The Tulip Festival is an annual event here in Ottawa, so we took advantage of the fantastic weather on Saturday to spend the morning downtown, including the very popular LEGO Community Garden.
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(Image from CTV Edmonton) A few years ago, when we lived in Northern Alberta, I worked for the Forestry division as a Logistics Coordinator. I didn’t work in Slave Lake itself but all of the different Forestry departments in the province worked together to fight fires all season long. Watching Slave Lake literally burn . . . → Read More: Slave Lake is burning  We have been lucky enough that ever since Rowan was born, we’ve had beautiful bouquets arriving from friends and family. The best part is that somehow whenever one bouquet dies we seem to get another the next day. These beauties are from my dear friend Amy (creator of Splendid Events and her husband. . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday – Beautiful Bouquet  Every winter, Ottawa has a huge event called Winterlude. There are lots of things to see and do, such as an ice sculpture contest that attracts competitors from around the world; skating on the world’s longest outdoor skating rink; and of course, eating. My husband, daughter, father in law and I went to check . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday – Winterlude 2011 
I got the first two books of the Millenium Trilogy for Christmas (since the Virgo in me prefers my books to match, and the last one isn’t out in paperback yet) and I cannot put it down. I’m about halfway through and let me tell you, my Christmas tree is in no . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo  I hate birds. Maybe it’s Hitchcock’s fault, maybe it’s from reading The Dark Half by Stephen King, but birds just freak me out. I don’t trust them – nothing should be able to poop on you from above. So hearing that they’re falling from the sky en masse is the stuff of nightmares for me. . . . → Read More: My biggest fear is happening  Here we are on the 10th of January, and my Christmas tree is still fully decorated and hanging out in my living room. I’ve been talking about taking it down since the first but somehow I just can’t quite do it. Partly because it’s not something that can be done while my toddler is . . . → Read More: My Christmas Tree Confession  2010 has been an amazing year for me and my family. We were lucky enough to experience the Olympics first-hand in Vancouver; moved back across the country to Ontario in the spring and are now closer to our families, who we have been far away from for years; Ashlyn has gone from a baby . . . → Read More: Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011!  Our girl cat (Echo) prefers a nice box, but the boy cat (Gimli) can’t resist a bag…even if it means he somehow gets stuck in two different sized handles!
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