Canadian Musings.........
keep checking this space as the musings will continue...
Tim Hortons.....mmmmmm x.....good cofee, well...mocha with a sinful amount of cream on top......and then there's the timbits.....little puffs of doughnut, with different coverings...chocolate, sugar........wicked!!!
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Tim Hortons.....kind of like McDonalds but better.....good coffee...and they have timbits...little doughnut balls...surprisingly good!!!
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Grain elevators (really big silo's !?!.).....can anyone else see the resembalance to an owl in this one????? ....OK ....its just me...?!
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Mushroom hay stacks.......this is the preferred method for round bales......snow run-off!!!
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Beaver dam......the legend is ......the larger the dam, the harsher the winter.....
The dam is built for insulation........ |
Friends....
The joy of making them & knowing they are no longer mere aquaintances... Pat & Ralph; Jodi & Rob; Anita & Harvey; Twyla & Calvin; James & Lori; Caroline & Allen; Geraline; Sean & Jamie; Janice & Howard........ Gnomes....... The Canadians love a good gnome as much as I do......I am impressed by their variety, size & placement.......nuff said ! Flags......Loved almost as much as their gnomes.... Fireworks......still legal !?! Giddy up......have purchased some....yet to try them out.....stay posted! Games..... Artists...... Authours..... Hockey..... Maple Syrup.... Hot Tubs..... Boots at the front door..... Hay stacks...... School bus drivers...... Vocabulary....... Beaver Dams.... Bird Houses..... Beverages...... Food.... Wooden fences & posts..in this climate??!! Prairies...oil wells...old & new First Nations....Metis...Inuit....History.... |
MMMMM.....delicious!
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Note the plug hanging out the front......!
This is how you stop the engine freezing overnight ??!! |
Bag full of deer jerky....surprisingly good if you dont think about it ?....courtesy of Tyler Venaas...one of the teachers/farmers at school.....thankyou Tyler & family x
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Sheldon....one of the fantastic bus drivers.....his brother Lionel also drives a school bus. On picking us up from Vermilion, after swim class, Lionel had coffee for the adults & doughnuts for all the kids....incredibly generous & thoughtful!!!! Sheldon asked was there such a thing as exchange for bus drivers......my reply....I would give him a damn good reference if there was!!!!!
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The bus drivers weapon of choice........these unassuming vehicles can traverse anything!!!
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