Ok, technically this one is from Friday night, I was trying to capture a picture of a perfect Chinook arch for you, its hard to get. Do you know what a Chinook is? I've learned over the years to describe it like this:
1. It's similar to the Santa Ana Winds in California
2. It's a warm west wind that comes from the mountains and can change the temperature in Calgary from -20C to +20C in hours. (for the US folks that is -4 F to 68 F)
3. It's the biggest cause of headaches in southern Alberta, the air pressure change in incredible.
Wanna know more? Check
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Today I walked to a local grocery store for a few things, I saw this outside, there is no snow right now but this didn't look like they believe that its going to stay this way for long..
I've talk about my potato chip problem before, haven't had a single chip since February 2003, don't plan to but the grocery store doesn't have the same ban on chips..
Here is something I've never seen in my neighbourhood before, a ticket on a car, odd thing I couldn't figure out what the owner had done wrong to get a ticket..
my shadow, carrying my grocery bags home, super tall with the sun warming my back, it was still cool enough to wear my poofy coat though
wanna boat? someone down the street is selling this one. Here is an odd fact, Alberta certifies the most number of scuba divers annually in Canada, we are landlocked! I've never been able to figure that one out
an attempt to show you an Alberta blue sky
then I was back home and the washer was done...
here are my grocery bags, I have lots of reusable bags, I like to buy them from local grocery stores when I travel. That way I get a useful, fun souvenir, however these are my favorite, roll up shove in my purse bags they are made by Rume, get it? Room-ey.. These are the "small" bags, each hold a heck of a lot and are easy to carry, great handles that don't dig into your hands. Want some for yourself? Find them
HERE , this is one of my favorite shopping sites, awesome unbelievably great customer service and NO custom fees as they are Canadian folks :0)
see, they do hold a lot... this is what was in them and they were no where near full!
and this is how tight they roll up, ready to go back in my purse for who knows what next...btw these are easily over a year old and still are like new.
Here are my furry ones, having some of my lunch, tuna, as you can see Tiggy is trying to cut into Roo's action...
you know this summer when I was MIA for a bit? well one of the reasons you can see in this picture = new floors
this is my lunch, a tuna sandwich with pickled beets, yep you will probably think *oh gross* so I might as well tell you the rest now, the tuna is mixed not with mayo but with white vinegar and lots of black pepper, just the way my Mum did it when I was a kid. What can I say? Its an ol'family fave and yummy but yes when I was a kid and I pulled this out of my lunch box I tried to hide my pink stained bread...kids aren't always nice to each other for having somethng different
and speaking of ol'family favorites, this is our supper, shepard's pie made the same way my Mum always made it, yum! This is the pie put together and waiting to be baked later for supper.
