45 thoughts on “Canada’s Birthday Party: Served with Ice Cream”
Happy Canada day Amy. What a lovely happy post. I hope you got an ice cream too!
I’d love to know what on earth those girls were doing walking around with a chicken? Is it a pet?
I resisted the temptation of having an ice cream…I discipline my intake of fatty foods. I came home and had a large, delicious salad made from varieties of lettuce grown locally. The chicken is a mystery. I was not close to the girls as I was using a telephoto. I will swing by your link, thanks, Rosie.
Thanks, Becca. Hope you are surviving the hot weather. We are still unusually cool. 😦
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy!!
Hi,
Happy Canada Day, and what great photo’s. everyone looks relaxed and having fun as well. I couldn’t imagine even trying to get on the bike with one wheel, I certainly can imagine how I would look falling off it. 😆
Thanks, Mags. Yeah – I’ve never tried a unicycle either. This young woman rode it as though it was an extension to her body. Then I watched her boyfriend…she finally took it away from him when she became worried that he’d hurt someone.
Hi Amy .. lovely .. and as it’s hot here .. could you send over one of your waffle cones .. perhaps a mocha one – still early (ish!) here.
Enjoy the weekend .. I see you have some Royal visitors .. probably not to your island – though I’m sure they’d love the lake and hiking … I was in Lake Louise about 15 years ago for Canada Day .. it snowed on the way up to Jasper on the 4th .. guess telling me I was in the wrong country ..
Loved your tour .. seems a lovely place to live .. enjoy – Happy Canada day .. Hilary
I used to ski in the Lake Louise area when I was a rugged teen ready to shush down fresh powder without a fear in the world! Yes, Will and Kate have dazzled the Canadians who have been part of their tour. Their schedule is a killer. As one of our CBC announcers said, “Maybe next time they’ll include some down time.” However, they are young and full of enthusiasm. I have such a strong feeling that Kate is carrying an extension to the Royal family. Let’s see if that is just fluff…
Snow in July? My goodness, that was unusual – or you were at very high altitudes. Hope you weren’t turned off dear ol’ “Canader”
Thanks for a Happy Birthday shout out!, It was a great sunny day in Ontario also!!
Yes, Prince Harry picked a fine time to show Canada to his new bride…hope they don’t expire from the schedule! 🙂
Happy Canada Day! Looks like everyone has FUN . . . and ice cream.
Great fun, Nance!
What a lovely collection of the human spirit!!
Happy Birthday, Canada!
The last photo? ” PRICELESS”
Those two men sat there giggling like little boys! Oh, here we are…sending this at 11:11!
What fun photos…thanks for sharing them…loved the captions.
It was a blast watching folks. Hope the weekend goes well with you.
My favourite is the mom and daughter on the bicycle photo 🙂
Yes, I love that one, too. That little soul maintained eye contact with me as she rode by. Love those moments.
Happy Birthday Canada! Oh Canada, terre de nos aieux…My birth father was born in Sashkatchawan although I never knew him…he was KIA WWII–US Army Air Corps.
Love to you, my friend and all our wonderful neighbors who live in your beautiful country.
Thank you, Victoria, with the gentle prairie blood flowing through your veins. Perhaps its your father’s DNA that gives you that keen eye for nature. 😀
More power to great Canada!
Hey Poch – always good to hear from you. Did you see the people who were praying for you to grow something? That was in the earlier post where I included your comment. about missing the chance to grow things. You touched a few hearts!
That’s very humbling Amy, a million thanks to you and to our teachers who prays for me!
🙂
Great photos, Amy. Looks like you celebrated Canada Day in wonderful fashion. At least you seem to have had nice weather. Here it was a bit cool-ish and the mossies were unbearable. We were going to take in some fireworks, but opted to sit at home and toast the nation with a beer in the backyard.
Yes, we actually had some sunshine, but it wasn’t overly warm. Most of us had light jackets. Oh yes, the mossies! One of the blessings of living with off-shore winds is the absence of the little mites! Hope you toasted all your memories of Canadian history! 😀 I did a History quiz on Mental Floss. I’m afraid there wasn’t much about Canada!!
The general air of festivity shines through in your photos. Love mommy and baby on the bike, and the two old blokes.
Two that I loved as well, Cin. Hope your hearing is back.
Happy birthday, Canada! Your present is in the mail.
