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Camping Countdown

Going camping for a couple weeks starting at the end of this week so likely won’t be doing daily posts since the Internet out there is pretty crappy. See you in August!

Posted 15 July 2020 § Family § Internet § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

I’m Not A Vegetarian But…

…sometimes there’s nothing better than a well-made vegetarian burger! 🙂

Posted 14 July 2020 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – A Different Kind of Barn Raising?

Our next door neighbour at the lake showed up with a barn-shaped shed that he said was his Covid project with his kids (much more ambitious than *my* Covid quarantine project which was eating my body weight in chips and beer!) 😉 Anyhow, it was a huge job to get it placed, taking about ten […]

Posted 11 July 2020 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – Family Portrait at the Library (June 2011)

Posted 02 July 2020 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Another Reopening Milestone

Last week, Shea and I had our first sit-down restaurant meal in three months and tonight, we took the whole family for our first meal together in a restaurant (well, on a patio anyhow.)

Posted 24 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Thoughts As I Enter My Fourth Month of Quarantine

I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]

Posted 23 June 2020 § Jobs § Library § List § Pace § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Time stand still/I’m not looking back/But I want to look around me now”

I’ve been into my branch a handful of times since it shut down three months ago. But as RPL has begun slowly reopening over the past couple weeks, today was my first day back in branch doing more traditional library work.  This is because we’ve started having mid-sized and smaller branches in the RPL system […]

Posted 22 June 2020 § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our First Dine-In Restaurant Meal in Three Months! (March 2020-June 2020)

Usually my “Throwback Thursday” posts go at least a few years back. But this one has me thinking of the past three months – from our last dine-in meal at the Houston Pizza near our house on Friday March 13 after we picked up the kids from what would be their last day of school […]

Posted 18 June 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Granddad’s ranch dried up fast/Ol’ Johnny Chisholm, he’s seen to that/He’s seen to that, matter of fact/Just as sure as Billy-boy got slain by Pat”

“The Trains Are Gone” – Colter Wall

Posted 15 June 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Our Oasis

Doing a lot of work in our new seasonal campsite (we were granted a move from a smaller site we were in other years to a bigger, better one) to make it relaxing and peaceful…

Posted 13 June 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,