The queen receives her own hockey jersey
Guarded as always by her faithful mounties
Even a power outage in Toronto did not phase the queen or interrupt the celebration:
A fire at a transformer station knocked out electricity to a large swath of Canada's largest city, including the Royal York Hotel, about two hours before the start of a state dinner, being hosted for the Queen and Prince Philip by Prime Minister Stephen Harper
The hotel, operating on backup power, said everything would go ahead as planned and they handled it very well , scarcely a hitch in the proceedings.
"On my first visit, before I was queen, I noted that from the moment I came to Canadian soil, my sense of apprehension disappeared, because I understood that I was not only among friends but among fellow citizens," she said. "Today, many years later, I still feel as much affection and admiration for Canada."
The Queen also praised Canada's unequalled commitment to the United Nations and noted Canadian sacrifices in Afghanistan.
"This nation's international engagement is strong as ever, whether measured by the service and sacrifice of our troops in Afghanistan or gathering the leading countries of the world here in Toronto to address matters of urgent concern," she said.
In his remarks, Harper said the Queen's 22nd visit to this country had reinforced the ties between the royal family and Canadians.
"Your faithfulness to Canada over these many years has made a difference," Harper said. "It reminds us that our country itself is like a family and that we have an extended family around the world in the Commonwealth."
As a gift, Harper announced the Canadian government will make a donation to three charities in the name of the Queen and Prince Philip: the Tim Horton Children's Foundation, the True Patriot Love Foundation, and the Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund.
The donation "will serve to improve the well-being of many Canadians in need, from disadvantaged children to military personnel, veterans and their families all across the country," he said.
The Queen also unveiled a new permanent display for Toronto's Hockey Hall of Fame, which includes a large photo of the Queen dropping the puck at an NHL game.
Before the dinner, Prince Philip was at the Royal York presenting the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, a program that encourages young people to participate in community service, among other areas when the outage occurred. An emergency power supply kicked in at the hotel, and he handed out the awards in the dimly lit room, joking with parents in the audience about the situation. He has always had a great sense of humor in awkward situations and there have been many in his tour of duty, over the years.
On Tuesday, the Queen ends her tour after a brief appearance at Queen's Park, where she will hand out citizenship medals before departing for her next stop, New York City, where she will address the UN General Assembly.
Look out New York, Queenie is on her way. Forgive her for acting like some kind of royalty and please take care of her for us.. She is a grand old girl and she tries to do a bit of good in the world as a good will ambassador....Thankyou.
You are so right, Queenie is a grand old girl, a great and wonderful humanitarian.
ReplyDeleteWish we had a person of her quanity leading our country.
Hey, you want to trade ??? We have about 100/1000 to trade for her one...what you say....Long live the 'QUEEN.'
Do you see my comments??
ReplyDeleteMaybe the comments will show up later, I don't know what's happening...I went to help in Blogger and I got the same answer. Oh well, I'm not going to let it worry me...Cupcake
ReplyDeleteHi ...PIC
ReplyDeleteHey PIC! I can see you.
ReplyDeleteI just wrote a last minute post on Lindsay who was shocked when she was sentenced to jail.
ReplyDeleteYou have to pay the piper sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteCan you see me? Am I talking to myself? I'll just hum a little song until you find me.....Mmmmm mmmm."The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music."
ReplyDeleteHi PIC...
ReplyDeleteJust sent you an e-mail
Was writing one on Lindsey about her 90 days, I will use the one I have in drafts about the tar-balls.
I see you...can you see me.
ReplyDeleteRodger!!!
ReplyDeleteHow the hell are you? what was it like in limbo??
I'm glad I don't have to destroy my template. But I won't make any more for a while.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you see me now...but I can see you.
ReplyDeleteIt was hell...I've gotten use to being up and everyone was sleep.
ReplyDeleteHow are you and everyone. Nana being good?? I know without asking what the Rock is up too.
I can see you fine. Nana is meaner than a constipated dog. Brian is asleep, of course. MAxy is out eating rabbit poop and I am drinking herbal tea in my little cubby-hole.
