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Saturday Snap – The Best Part of Camping Without Daddy?

Shea and Sasha went out to our seasonal site this weekend while I stayed in the city to work and Pace stuck around to play video games visit his Aunt Sandi who is visiting from Kelowna. Shea sent me this picture and said Sasha told her it was the best camping ever because “daddy isn’t […]

¶ Posted 01 June 2019 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, food, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Multi-Year Fence Project Finally Finished? (May 2014, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019)

We’ve been replacing our forty year old original fence in a series of mini-projects over the past five years. We started with the back part of our yard in May 2014 which was a major job as the neighbour directly behind us (no back alley) is at the end of a crescent on a pie-shaped […]

¶ Posted 30 May 2019 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents, weather

“I should go ahead and mention right now that he is a lymphoma survivor.” Some Thoughts on Civility

One of the ongoing debates in the world right now – in online discussion, in politics and in our personal lives – is what the role of civility is and how it’s perhaps become less important than in the past. I think one change is that people used to be civil in a reciprocal manner […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2019 § Censorship § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Tree of Tears (July 2015)

About four years ago, we came back from a camping trip to find that a neighbour’s tree had split and was being removed. One of the branches hung over the fence into our yard and Sasha had some tears when she realised she’d no longer have a swing. I had tears too but they were […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Happy 12th Birthday Pace!

Mom and I are incredibly proud of the young man you’ve become!

¶ Posted 19 May 2019 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Retro Saturday Snap – Feet to the Fire

Now that camping season has started, I’m into that part of my blog calendar where I’m less likely to keep my “daily post” streak alive but may also come back at the end of the weekend and do some “retro” posts backdated to the days I missed. For example, it’s Monday night as I type […]

¶ Posted 18 May 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

A Few Highlights/Lowlights as the 2019 Camping Season Begins

We spent the weekend in Weyburn getting our seasonal site ready which is why I didn’t post for the past few days. Here’s a few memorable moments from the weekend… Highlight: Sasha blurts out “This is the best day of my life!” as I push her on the swings. Then, the next day, she says […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2019 § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Honu in Kauai (January 2012)

We were invited to a 50th Anniversary of my Hawaiian aunt and uncle (I know, right?) but unfortunately, Hawaiians don’t think of things like “winter” so they scheduled the anniversary for June 2019 instead of January 2019. So that’s one of the main reasons we won’t be attending though we’ll be there in spirit. That […]

¶ Posted 09 May 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – A Little Leprechaun Indeed! ;-)

Sasha recently presented us with this piece of artwork which required us to very delicately sit her down and have her talk us through some of her artistic choices. The blue hair, the dangly gold earrings, the check-mark smile and oh, by the way, what is that picture on the front of the shirt? “It’s […]