Is this a boy or a girl? It's already February 1964

Those early preschool years were interesting AND somewhat unconventional.  Here's my second birthday in February 1964.  The rocking horse was made by my paternal grandfather.  These two images do seem to confirm that something was a bit off fashion-wise.  A full apron, leotards, long hair and a barrette in my hair.  Not exactly G. I. Joe, eh?  There was a red apron and a red barrette, as well.  What did I know?  As long as I was warm, dry and well fed ... all was good.  Or so I thought!

A Marriage - September 1960

My Mother and Father, on the day they were married in September of 1960 in Kitchener, Ontario.  They were both children during the Second World War.  They both absorbed the stress and the trauma of that time.  They came to Canada, both for their own reasons.  They worked hard all their lives and paid their taxes.  They weren't allowed to vote, however, because they were only Landed Immigrants and not full Citizens.  They lived with the cost of Canada's democracy without being able to participate in its elections.  To this day, I have a heightened awareness of 'class differences'.  And believe me, even in Canada, those 'class differences' are all around us.