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the new victorians: Victoria Day
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Monday, May 18, 2009. My first real Victoria Day, I suppose, since in Quebec we celebrated Dollard des Ormeaux Day until 2002, when Landry changed it to Journée des Patriotes (I googled DDO to get my facts straight on this, and boy are there some funny forums discussing this particular topic). Here in Vic however, the day is not just a holiday but yet another parade day! It was great to see so many nationalities represented, as Victoria does not immediately present itself as being particularly multicultu...
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the new victorians: February 2009
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. What do you mean, knitting basket? I spotted a pile of these beautiful fair trade African baskets in the window of this shop. Posted by By JACK. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. We had a spectacular sunny spring week for my father's recent visit. (We have now returned to a cold drizzle with a chance of flurries(! Posted by By JACK. Friday, February 13, 2009. We interrupt this blog for a special announcement. Someone (known to readers of this blog as Dylan) has a new website!
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the new victorians: Introducing Marie
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Monday, May 25, 2009. The newest member of our fleet! Yes, it's true - this beautiful '79 VW Westfalia pop-top is our new home away from home. Here she is in front of our house:. A view from the back seat:. And from the fish eye side mirror:. Here she is at the campground:. And figured that must be it. So Saturday morning, with me in the driver's seat, we dropped the disc man off at his tourney, and headed to the other side of the island to explore. Posted by By JACK. May 26, 2009 at 3:33 AM. Yes -she's ...
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the new victorians: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009. If they are getting off at the back (they yell). And I don't care if people think Victoria is putting on airs - I still like riding on the top of double decker buses. Back at our home we noticed a new bird at the feeder. I think we were all almost equally excited about this - in addition to the house sparrows, Northern juncos and purple finches, we now see the red breasted nuthatch (photo below). Not just Blogger members) to leave comments. Hope to hear from you! Posted by By JACK.
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the new victorians: August 2009
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Friday, August 14, 2009. A Midsummer Summary, Part 2 (July). July was mostly spent back east, travelling around Quebec and Ontario, visiting favourite places and catching up with loved ones:. So sweet to see their eyes popping with joy when given the chance to reconnect with far away family and friends. Bittersweet when we had to leave again, although we came home with heads bursting with fresh memories (as well as a large pile of photos to go with them). Posted by By JACK. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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the new victorians: Blossom City
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Thursday, May 7, 2009. The second item on my list of things I like about living in Victoria (this is a list in installments) must be the bluebells. Those were taken yesterday evening on the way to Brownies. Something about bluebells at dusk. (Blame Merchant Ivory). I should be going on about the tree blossoms. We have had a full month of nonstop crazy beauty. In our own backyard we are treated to this:. And here's one I shot at the Inner Harbour:. I meant to start off with hello again! Strangely, the fol...
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the new victorians: Squeezing the last drops out of summer...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009. Squeezing the last drops out of summer. August was good to us, with its warm and sunny lazy late summer atmosphere. It was filled up with visits and parties, camping trips and exploring, hikes and fairs. In the midst of all that fun, we also managed to get a fair bit of work done, and some of Dave's art is now part of the gallery at the stunning Sooke Harbour House. We had the immense pleasure of staying there for a night in May 2008, and are so happy that a few birdhouses.
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the new victorians: A Midsummer Summary, Part 2 (July)
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Friday, August 14, 2009. A Midsummer Summary, Part 2 (July). July was mostly spent back east, travelling around Quebec and Ontario, visiting favourite places and catching up with loved ones:. So sweet to see their eyes popping with joy when given the chance to reconnect with far away family and friends. Bittersweet when we had to leave again, although we came home with heads bursting with fresh memories (as well as a large pile of photos to go with them). Posted by By JACK. August 15, 2009 at 9:31 AM.
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the new victorians: May 2009
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Monday, May 25, 2009. The newest member of our fleet! Yes, it's true - this beautiful '79 VW Westfalia pop-top is our new home away from home. Here she is in front of our house:. A view from the back seat:. And from the fish eye side mirror:. Here she is at the campground:. And figured that must be it. So Saturday morning, with me in the driver's seat, we dropped the disc man off at his tourney, and headed to the other side of the island to explore. Posted by By JACK. Monday, May 18, 2009. In fact, the b...
