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May All Your Halloweens Be Brown
Where we live, it’s not a question of whether Christmas will be white, but whether Halloween will be Halloweeny. Except for ghosts and cobwebs, you can’t have white on Halloween. Duh. This: Slide show (5 photos) “The bushes, ablaze with … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Writing
Tagged family, Haiku, Halloween, photos, snow, trick-or-treat, weather
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Fair Skies, Dark Skies
The following slide show is a compilation of photographs taken in Alberta from May to July, 2017. The focus is on sky conditions, with daytime moon interesting cloud formations stormy skies and lightning rainbow smoky skies deep blue fireworks summer … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoors/Travel, Photo Post
Tagged #Canada150, Alberta, clouds, Edmonton, lightning, photography, rainbow, sky conditions, storm chasing, summer, thunderstorm, weather
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June 2017 Roundup: Life
While I am away from my blog, I have selected and scheduled articles from several categories. A different theme will post each day. Today’s roundup theme is life, including blog awards and links/tips. Life posts about travel, events, and the … Continue reading
Posted in June 2017 Roundup, Life
Tagged awards, daylight, dream job, friendship, living, tips, TWD, weather
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April and May Update
April was an eventful month. Now May, June, and the summer are shaping up to be interesting months for events and books. Here is what has transpired, and what has not yet come to pass: April Regular visitors to this … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Writing
Tagged authors, beta reading, books, challenge, interviews, mentoring, plans for 2017, readers, spring, weather, writer's conference, writer's retreat, writing
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Spring Is Not Available in Your Area — But It’s Happening Somewhere! | #AtoZChallenge
Spring isn’t available in Alberta. We’ll have to try later. Fickle spring Most of April has felt like early March. It’s April 23rd, and once again we wake up to several inches of snow on the ground and a wind … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Series: A to Z Challenge, Outdoors/Travel, Photo Post
Tagged #atozchallenge, Alberta, Edmonton, Hawaii, Ontario, snow, spring, Travel, travel article, trillium, weather, YEG
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“The Cold Was Just Sitting in Floating Blankets of Pure Brrr”
This is somewhat of a weird post. It may seem random, as I’m interconnecting my obsession with weather, brutal cold, photographs, and writing. However, if you happened to have read Wrapping Up a Successful 2016 (year in review) or A … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Writing
Tagged cold, conversation, driving in snow, novel, photographs, spring, weather, winter, writing
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No Words Needed
+10°C = +50°F -14°C = +7°F -24°C = -11°F (wind chill)
Posted in Life, Photo Post
Tagged before and after, buds, Edmonton, March, photography, snow, spring, temperatures, weather, wind chill, winter
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Quick Sunday Funny
Teacher: If you’re done your picture, please come hand it in. Student: I’m done. Here you go. Teacher (frowns at blank sheet): What’s this? I’m not falling for that polar-bear-in-a-snowstorm thing. Student (looking hurt): No, it’s Edmonton in the fog! … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Alberta, Canadian winter, driving, Edmonton, fog, fog advisory, humor, humour, Sherwood Park, Travel, weather, YEG weather
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When Sunshine is Scarce, Creative People Create
Anyone living in Edmonton, perhaps all of Alberta … perhaps BC, Washington, Ontario … has noticed that we have had an unusually high number of cloudy days in fall 2016. It’s enough when daylight minutes drop like a stone, but … Continue reading