Yes, it's official. As of this fall the Canadian government will
no longer be minting pennies. I can't say that I blame them-
it cost more to make than it's worth in value.  And they estimate
it will save the government 11 million dollars a year. So, I
commend them for being smart! We should've known it was inevetiable when we could no
longer buy penny candy! But a whole chip in my brain is
now going to have to be erased. If I comply, that is!
I can no longer be penny pinching, something
I've  taken great pride in. I used to think
'a penny earned was a penny saved'. No more. And do I
now say to my DH, "A nickel for your thoughts"? No,
being the rebel that I am, I will continue to pass these
quotes on to down to my g'children. And when they ask what a
penny is we will climb up the ladder to the loft, open the
old cedar chest lid and as they gaze in awe, I will pour into
their cupped hand-pennies!! How magical will that be? In all seriousness, I will do that. But I would love
too, to do a floor like this one. In memory of
the late and great  Canadian penny.
I'm thinking it would look good on our gazebo floor.
What do you thing?
But it sure looks like a lot of pennies I'll have to start saving! I'm waiting to see if these monkies are coming over on their
spring break next week.  I sure hope they can.
Notice the summer clothing? This
was taken two weeks ago. Now they have snow and cold
again! Well, that's spring for you in the north!
Also, if you'd like to see what gift Sam received from my
drawing, she did a post on it. Visit Sam Am I and scroll
down to the March 27th post.
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