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Friday 15 November 2013

About Time Friday


Georgia: Today is Friday and Mom was off .
She is using up her vacation days.
Did she stay home with us? No!
She went out with her sister !
She did come back early though and agreed to help me blog.

I wanted to tell you about an event that took place this past week.
It is about a very large tree that was cut down and loaded
on a big truck and sent to the city of Boston in the USA.
It is done every year as Nova Scotia's way of saying
"Thank You" to Boston for all the help they gave to 
Halifax,Nova Scotia following the  terrible
Halifax Explosion that occurred on December 6,1917.


This picture, taken by  The Chronicle Herald shows the 
tree donor  Mary Lou Milligan and her two grandsons.


Here is the tree as it starts the journey!


Today, the tree arrived in Boston!
You can see the journey of the tree on
The Tree for Boston page.

We hope you all have a fun weekend !
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12 comments:

  1. ANGEL ABBYGRACE15 November 2013 at 19:26

    Wow that is one fascinating story. We had no idea but that is really a good story to share with all of us. Happy weekend.

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  2. Memories of Eric and Flynn15 November 2013 at 20:30

    I hadn't heard about the explosion of 1917. That is a big tree to send to Boston every year, and it will look lovely when it is covered in lights.

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  3. Brian's Home Blog15 November 2013 at 20:36

    Yes, that is quite a story and I love Christmas Trees. Have a fun weekend dear friends!

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  4. The Island Cats15 November 2013 at 22:17

    What a cool story. Thanks for sharing that with all of us.

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  5. Sparkle15 November 2013 at 23:29

    What a cool tradition!

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  6. Gemini and Ichiro16 November 2013 at 01:07

    What a fascinating bit of history. We didn't know that either. But I still think your human could have told us about that and stayed home with all of you... ;).

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  7. The Swiss Cats16 November 2013 at 16:27

    Interesting story, thanks for sharing ! We're still wondering what human's vacation days are made for if it's not for staying with the kitties. Purrs

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  8. Tama-Chan, Benny, Vidock, Violette, Ollie, Heloise, Momo, Ryu16 November 2013 at 18:13

    WEeget the feeling that there is an awful lot of sisterly gallivanting going on at your place!

    Purrs,
    The Chans

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  9. A few Good Cats16 November 2013 at 19:27

    Our human staff had never heard of the Halifax disaster, and ended up reading about it for an hour afterward.

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  10. A Tonl16 November 2013 at 23:19

    Wow, what a fascinating story that we had never heard! Thanks for sharing it!

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  11. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal17 November 2013 at 14:51

    Wow that is one fascinating Christmas tree story !
    I shall go and like the FB-page at once so I can see it with all the light´s later :)
    XOXO

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  12. Kitties Blue21 November 2013 at 20:25

    What a great tradition. Mom says she remembers reading about that Halifax explosion. She does want us to make sure you know that she didn't read about it when it actually happened. She's super old, but not that old. Anyway, she didn't know about the tree tradition and says,"thanks for sharing." Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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