Hey Good Greatsby! The prezzie better not be melting…or making any weird noises. Not that I don’t trust you… 😀
Hi Amy, I so enjoyed your photo’s, Glad you had fun celebrating. My Mom loved the queen, and Diana and I know she would be so proud of Prince William. She would love Kate and her fascinators, I liked her red one with the maple leaf. My Mom was born in Ashford – Kent in England
Good grief – thanks to your comment, Dee, I just corrected my past comment to “Will”. I haven’t watched any of the news reports of the visit yet – I’ll soon take the time to check out the reports. This Royal pair must give the Queen a warm and welcome “grandmotherly” moment! My mother was a huge fan of the Queen Mother. When I watched the recent movie about her, I know my mom would have loved it. They presented her realistically.
Lovely Amy! I love that they don’t serve chickens!
Aha, you caught the double, maybe triple play on words, Tammy!
That’s my kind of celebrating. Happy Birthday to Canada a few days late. It was so hot for our nation’s birthday that the ice cream melted down my fingers before I got it into my mouth. Summer is here!
Not such a threat on our day of celebration! 🙂
Love it, Amy (especially the inner child work) – and love that country! Belated Happy Canada Day!
Thanks, Naomi. Those two old fellas kept waving their wives on to do more shopping without them. They were content!
Oh, they ALL have the right idea! Bring on the ice cream and FUN! I so coulda sat with the old farts and enjoyed that moment. (I detest shopping!)
What a fun day–and what evidence of that through the photos. We hug chickens and show ’em off around here. LOL So I rather enjoyed finding out that we’re not alone. (the kiddos show ’em at the fair every year and they’re just priceless–the chickens and their owners)
I think I’m on the other side of horribly sick — just trying to do some catch up. I do NOT like falling out of routine or out of touch with the people who’ve touched my life through this medium.
I’ve missed crossing your path!
Just sayin’……
Happy (albeit belated) Canada Day, Amy!!
I’m very relieved to hear your health is improving. That has been a very nasty gub! Oops…well, that too! 😀
Love that inner child work! Ha ….
What a gorgous mermaid! Lovely post, Amy. Thanks for th epics. All looks so fun and happy … Oh, Canada!
Me, too…it was so much fun watching those two men drift off into adolescence – laughing, gobbling, and gawking!
Happy belated Canada day! Lovely photos Amy!
What a lovely post!
It looks as if you had a wonderful day.
I did have a good day, Tok. One thing that could have added to it would be sharing that campsite you had in the Kananaskis! That would have gone really well with ice cream. 😀
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Happy Canada day Amy. What a lovely happy post. I hope you got an ice cream too!
I’d love to know what on earth those girls were doing walking around with a chicken? Is it a pet?
I thought you’d be interested to read this article on Canada Day:
Our home on Native land – Briarpatch Magazine
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/our-home-on-native-land
I resisted the temptation of having an ice cream…I discipline my intake of fatty foods. I came home and had a large, delicious salad made from varieties of lettuce grown locally. The chicken is a mystery. I was not close to the girls as I was using a telephoto. I will swing by your link, thanks, Rosie.
Thanks, Becca. Hope you are surviving the hot weather. We are still unusually cool. 😦
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy!!
Hi,
Happy Canada Day, and what great photo’s. everyone looks relaxed and having fun as well. I couldn’t imagine even trying to get on the bike with one wheel, I certainly can imagine how I would look falling off it. 😆
Thanks, Mags. Yeah – I’ve never tried a unicycle either. This young woman rode it as though it was an extension to her body. Then I watched her boyfriend…she finally took it away from him when she became worried that he’d hurt someone.
Hi Amy .. lovely .. and as it’s hot here .. could you send over one of your waffle cones .. perhaps a mocha one – still early (ish!) here.
Enjoy the weekend .. I see you have some Royal visitors .. probably not to your island – though I’m sure they’d love the lake and hiking … I was in Lake Louise about 15 years ago for Canada Day .. it snowed on the way up to Jasper on the 4th .. guess telling me I was in the wrong country ..
Loved your tour .. seems a lovely place to live .. enjoy – Happy Canada day .. Hilary
I used to ski in the Lake Louise area when I was a rugged teen ready to shush down fresh powder without a fear in the world! Yes, Will and Kate have dazzled the Canadians who have been part of their tour. Their schedule is a killer. As one of our CBC announcers said, “Maybe next time they’ll include some down time.” However, they are young and full of enthusiasm. I have such a strong feeling that Kate is carrying an extension to the Royal family. Let’s see if that is just fluff…
Snow in July? My goodness, that was unusual – or you were at very high altitudes. Hope you weren’t turned off dear ol’ “Canader”
Thanks for a Happy Birthday shout out!, It was a great sunny day in Ontario also!!
