Monday, February 14, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada When we were little kids in school, Valentine’s Day was such a big deal. First it was just the novelty and surprise of giving and getting these things, then it was a sense of relief when you actually got one (everyone in the class did, but there […]

Sunday, February 13, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada One of the local news stories this past week was about our mayor going to Toronto and having a private firm pay for his trip. People tried to make hay out of the fact that the trip was paid for. What I understand, based on no research, […]

Saturday, February 12, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Here is a typical winter scenario in Calgary. Snow. Thaw. Snow. Thaw. Snow. Thaw. When the thaw comes, the snow melts, of course. This creates two things: the risk of ice on sidewalks and other dangerous places as soon as the melted snow, now water, freezes again; […]

Friday, February 11, 2011

Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

All I can say is it was a tiring week and I am really glad it’s Friday.

Thursday, February 10, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada OK, Christmas was almost two months ago. And yet, there is a stack of abandoned Christmas trees on the side of the road in a pull-through. Why? Because in years gone by, in the early weeks of January, the city has asked people to pile the trees […]

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Yippee! Wednesday. It’s become my breakfast out with Suzanne day. The rule is, never the same place twice. It’s going to be a hard rule to keep, because I’ve really liked a couple of the places. Today: Over Easy on Edmonton Trail. Never been there before. Decor […]

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada In addition to deciding to stop adding fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water, the City Council approved (by one vote, I understand) the building of a tunnel underneath the airport. Without such a tunnel, the expansion of the airport will create a kind of barrier for those who […]

Monday, February 7, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada I confess, I’m writing this after the fact and the events may not match the dates perfectly. History may never forgive me. Calgary City Council voted to stop adding fluoride to the water supply. This is one of the hottest issues, perennially, in Calgary. We got fluoride […]

Sunday, February 6, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Took these pictures on Friday, driving down Blackfoot Trail. I thought this cattle liner was empty because I couldn’t smell it and couldn’t hear any cattle. When I looked harder, I saw fur and then one cow looking out at me. All I could really make out, […]

Saturday, February 5, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada A colder day with light snow falling and a very grey sky. The camera flare exaggerates the sun; really it was just a dull yellow hole in an even duller sky. I didn’t mean these pics to be depressing but they really don’t have much life to […]

Friday, February 4, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada It’s Melting! The snow is melting today, as the temp has been above zero (freezing) and sunny all day. This is my favourite weather, actually: from zero to ten degrees C, sunny and calm. Very uplifting. But the melting snow turns to ice at night or when […]

Thursday, February 3, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada I didn’t go out looking for a picture of a pyramid today. As I walked across the parking lot, the silhouette of the library made it look like a classic Egyptian pyramid. This as Egypt is in the middle of turmoil. Usually, this is just a library, […]

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Today is Groundhog Day. We haven’t got groundhogs and I’ve never heard of Prairie Dog Day, so nothing to report on the rodent meteorology front. Another bright sunny day, even warmer than yesterday. Up to about 5 above zero, I think. Celsius. The pictures I took yesterday […]

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Beautiful sunny day! Started out at -25 C and reached -6 by evening. Last week I was surprised to see how far along the building of the west leg of the LRT (our above-ground light rail transit) is. The chunk they are working on now is massive. […]

Monday, January 31, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada It’s about -25 Celsius today for the high. In Medicine Hat, where it gets quite hot in summer, it was -41 with wind chill this morning. (At 40 below, Fahrenheit and Celsius are the same: bloody cold). I’m grateful to the late Harold Hanen, architect, who promoted […]

Sunday, January 30, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada The snow continued, though not all day and not as much. But for a little while today THE SUN CAME OUT and it was a beautiful sight. I think I am getting cabin fever. Will report on advancing hallucinations etc. By the way, that lattice thing in […]

Saturday, January 29, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada The snow hit us in a calm and deliberate way. It has been falling steadily all day, but with next to no wind, and also nobody walking in it. This is perfect, perfect snow. Light, fluffy, beautiful. I didn’t even mind shovelling it. But a grey day. […]

Friday, January 28, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Yeah, I go for coffee a lot. It’s my main social outlet. I rarely go out at night (too lazy), like to watch movies at home on NetFlix instead of going to the theatre, hate shopping, do like eating at restaurants, but the thing I do most […]

Thursday, January 27, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Weather, like in the picture, but a little warmer. Things are melting. Today I drove 100 km just in town and had no fun doing it. 9:30 appointment in the NW, no problem on Crowchild Two more appointments close to home 6:30 (evening) back to the NW, […]