ReplyDeleteIf you make one and comments acts up there's a help section in Blogger to give you a code.
ReplyDeleteThe ones before this one didn't do this...keep doing it until you get what you want...we know what's going on now.[giggles] Maxy was kinda gray looking.
So, how are you.Still all flustered?
ReplyDeleteI don't think the fates are ready for you and I to break contact yet Mrs. C.
There is a reason for us being together. I just haven't figured out what it is yet.
Does Maxy look white again?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't have to destroy the template. I sort of like this one. I won't keep it there forever but I'll leave it alone for a few days.
ReplyDeleteI told Gil last night I wanted his password to go on wordpress and read his journal and he said no...I told him what was he hidding a secret mistress and he gave me his password and I read both of them til I got sleepy , I will read some more this weekend. omorrow , I will work a little while in the offce to help out.
ReplyDeleteMy templates keep getting better as I learn more about designing them. We'll have the best looking damn blogs on the net if it's the last thing I do.
ReplyDeleteMrs. C will never get that flustered ...sweetie you are hooked to me for the duration...who else is going to listen at my nonsense beside you and Sis.
ReplyDeleteSo don't keep me in suspense. What does he say in his journal?????
ReplyDeleteMen's journals are usually boring. They don't like to put their feelings or anything personal on record, especially if someone could find it and jang them with it. Ask him for the password to his other journal, the one you're not supposed to know about.
ReplyDeleteHe's writing his history from the time his great-grandfather got off the boat from Italy.
ReplyDeleteHe's also started one for my family, he says his is for his kids to know their history.
What kind of word is 'jang'?I meant to say' hang'.
ReplyDeleteHe said he heard me talking to Dad about a book and if Dad descides to do it he wanted the record straight and not some of what they have on the web...Rhonda is a real person ut she's older than they say. I found out his mama had a bad heart and diabeties and she had a heart attack.
ReplyDeleteWriting a family history is a great idea.So much information gets lost through the generations if it is passed down by mouth.
ReplyDeleteHaving a family history gives one a sense of belonging and a sense of self.
They haven't told you all about Rhonda C****o. If she is just an old mistress of G's. How come her legal name is C****o?
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying.
ReplyDeleteIf they say 'mind your own business'...'nuff said. I don't really care. It's just a point of curious interest.
If he has three , you may hear of a woman skinning a man down here. It was pretty good reading, I started at the beginning and he started poking the the women working at the casino when he was about 15/16 until his mama caught him and told dad, he says he has always been a big boy and they thought he was older. Dad carried him to the store and brought him protection and told him not to let his mama catch him .
ReplyDeleteGil writes like you, easy to read and follow and interesting.
ReplyDeleteDad did married her but it wasn't legal then , Dad says after Rosa died he made it legal because she deserves it for being such a sweet little thing...Dad also told me not to put a lot of stock in what I see on the web, I for one should know that.
ReplyDeleteI was cleaning out my desk today and I found a copy of the poem I wrote when Brian was in hospital and they had just told me he was out of danger.I had completely forgotten I wrote that.I never would have remembered it if I had not found it. I showed Brian and he cried. He said he had read it when he first came home and he cried then too.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why we are meant to be together. I am curious too and a lot of this stuff I didn't know until you said something about it and I started asking Questions.
ReplyDeleteThey better not tell me it's not my business, they have seen no hell like the fury of a mad-crazy woman name NEE.
Honey , there is so much conflicting information on the web, it's better to ignore the whole bunch.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like Dad is a very kind and generous man to all in his family. He loves and takes care of them all as he does you.
My dad was like that too.
Oh PIC how sweet...I know you posted one about Brian Was that the one???
ReplyDeleteBrian has a very tender and kind heart.
How do you like the sound of "A Mad Crazy Woman Name NEE ??
ReplyDeleteThat's why I ask them...because of the information out there and, I know what happen to me...but honestly do't you think some of it is true , maybe they stretched it a bit like O.K. Mag about Jen.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to tell you Jen was on Dave's friday night and she didn't look a pit pregnant.