Yes, Prince Harry picked a fine time to show Canada to his new bride…hope they don’t expire from the schedule! 🙂
Happy Canada Day! Looks like everyone has FUN . . . and ice cream.
Great fun, Nance!
What a lovely collection of the human spirit!!
Happy Birthday, Canada!
The last photo? ” PRICELESS”
Those two men sat there giggling like little boys! Oh, here we are…sending this at 11:11!
What fun photos…thanks for sharing them…loved the captions.
It was a blast watching folks. Hope the weekend goes well with you.
My favourite is the mom and daughter on the bicycle photo 🙂
Yes, I love that one, too. That little soul maintained eye contact with me as she rode by. Love those moments.
Happy Birthday Canada! Oh Canada, terre de nos aieux…My birth father was born in Sashkatchawan although I never knew him…he was KIA WWII–US Army Air Corps.
Love to you, my friend and all our wonderful neighbors who live in your beautiful country.
Thank you, Victoria, with the gentle prairie blood flowing through your veins. Perhaps its your father’s DNA that gives you that keen eye for nature. 😀
More power to great Canada!
Hey Poch – always good to hear from you. Did you see the people who were praying for you to grow something? That was in the earlier post where I included your comment. about missing the chance to grow things. You touched a few hearts!
That’s very humbling Amy, a million thanks to you and to our teachers who prays for me!
🙂
Great photos, Amy. Looks like you celebrated Canada Day in wonderful fashion. At least you seem to have had nice weather. Here it was a bit cool-ish and the mossies were unbearable. We were going to take in some fireworks, but opted to sit at home and toast the nation with a beer in the backyard.
Yes, we actually had some sunshine, but it wasn’t overly warm. Most of us had light jackets. Oh yes, the mossies! One of the blessings of living with off-shore winds is the absence of the little mites! Hope you toasted all your memories of Canadian history! 😀 I did a History quiz on Mental Floss. I’m afraid there wasn’t much about Canada!!
The general air of festivity shines through in your photos. Love mommy and baby on the bike, and the two old blokes.
Two that I loved as well, Cin. Hope your hearing is back.
Happy birthday, Canada! Your present is in the mail.
Hey Good Greatsby! The prezzie better not be melting…or making any weird noises. Not that I don’t trust you… 😀
Hi Amy, I so enjoyed your photo’s, Glad you had fun celebrating. My Mom loved the queen, and Diana and I know she would be so proud of Prince William. She would love Kate and her fascinators, I liked her red one with the maple leaf. My Mom was born in Ashford – Kent in England
Good grief – thanks to your comment, Dee, I just corrected my past comment to “Will”. I haven’t watched any of the news reports of the visit yet – I’ll soon take the time to check out the reports. This Royal pair must give the Queen a warm and welcome “grandmotherly” moment! My mother was a huge fan of the Queen Mother. When I watched the recent movie about her, I know my mom would have loved it. They presented her realistically.
Lovely Amy! I love that they don’t serve chickens!
Aha, you caught the double, maybe triple play on words, Tammy!
That’s my kind of celebrating. Happy Birthday to Canada a few days late. It was so hot for our nation’s birthday that the ice cream melted down my fingers before I got it into my mouth. Summer is here!
Not such a threat on our day of celebration! 🙂
Love it, Amy (especially the inner child work) – and love that country! Belated Happy Canada Day!
Thanks, Naomi. Those two old fellas kept waving their wives on to do more shopping without them. They were content!
Oh, they ALL have the right idea! Bring on the ice cream and FUN! I so coulda sat with the old farts and enjoyed that moment. (I detest shopping!)
What a fun day–and what evidence of that through the photos. We hug chickens and show ’em off around here. LOL So I rather enjoyed finding out that we’re not alone. (the kiddos show ’em at the fair every year and they’re just priceless–the chickens and their owners)
I think I’m on the other side of horribly sick — just trying to do some catch up. I do NOT like falling out of routine or out of touch with the people who’ve touched my life through this medium.
I’ve missed crossing your path!
Just sayin’……
Happy (albeit belated) Canada Day, Amy!!
I’m very relieved to hear your health is improving. That has been a very nasty gub! Oops…well, that too! 😀
Love that inner child work! Ha ….
What a gorgous mermaid! Lovely post, Amy. Thanks for th epics. All looks so fun and happy … Oh, Canada!
Me, too…it was so much fun watching those two men drift off into adolescence – laughing, gobbling, and gawking!
Happy belated Canada day! Lovely photos Amy!
What a lovely post!
It looks as if you had a wonderful day.
I did have a good day, Tok. One thing that could have added to it would be sharing that campsite you had in the Kananaskis! That would have gone really well with ice cream. 😀