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Saturday Snap – One of the Saddest Days of the Year

Packing up our seasonal camp site for the final time this summer and pulling out our camper from the spot that’s been its home for the last five months…

Posted 08 September 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Everything is better with some cows around/Living in town sometimes brings me down/Let me bestow this western blessing and share what I have found/May you always have cows around”

According to last.fm, this was my most played song of the summer. Having camped with a farming/ranching family on one side and a guy who was not only a farmer/rancher but a cattle buyer at a livestock exchange on our other side, I can understand why! 😉 “Cows Around” – Corb Lund

Posted 03 September 2018 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Summer’s end around the bend just flyin’/The swimmin’ suits are on the line just dryin’/I’ll meet you there for our conversation/I hope I didn’t ruin your whole vacation”

“Summer’s End” – John Prine

Posted 27 August 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

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 § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Can you break the horse, can you light the fire, what’s that I beg your pardon?/You best start thinking where food comes from and I hope you tend a good garden.”

“Gettin’ Down on the Mountain” – Corb Lund

Posted 20 August 2018 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

A Few *Good* Things About Breaking My Wrist?

I’ve had some pretty down moments since breaking my wrist three weeks ago: When the ER doc said it was broken, not sprained. When she said I’d need surgery, not just a cast When Shea and I had to waste three days waiting in hospital in Regina in the midst of a 10-day camping holiday […]

Posted 15 August 2018 § List § MemoryLane § Shea ‡ Comments (2) ° Also 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 § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Gone Camping – Day One – Campfire

Posted 20 July 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,