Day Twenty

This morning we got up and went downtown and since the library wasn't open yet we stopped in at Starbucks to have coffee. The library was a wonderful building and the people were so helpful. I was only trying to find the dates of my great uncle's death but ended up with much more information. After that we decided to drive by the house where he lived before he died. It was up and up like going up the hills in West Vancouver but much more steep and curvy. It was so far up we were in the clouds! After that Tony decided we might as well go to the cemetery and see if we could get any more information. The mausoleum where Cecil and Juliet are buried is very similar to the Meredith crypts at Forest Lawn in Toronto. Uncle Cecil's in-laws are also buried in the same cemetery which is similar to Mount Pleasant but on different levels. Now we have lots more to add to the family tree. I was with my grandmother when we went into the Applegath store on Yonge Street and they had just received the news that Uncle Cecil had died. My grandmother was very sad because I think he was her favourite brother. I have several letters from him and one mentions the time my mother was out there visiting with her parents. I am guessing it was in 1921 and I think the Portland family was in Toronto for Granddad Applegath's 80th birthday. Tony is just returning from scoping out the area for dinner.

The vegetation is so lush and along the highways and streets the trees hang over and it is absolutely beautiful. Some of the houses have so many trees and shrubs and they really make an ordinary house look special.