Fran was going through old files and boxes of stuff yesterday and came across loads of old slides and negatives.
Singled out were several for me to scan, her are just some.

GD’s mum could be mistaken for GD at same age, except for the fashion statements that is. Not sure who the other kids are in the pictures, the building is Jim and Susie Andersen’s store in Makkovik, no idea what the sign represents.

This is Verona, Fran’s mum, and one of Fran’s sisters outside the Hopedale church.

On the walking front it seems the regional media have underplayed not only Michel Andrews walk but also Elizabeth Penashue who is in the second week of her annul walk into the wilds of Labrador.
Mind you it had slipped my mind too since her departure, received this reminder in my in box yesterday evening.

Dear Friends, Elizabeth asked me to share with you all that her Spring Walk is going well. As of today they have been walking for a week. Though there have been some windy and snowy days, they are all doing well. Eleven people started the walk, including my wife Jennifer, an Elder from Manitoba, two young men from New York, a young woman from the Toronta area and local friends and family. Right now there are not as many people, but Elizabeth says that maybe more will join yet, especially more young people. Please keep them in your thoughts!

We are in a sad state when people of such strong character and self reliance play second fiddle to stories of drugs in children’s luggage, booze related incidents up the ying yang.
Not that should not be covered; it’s just that they get way too much coverage compared to the positive goings on out there.