Shades of Game

8r4d I don’t know where you’ve been for the last week, but between the #summer #heat and the #firesmoke those climate change deniers got some ‘splaining to do. At least my basement is cooler and I can hide out there. [read more...]

Tuesday the 23rd of July, 2024, in the morning.

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Sherwood Park

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8r4d The weekend was hot, but at least I wasn’t standing in a high school sports field in a local suburb-city wearing a wool kilt and dancing. Oh, and did we mention that the #firesmoke has returned? Ugh! What a day. At least it payed off for the kid and she danced her heart out and won the first first of her dancing career. Hard earned and well deserved. #highlandgames #dancedad #firstplace

Saturday the 20th of July, 2024, around lunch-ish.

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Sherwood Park

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8r4d #highlandgames #dancedad

Saturday the 20th of July, 2024, for elevensies.

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U of A Botanic Garden

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8r4d Scenes from a #walk in the #botanicgarden. [read more...]

Wednesday the 17th of July, 2024, around lunch-ish.

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Square One

8r4d This morning’s #coffee house writing efforts brought to you by something other than Starbucks for a change. The extra fifty cents for my brew might be worth it for the upgrade in atmosphere.

Wednesday the 17th of July, 2024, in the morning.

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T Towne

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8r4d An early morning #running sesh in 25C temps to beat the #heat for what is looking to be a 35C day and my planned route thru the shade was blocked off by a police zone in the woods and on a nearby path. Hmmm.

Wednesday the 17th of July, 2024, in the morning.

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The Park

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8r4d This gives new meaning to the term “field work” doesn’t it? #keyboard #writing #summer

Monday the 15th of July, 2024, deep after noon.

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Riverbend

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8r4d While most of the #runcrew was off in the mountains sweeping up the last couple legs of Sinister 7, a few of us stayed behind for some Sunday #running in the #rain followed by the regular coffee meetup.

Sunday the 14th of July, 2024, in mid-morning.

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North Saskatchewan River

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8r4d The girls set out on a solo #kayak adventure this morning, tho my adventure involved trying to wrangle the air pump to cooperate and inflate the darned thing. Hopefully they can read the map I drew so where they exit the #river and where we park the car later match up. #rivervalley

Saturday the 13th of July, 2024, around lunch-ish.

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Nice

#flashback of our european vacay last year where one year ago today we were hanging out in the south of France and on the beaches of Nice.

Saturday the 13th of July, 2024, in the late morning.

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Whyte Ave

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8r4d #icecream and #bookstore on a #summer friday evening in the #whyteavenue

Friday the 12th of July, 2024, posted before bed.

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Somewhere

8r4d We’ve been living thru a week-long #heatwave and a brief reprieve came this evening in the form of a #thunderstorm that passed by. I ran around the house opening all the doors and windows hoping to get some air flow going on so that we could bring the temperature of the indoors down to something tolerable. The Kid slept in the basement last night because while we have a little portable air conditioner for our bedroom, she was sleeping in a sauna in her regular bed. I say this now, but I’ll take freezing cold over too hot any day of the week.

Thursday the 11th of July, 2024, in the evening.