I have a post in drafts about the tar-balls hitting Texas, will you post it for me , I didn't want to put it over the Queen, I wanted her to have her day...Bot, I'm getting to be a hoot.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely wild and at least a bit crazy. But I believe all the lights are lit on your Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteJust left Maxy and looked at the posts, I left notes on all of them, don't know if they showed up, I didn't check.
ReplyDeleteTo be perfectly honest with you(and I always am)a lot of the information is correct. That is how I found out all about GL's family. You just have to have the knack of sorting the 'true' from the 'poo'.
ReplyDeleteYou would have that knack with your kind of intuition.
The lights are lit most of the time...but when they blow out maybe 2/3 are still lit...Hahaha
ReplyDeleteWonder did Lina miss us and did she get more flowers. I asked her about DC , I was wondering if he went to Miami to check on his condo and store..
ReplyDeletethere is no comment on Lindsay or VanHouten but there is one on Slimy Joe.
ReplyDeleteThis was about the time of year we talked with him on the beach and he invited us out for a drink later.
ReplyDeleteDon't have one on Lindsey but slimy should have 2/3..they will show up, we will just give them time.
ReplyDeleteI guess I will go after DC's daddy Charles and see what's up with him.You don't hear much about his sister Joyce and his mama Joan. I know charlers was a reporter or editor, aww shit I forgot the paper/book, I think it was newsweek...I will look back into DC's BIO.
ReplyDeleteDid you go for that drink later?
ReplyDeleteI met Christopher Plummer many years ago when he was acting here in the Shakespearean Festival. He is here now for the same reason. He seemed pathetically lonely. He asked a few of us to stay after the play. I didn't stay but I felt sorry for him. I think an actor's life is devoid of many real social contacts.
I have one on Van Houtn also..they're show just like these did....Maxy is so adorable and cute.
ReplyDeleteDC's dad was an editor. He would be easy to look up.Caruso is a lot like C****O. i wonder if Caruso is their real name.
ReplyDeleteOnce you have someone's actual name you can look up anything, right down to whether they wear boxers or briefs.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a sad and loney life for the ones that's trying to live right...maybe that's why there are so many fuck-ups.
ReplyDeleteNo, we didn't go for the drink, Gil told him we had a previous engagement, that's when I found out they was related I was so pregnant with Gilly.It was in July.
You know those two names is so much alike..C****o and DC C****O.
ReplyDeleteI know there was an Anthony Caruso he was an cowboy actor, He's dead now. DC has some brother by his dad, one is/was a security guard in prison in California.
I didn't get to see the queen this time. I was just too busy. I have a pretty hectic schedule right now I was sad I didn't get to see her. I don't think I will ever see her again now.
ReplyDeleteI really wouldn't be surprise at nothing I find out about these long as bastards...I do know nothing strange or surprising better not show up about my long ass bastard, it will be hell to pay, I learn from my ex. how to skin a two legged cat.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if DC has any kind of relationship with his half brothers/sisters.
ReplyDeleteKnowing him, I would say, probably not.
You may need to start logging off early , I know what you have on your plate...that will give you a little extra time to play with your templates and just relax your mind and go to your special place.
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think he do and all of them they say is dark...his sister Joyce is a ginger and she works for Fox in New York last I heard.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would make a good researcher, I get bored just sitting stiil unless it's something I want to do.
ReplyDeleteI sit still to talk with you, I sit still to sew/quilt that's it.
I am playing receptionist tomorrow and he thinks he's getting free help, but I'm going to make him pay me .
ReplyDeleteDC is one of those gingers who have no soul, I would think.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he has a tiny little soul but he has no conscience whatsoever.
Is Al Gore splitting up or is it his daughter?? I have heard conflicting reports.
ReplyDeleteCraig is on.He talks about his penis more than any talk show host I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't bore you witchy woman.
ReplyDeleteIf DC has a soul, it's in the head of his dangle and he has it polish so much, it's numb I bet, no feeling left in it at all.
