foundation president and CEO Denise Cummings, blue dress, during the announcement at Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday March 29, 2017. The funds will go to purchasing and installing permanent labour tubs in two existing labour and delivery rooms
March 30, 2017 - Students use a magnifying glass to identify a coral fossil in a limestone brick of one of the buildings at Queen's University during Harley Gallagher's Grade 5 class from Molly Brant Elementary School week long stay at the Miller Museum of Geology, through the Beyond Classrooms Kingston program
*EXTRA* March 30, 2017 - Mark Balham, the curator at the Miller Museum of Geology, conducts a chemical tests to determine what type of rock the students are looking at, which is gniss, during Harley Gallagher's Grade 5 class from Molly Brant Elementary School week long stay at the museum through Beyond Classrooms Kingston 
March 31, 2017 - seen in mom's garden
*EXTRA* March 31, 2017 - Tulips coming back in mom's garden


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