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Strawberry fields forever
The strawberries have arrived in the farmers’ fields around us, and it’s always an exciting time. Fresh Ontario strawberries are the most...
Tracy Hanes
Jun 221 min read
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Glass hearts and birthstones
Stained glass hearts representing our family April 2025 - It was Easter not too long ago, and your great Aunt Terri gave your great...
Tracy Hanes
May 51 min read
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Why 17?
For some reason that I can't explain, 17 is a special number in our family. Yes, it's my birthday (February 17) but your mom's birthday...
Tracy Hanes
Feb 192 min read
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Festive family fave foods
Homemade trifle - a family favourite I know the Christmas holidays are finished and all, but I’m still thinking about the food and the...
Tracy Hanes
Jan 52 min read
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When Santa visited
Christmas is always magical, but the Christmas you were three was even more magical because Santa Claus made a special house call to...
Tracy Hanes
Dec 25, 20242 min read
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Puppies and parades
When you were one year old, you stayed with me and Pépère overnight at our house on the first Saturday in December. It was a warm, sunny...
Tracy Hanes
Nov 29, 20241 min read
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Unicorns and rainbow
Several years ago, we went with you to Home Depot when all the Christmas things were out, including these ginormous stuffed unicorns. I...
Tracy Hanes
Nov 23, 20241 min read
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A Royal good time
November is an important month because it’s the month your mom was born, and also when the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair comes to the...
Tracy Hanes
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Halloween and a red tomato
Your mom had a lot of fun Halloween costumes when she was a kid. When she was two, she dressed up like a big fat tomato. She had red...
Tracy Hanes
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Goatcha!
Have you heard of goats? How about a herd of goats? Did you know you were a two-year-old goat herd one afternoon? When you were two,...
Tracy Hanes
Oct 26, 20241 min read
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Fancy Nancy
Have you ever read the Fancy Nancy books or watched the Fancy Nancy TV show? You might be a little too old for the books now, but you may...
Tracy Hanes
Oct 17, 20241 min read
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Turtle time!
October 8, 2024 - Tonight, Pépère and I were coming home from walking Cheddar at our neighbourhood pond when we saw something very...
Tracy Hanes
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Rabbit Street
This is the first house Mallory’s Mom lived in. It was a cute house in the small town of Lakefield, the town where your Great Grandma,...
Tracy Hanes
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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Pumpkin time
Orange you glad it's fall? I mean, aren't you happy it's pumpkin season? They are everywhere around here. There is a big field of...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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An apple adventure
These photos came up on my Facebook memories this week. Five years ago, we went apple picking at Burnham Market. We had a lot of fun and...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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Four generations of fabulous
These are some of my favourite pictures of us together because your mom and great-grandmother are in it too. There are four generations...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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Cheddar's not just a cheese
Guess what! We have big news at our house. We got a new puppy and his name is Cheddar. We watch the TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine on...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Mallory's Mom Story #1
Here's the first story about your mom's early life Mallory’s Mom loves Christmas. Maybe she loves it so much because two days before she...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 13, 20241 min read
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My early days as your Nana
As you can imagine, I was so happy to be a Nana, especially to a baby girl as special as you were. Although you lived in Toronto and...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 7, 20241 min read
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Happy Birthday! Is 8 great?
September 3, 2024 Happy birthday, Sweetheart! Today you are EIGHT! Do you think eight will be great? Does it feel good or bad to have...
Tracy Hanes
Sep 3, 20243 min read
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