ReplyDeleteYes make him pay. Once when I designed an ad and flyer for Brian' company I made him pay by being my sex slave for an evening.
ReplyDeleteI even got over-time out of him.
Al Gore and Tipper is getting a divorce and one daughter was divorced last year and his oldest daughter is getting a divorce from her doctor hubby.
ReplyDeleteThey are saying Al is a switch hitter or as I call it, Al swings both way.
I had a post about the daughter and you had one about Al/Tipper.
I wonder what size it is and Craig is a tits man too.
ReplyDeleteDouble HA!!Yes, his soul is very numb. I thought his brain was in his dangle but apparently I was mistaken.His brain must be up his ass.
ReplyDeleteSweetie...you never wll bore me you talk about so many different things and never bad stuff about people unless it's the truth.
ReplyDeleteThanks for clearing up the Gore situation. The post I wrote seemed to be the truth at the time.
ReplyDeleteWhat is with the Gore family? Can't they keep a marriage together.Not a good example for our young.
Oh my word...his brains is up his ass with the beads.
ReplyDeleteWonder do he put them there or the bimbo he's with.
sweetie ...I like a little freaky but I don't like that weird shit or woman on woman.
ReplyDeleteThe tabs didn't get it, the Gores said it themselves but they never said why...I know what you said about OK mag and that's so true, I stopped writing stuff from the tabs...
ReplyDeleteI like something a little different now and then.
ReplyDeleteBeing splattered with feces while pulling out beads or whatever he likes up there is not my idea of a romantic evening.
I like Popeater, TMZ ,Parentdish etc. I got J.LO fro parentdish
ReplyDeleteCutie you slay me and now you know why I love you.
ReplyDeleteI would think you evening would just turned shity.[giggles]
I like to use a reliable source and I normally check another publication to see if the stories match.
ReplyDeleteI hope Nan has a great holiday. I love going there. Haven't been there in years.
ReplyDeleteI guess it isn't so far to go for you guys.It's a pretty long plane ride for me.
I have a oil spill post in drafts here on FTBB would you edit it and post it...please....they have some tar-baals in a jar with the date July 4, 10. They got them from the Texas coast.
ReplyDeleteNan/James are driving and it's abot a 2 day drive, CHris/wife went with tem, she wanted us to go , but Gil is in the middle of someting.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ with you...
ReplyDeleteThat's witchy voodoo woman...thank you ma'ma.
Sorry,Witchy VooDoo Woman, don't put a spell on me.
ReplyDeleteYes I will edit your post if you wish.
Well look who's on Craig. Iron Man.
ReplyDeleteHe's cute to.but where is all the hair.
ReplyDeleteI imagine Craig has a very hairy back and behind.Very ape-like.
ReplyDeleteI have a note on old beady too.
ReplyDeleteI doubt if he win a lawsuit against Murray, the Jugde let him keep his California license to practice in California. Murray had been with MJ about a couple of months I think I read that somewhere.
I bet that Scot is very hairy. I told my man to let give him a bikini wax and that fool slept in his pj's for a week, and he likes sleeping naked.
ReplyDeleteWell WVW, I am glad I can talk to you again.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the sex slave idea works great.I think I nearly killed him,but it was worth it.I was relaxed and satisfied for days.
I think I will let old RP out for a bit.I will have a look at your post. Have a great night and be a bad girl, it's more fun.
Don't stick pins in my voodoo image doll. I have enough pains.See you at sundown (hopefully)....Luv...PIC
I just stick pins in the ones I don't like[giggles]
ReplyDeleteI want a sex slave and if he don't be it I'm gonna tell I will but me one..HA!!
Goodnite sweetie and I enjoyed every minute . I will meet you here on FTBB after sun down. sweet dream.
NITE,,,HUGS & KISSES...PIC
Kiss the Rock...
PS: over 70,000 here and over 1,500 on SH's...pretty damn doggo.
ReplyDeleteStarhooks started June 21, 2010.
We can be proud of those numbers.Night
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