Category Archives: Saskatchewan

SparkleTour.ca #yqr #saskatchewan #yxe #moosejaw #princealbert

[Edit: Yikes! When I posted this, didn’t realize there was a mini-controversy about a local radio station stealing the name and data from the original Sparkletour web site. Bah-humbug!] It’s now less than a month to Christmas. Sparkletour.ca helps you get into the spirit of the season with an ever-growing list of houses worth checking […]

Winter Sucks.

A caller to CBC Radio’s Morning Edition has an epic rant after the show host says the weekend weather will be “nice” at -1 degree. 24 Pictures That Capture How Insane the Snowmaggedon in Buffalo Really Is

Music Monday – “And I know that by February/My thoughts on snow may be contrary/But this is now/And then is then.”

This is another annual tradition on this blog. I’m fudging a bit this year as the snow fell overnight from Monday to Tuesday but since it fits better as a Music Monday post, here’s my annual post of one of my favourite Hawksley Workman songs posted on a Tuesday but dated for Monday! 😉 “First […]

Saturday Snap – Santa Tractor

Pace’s first “big” word was “tractor” and we were so impressed, we bought a Christmas yard decoration that year to commemorate the milestone he’d reached earlier that year. Now I’ve set it up for Sasha and guess which word she repeated back to us today? Yep…

Possible Location of Body of Long Missing #yqr Girl, Tamra Keepness Posted to Reddit? @rcmpsk @reginapolice

If this is true, this is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen on Reddit… A user called “MySecretIsOut” who just joined Reddit today has posted a map on /r/regina and /r/canada which they seem to be claiming would lead to the location of Tamra Keepness, a young woman whose disappearance ten years ago resulted in a […]

Saturday Snap – Harvest 2014 Scenes

Went out to our farm today and got to spend some time watching the family friend who we now rent our land to and his crew harvesting.  Lots of fond memories for Shea and I watching the combines go around the field (okay, it was usually just a single combine when we were growing up – […]

Friday Fun Link – Only in the Prairies (Record High and Record Low, Same Day, One Year Apart)

This graphic showed up on Reddit as a perfect snapshot of what you can expect in Alberta – a record high and record low only one year apart.  (It showed up earlier this week and I didn’t bookmark it but assume it was a shot from around this time of the year – late September […]

Saturday Snap – Autumn Falls

Saturday Snap – Filipino Grocer Opens in #yqr

Saskatchewan’s increasing diversity continues to change the landscape of the city as another new specialty store has opened – this one a Filipino grocer called Mang Gerry’s which adds to specialized grocery stores we already have which specialize in foods from Korea, East India and more. Here’s a few of my purchases after my first […]

Help My Wife Win A Contest While Promoting Breastfeeding Awareness for #yqr

Shea’s currently involved in a contest on Facebook where the top vote getters will receive free photo shoots and then be featured in a calendar promoting breastfeeding awareness and raising funds for a badly needed breast milk depot for Regina. If you want to help her out, click on this link and Like the photo […]