This page contains links to web sites that you will hopefully find interesting.
Local Connections:
City of Peterborough
- This is
the Home Page for the City of Peterborough web site, the place
where I was born and raised. I was away for many years and
returned "home" when I retired.Peterborough And The Kawarthas Tourism - Take a look at what our area has to offer.
Camp Kawartha - Camp Kawartha is about a 30 minute drive north of Peterborough. It is a great setting for conferences, retreats, family reunions, weddings and other events. They also run a very active summer camp. Many of the schools around our area take classes to Camp Kawartha for a day of fun filled learning and team building experiences.
Trent University - Trent is one of Canada's outstanding small universities. It is situated along the banks of the Otonabee River.
The Official Peterborough Petes Website - The Peterborough Petes Hockey Club began it's history in October, 1956 as a farm team of the Montreal Canadiens. The Peterborough Petes have helped to put Peterborough on the map throughout the hockey world. The Petes have enjoyed much success along the way; the hockey club has the distinction of producing the most number of players to play in the National Hockey League. GO PETES GO!
James Birrell Web site - This site is about a local boy who passed away from cancer - Neuroblastoma - at 8 years old. E-mail updates were sent by his father to people around the world during James' illness. The purpose of the site is to raise awareness for Neuroblastoma. Mr. Birrell still sends out periodic E-mails to inform people of special events coming up and to give up-dates on the James Birrell Neuroblastoma Research Fund. Tom Hanks is the Honorary Patron and had spoken to James on the telephone.
Other Sites:
Gallery - Home of Gallery and Gallery 2. I am now using Gallery 2 for my photos, videos, and some music files. Gallery 2 has a lot of modules available which makes it a multimedia Gallery. The modules are very easy to download, install and activate.I am using the XML Mini Slideshow for Gallery 2 which can be found here. You will need the latest Macromedia Flash player to play the slideshow. You can get the latest Flash Player here.
Cloudeight Internet - Home of Cloudeight Stationery for use with Outlook and Outlook Express. The site also has Quick Notes, Wallpaper, Screen Savers to name a few. It also has some interesting Newsletters.
Bill Collins - Metric Time Experiment - Have you ever heard of Internet Time? This is an interesting site that discusses the concept of Internet Time which is the same all over the world.
Forums for the Home - You will be sure to find a forum here no matter what your interest or hobby is. Gardening alone has over 150 forums.
Trisha Romance - Enjoy having a look at the wonderful paintings of Trisha Romance. Her artwork is known world-wide.
Pine Ridge Art - Take a tour of Pine Ridge Art products and meet the individual artists. The artists are all limited edition artists working within North America.
Standard MIDI Files on the Net - If you are looking for MIDI files, this is a great place to start. I particularly enjoy organ music; I can listen to various selections while surfing the Internet.
Classical Music Archives - I recently came across this site - Free Users can access 5 unprotected files (WMA or MIDI) or you can become a "Friend" and subscribe for a yearly fee.
Theatre Pipe Organ Page - If you are interested in Theatre Organ at all, here is a site for you to have a look at (and listen!).
Agawa Indian Crafts and the Canadian Carver - This is a direct quote from the web site: " Agawa Indian Crafts is an incredible collection of North American Native Art and crafts including mocassins, beadwork, pottery, basketry, leathercraft silverwork, ceremonial masks, barkwork, soapstone, and much more."
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - It seems a lot of people like to knock Bill Gates and his successes. How often in a computer forum, or other places, do you see Microsoft spelt Micro$oft? Quite frankly, I don't know why these folks don't move on to another operating system. Anyway, how many of you are aware of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the work that they do through the foundation?
Welcome To The Official Web Site Of The British Monarchy - I find this web site quite interesting as well as 'Royal Insight' which is linked to on the The British Monarchy site. As some of you may know, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. This means Canadians recognize The Queen as our Head of State.
Sunrise Estate Minature Horses - I had never seen photos of miniature horses before; this is a delightful web site to view. I actually met this lady through one of the computer forums I visit and we have exchanged a few E-mails.
Jacquie Lawson's E-cards - I recently joined Jacquie's site after I had received a few cards from friends. Have a look for yourself - I don't think you will find any nicer cards on the web.
Find A Grave - I came across this web site a couple of days ago (January 2008) when I was looking at information re one of my former brother-in-laws who died on Boxing Day, 2007. While the site is mainly American, there are some Canadian cemeteries listed in the database along with some Internments at those cemeteries and the list is growing continuously. Have a look at the web pages and add your family and friends who are deceased - you can add a cemetery if it isn't already listed. I note there are a couple of local cemeteries already listed; I plan to add my family to the database when I get a chance.