Remembrance Day

It was a lovely day in Ottawa where the National Remembrance day services took place and it was also a nice day in Vancouver for our services. It did not rain which it usually does on November 11th. There were substantial crowds in both cities ,many vets from WW2. There are no longer any veterans left from WW1, the last Canadian WW1 veteran passed on this year.  There were vets from subsequent wars up to and including the war in Afghanistan. It was heartening to see the large number of young people attending the services in both cities. Many members of my own family are veterans including two of my sons who served in the Royal Canadian Navy. My thanks to all of the service persons who fought and died for out freedoms and incredibly wonderful way of life.

Ray and I went out for our mall walk , the mall was so crowded today it was hard to move around but we completed our walk and ran into an old friend whom we had not seen for some time.  We didn't buy anything as the line ups were long and we are not patient LOL.
When we got home another friend called to see if he could come over for a visit. It was interesting to talk to him as he works in the downtown east side and relayed some of the goings on down there.
No I did not sew today , my eyes are so sore, the good eye being the worst. So I will be off the computer too when I am finished.  Who knows what is causing this pain, I did nothing to them and slept well last night , so I need to take it easy for a bit. Maybe they will be feeling better tomorrow.
We have decided to go out for dinner tonight to our regular family restaurant. No cooking hurrah! I will cook tomorrow though , have already planned for it.
Oh I was just wondering if the drops the specialist put in my eyes were the cause of the irritation. Maybe!
Tonight I'll finish the brown sock and send them off to Katie tomorrow.
So good evening  , have a fine one.
Kalispera.