Good morning! Marie, Muffy and I enjoyed a slippery stroll along the canal with hundreds of other walkers and skaters this morning and, as promised, had the famous beavertail - deep fried dough with sugar and cinnamon - that is usually associated with Winterlude though there is a year round stand in the Market I can see from my window as I type. You might know this treat by other names - elephant ears, frying saucers, pizza frita, whale tails, buñuelos, doughboys or possibly roadkill!... It was a fairly warm day, above freezing for a change, but with a cold wind blowing down from northern Quebec. We went out to a birthday party last night and staggered home around 2am so needed the fresh air to recover...Thanks for the wakeup call this morning Rich! I have attached below a rather corny video of the canal and a little bit of history of where we were today courtesy of Veoh.com. Hope whereever you are today you are able to get out and spend some quality time with the one you love. Don't forget - six more days to Valentine's Day! And if you do get a chance to skate on the canal this year remember: when they make the ice, they make it slippery side up! gws
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