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Music Monday – “Balloons all filled with rain/As children’s eyes turn sleepy mean/And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain/For a boy in Fiddler’s Green”

Following up on yesterday’s post about death and dying in Tragically Hip songs, here is perhaps the saddest song in the Tragically Hip’s catalogue… “Fiddler’s Green” – The Tragically Hip

Posted 30 May 2016 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Shea and Her Grandma (Early 1980’s)

There needs to be a new word for when you take a digital photo of an old print photo.  Anyhow, Shea recently took a snap of this picture to mark the 15 year anniversary of her Grandma’s passing. Most people say that Sasha looks like me but she’s definitely got a lot of her mom in […]

Posted 25 May 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) °

Happy 9th Birthday Pace!

Pace had his (real) birthday last Thursday on May 19 and it’s been a crazy, fun-filled weekend since then. (Speaking of “crazy, fun-filled weekends”, Shea and I live in dread of having a kid who has his birthday on May long weekend when he gets older!) 😉 On his actual birthday, we had a nice […]

Posted 22 May 2016 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Our house had the biggest patio/Our house had all the summer shade/We had patio lanterns “

Really enjoying our back yard patio as Shea and I continue to make more and more improvements – the most recent is the addition of some lattice and and a new gate… Now we only need a theme song for our new favourite place! 😉 “Patio Lanterns” – Kim Mitchell

Posted 16 May 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Some Reasons… (For My Mom)

(Terribly blurry photo but I realise that I don’t take very many photos with just my mom and also that I probably shouldn’t take selfies after drinking mojitos!) So a few years back, soon after Pace was born, I was thinking a lot about father-son relationships.  Because of that, I decided to post a list of […]

Posted 08 May 2016 § List § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Aunt Sandi’s Coming (June 2011)

Pace and Sasha are excited for Aunt Sandi to arrive for her annual visit next week. Here’s a pic of her and Pace from a few years ago…

Posted 05 May 2016 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – @saskbookawards Book Arch

Posted 30 April 2016 § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Happy Third Birthday, Sasha!

  

Posted 16 April 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pace’s Third Birthday (May 2010)

Sasha’s third birthday is this weekend. How time flies…it feels like it was only yesterday that we were having Pace’s third birthday party…

Posted 14 April 2016 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Maybe At Assassin School Though?

I don’t think “Hiding in small places after class” is something he learned at parkour…  

Posted 09 April 2016 § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °