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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Peet Family Reunion (July 2013)

Earlier this summer in my post about a cousin that passed away, I mentioned how I was fortunate to know the many members of the Hammond side of the family quite well because I grew up in the same town as the matriarch of our family. For a variety of reasons, I never got to […]

Posted 23 August 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Retro Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I’m Going In! (August 2009)

Pace looks like he wants to go swimming in Regina’s City Hall fountain…

Posted 16 August 2018 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

My Five “Go To” Camping Albums

Here are my default listening choices when camping… “Coyote” – Blake Berglund – our default summer album continues to be a fave this summer “Six Volts” – Fred Eaglesmith– my (current) favourite Fred Eaglesmith album  “Traveller” – Chris Stapleton – last.fm says I listened to “From A Room Vol. 2” more but “Traveller” would’ve been my […]

Posted 07 August 2018 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Retro Saturday Snap – Prairie Sunset

When my wrist is healed and I’m up to typing longer pieces again, I’m hoping to write a long percolating post about how the Sask NDP can make in-roads in rural Saskatchewan. But until then, had a great visit at Shea’s aunt and uncle’s on Saturday night…

Posted 04 August 2018 § Family § Photo § Politics § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Gone Camping – Day One – Campfire

Posted 20 July 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Retro Saturday Snap – Sasha and Her Fast Friend

Sasha spent most of the weekend hanging out with the granddaughter of the people who camp right beside Shea’s parents at Nickle Lake.

Posted 14 July 2018 § Family § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Camping Before the rPod (July 2011)

Shea’s parents had a motorhome that we borrowed a few times including a trip to White Bear in southeast Saskatchewan…

Posted 12 July 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Some Aunts & Uncles at Cousin’s Funeral

Did an eight-hour round trip from Weyburn to Warman, SK for my cousin’s funeral on Saturday and was very glad I did – not just to be there to celebrate the life of my cousin of course but also because the sad reality is that often, its only weddings, milestone birthdays and funerals where you […]

Posted 07 July 2018 § Family § Photo § Sad § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

I Don’t Want To Brag Or Anything…

…but our entry in the “Decorate for Canada Day” contest at Nickle Lake actually inspired the judges to add and award a second place prize (hat *and* t-shirt, baby!) after they couldn’t decide between ours and the people who ended up winning first place (folding chair *and* folding table). A couple subtle notes about our […]

Posted 03 July 2018 § Canada § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “We get to see the maple trees/Maple sugar on the maple leaves/We get the biggest wheat fields growing tall”

“CA-NA-DA (Cross Canada)” – Stomping Tom Connors w/ kd lang

Posted 03 July 2018 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,