Gladys Burton

We spend time out at the skidoo shack. It was a small little cottage out near the river on my grandparent’s land. 

• the Thunder Bucket – There wasn’t a toilet in the cottage. We had to go in the bucket. 
• the Outhouse – There was a toilet. We had to dig a hole in the ground. 
• Barrels – I remember walking on a barrel.
• A badger – I remember talks of a badger. I was always on the look out for them, but never saw one.
• deer – every around dusk, we’d look for deer in the fields
• mice and frogs – I would always find mice and frogs. I would always scare grandma with them. I normally tried to hunt the mice.
• ATVs – We had a ATV. We drove to fast over the road and all flew off. Fun, but almost died.
• snowmobile –  We drove up and down the hills, through the trees, and explored the land around the farm
• games – We would always games like uno and triominoes. Grandma always played game with us.
• toffee – There was was toffee on the table. I ate it and it pulled my cap on my tooth. 
• dress-up – My sisters and I would always put on grandma’s clothes.
• garden – Grandma kept a big garden. She was always tending the garden.
• winters – Wearing skidoo pants, jackets, mittens.  cold hands and feet, hot chocolate
• wood burning stove – Burning wood. Enjoying the goodness that came from warmth, 

House:

• lunch
• chicken pox
• pushing *** down the hill on an ATV
• climbing the tree
• pet crayfish
• squirrels 
• cold room
• scary basement
• spiral stairs
• 20+ year old pizza box

Jim Burton

WW2

• Fought in WW2
• First Canadian Army

First Time:

• Laying in my father’s arms at the hospital
• Being together to welcome their grandson into the world
• Grandparents Generation