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Red & White (With a Bit of Blue)
I'm not a terribly patriot person in the "rah, rah, I'm Canadian" sense.I had no choice where I was born and I consider my citizenship to be a huge blessing in my life, certainly nothing I deserve or...
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Canada Day on The Prairie Skipper
I grew up on the Prairies and so did my parents. Now that we find ourselves in the east my Dad is fulfilling a long time dream of his - to own a boat. It was actually during my visit last fall that...
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Toques (Knits By Nana) ~ What's Your Craft?
Toque - A winter hat. Pronounced tu·k.From Wikipedia (I know, the most trusted reference around):The fashion is said to have originated with the coureurs de bois, French and Métis fur traders, who kept...
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Sugaring! (& a Spring Reading List)
(First post in my Spring Book series. Next post Becoming an (e)Reader.)For years I've read seasonal stories to my children. Stories in general but I do love marking the seasons in our reading also.Now...
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How Does a Western Anglophone end up living in Rural Quebec?
It's a long story.I've been getting some questions here at FIMBY lately along the lines of, "are you bilingual?" and "how did you end up in Québec, Canada?"I've shared the whole story of our American...
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Thirteen ~ The Trip (if you ever visit Fredericton, NB)
I have a few more photos to share of Céline's birthday trip.Céline and I drove from our home in Québec to meet my mom in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Fredericton is a treasure of a city and was an...
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It's All About the Snow
For us winter is all about snow.When you live in Canada you either move to the coastal regions where the climate is more mild (there's a very good reason that 95.5% of Canada's populace lives on the...
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