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Where Are You From?
“Where are you from?” If we’re travelling outside the country, of course the answer is Canada. (It’s fascinating to me that Americans always say the city they’re from if we’re doing some kind of group activity. So sure of their place in the world, never doubting we’ll have heard of it). But, otherwise, I’ve…
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Rime Ice
I’ve lived in Saskatchewan my whole life (which means I’ve endured a lot of cold winters) and I’ve never heard of rime ice. The pictures below are examples of it and I’m pretty sure most of us thought it was hoar frost (which is way more fun to say than rime ice). Anyway, rime ice results…
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Plethora of Pelicans
I had no idea there were so many pelicans in Wascana Park… The pictures above were taken a couple of weeks ago, so then I had to go into my photo library and have a look at the other pelican pictures I’ve taken, mostly near the Albert Street Bridge. The last two are my favourite,…
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this was November in Saskatchewan
At the beginning of the month I wrote a post about how I hate November…well, at least this year, I have to take that back. It was a beautiful , unseasonably warm month – with no snow until just this week. Awesome! Here are some pics from a a mid-November morning walk in Wascana Park…
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Holiday Wishes from Mr. Squirrel
Warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope, like Mr. Squirrel, you enjoy a few treats over the holidays….
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Blessed Sacrament Church
I’m not a religious person, but I like to take pictures of churches. Blessed Sacrament is Regina’s second oldest church still in use (built in 1905), although it’s currently closed for renovations.
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The Honouring Tree
The Honouring Tree was installed in Wascana Centre on August 31, 2011, and I have to admit for all the many, many times I’ve walked around the lake since then, this fall was the first time I noticed it. It was a project initiated by the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum Board, and is meant…
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false alarm
Happy to report that there is no snow on the ground! Maybe, just maybe, and I don’t want to jinx it, so I’ll knock on wood as I type this, it will be a nice, mild winter.
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Wascana Park Benches
Fog on Monday morning made for mysterious, moody scenes in Wascana Park…fitting for the week of Halloween.
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a Sunday in September Sunset
A beautiful sunset, after a beautiful, warm, September weekend…