Alberta
Spring in Edmonton
Canadians love to talk about the weather and with spring days like these, they have lots of reason.
This is how things looked from our front door yesterday:
And this is how things looked this morning.
Welcome to spring!
Summer Solstice - Edmonton Alberta
I like to take a couple of pictures late in the day on the first day of summer just to show the amount of daylight we have on the longest day of the year. These two pictures were taken hand-held and with no other lighting.
The first picture was taken looking East on Stony Plain Road and [...]
Snow Snow Go Away
It is snowing again in Edmonton. We have had snow in each of the past seven months. We’ve had snow on the ground for 158 days. That’s about three weeks shy of six months of snow.
For those of you who think Canada is one great Arctic wasteland where everyone lives in igloos, it’s beginning to feel [...]
The 12 Privacy Tips of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner gave to me… 12 tips for protecting privacy. Six of the tips are for consumers and the other six for merchants. With the increased commercial activity at this season of the year, it is a good idea not to let down [...]
Dig A Hole Through The Center Of The Earth
There’s a philosophical question that fosters considerable discussion among 10 year olds:
If you were to dig a hole from where you are standing all the way through the center of the Earth, where would you end up?
DigHoles.com aims to answer that question.
Using Google maps, DigHoles.com takes a starting point —say Edmonton, Alberta— and shows [...]
Just Christmas in Edmonton
2006Prince of Wales Armouries10440 - 108A Ave
Friday November 175:30 - 9pm
Saturday November 189:30 - 4pm
Justice at Christmas is a global marketplace for quality arts, handmade crafts and other goods.
When you purchase a gift from the non-profit and charitable organizations in this market, the money you spend goes towards the building of healthy communities around the [...]
Trascend Coffee Website
Back about three months ago, I posted about my first visit to Transcend Coffee. In that post I linked to the shop’s web-site, which at that time was somewhat sparse. Following a link from a dead apostle post, I see the Transcend web-site has grown some meat on its bones. From information on the coffees [...]
2006 Christmas Release from Sandy Foster
For the fourth calendar year in a row, Sandy Foster is releasing an album – the long awaited Christmas project entitled Spruce It Up. Featuring nine songs, this project includes innovative arrangements of Frosty the Snowman, The First Noel, Joy to the World and I’ll Be Home for Christmas along with three sparkly originals. Designed [...]
The North Saskatchewan River Valley in Edmonton
At 7,400 hectares —that’s approximately 21 times larger that New York City’s Central Park— Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River valley is the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America. There is more than150 kilometres of trails for walking, running, riding, etc.
There are granular trails, such as the one pictured here, that are designated as off-leash [...]
This Little Pig Went to Market
And now I’m on my way home.
I had a couple of meetings in Calgary today, so I rode the Red Arrow bus down and back. With larger seats, power for laptops, complimentary snacks and a movie, it beats driving the 600 KM round trip.
I managed to space my meetings so I had time to meet [...]
