Lethbridge Thriftlodge

... to the mullet hunt. Laura stepped up to the plate and she created something truly wonderful! I had let my beard grow for 2 weeks so I was able to sculpt a sufficient moustache to accompany my new hairdo. I was very impressed with the outcome, and once it had Nick’s approval, as he is a man that knows what it takes to grow a mullet, I was ready to step out into the world. We went to a local bar, which was full of ...

... Laura are staying with their friends Nick & Allison, who are both from Lethbridge, and they kindly let us bed down in their spare room for the night. This we thought was more than enough hospitality, especially as we were descending upon them on a major holiday, but no they went and invited us to join them for thanksgiving diner at Nick's mum's home.

Nick's mum Rita, and her husband Jack made us feel at ease and ...

Still 'just' managing! I go for more x-rays on monday.

Finally spotted the doe and two fawns that others had noted in the field. Facebook has been a boredom prevention tool this week. Computer is working much better.

Today they started to work on the barley. Its a bumper crops this year. The weather is hot, dry and dusty. Lisa took some pictures of the harvest on monday and here they are.

... night!

After sorting through some cupboards and doing 'housework', I settled into a day at the sewing machine on yet another project. I'm enjoying the time I get to really focus on my art work!

We've got several groups of friends passing through over the next couple of weeks and got a call tonight indicating Rose and Brian will be the first, arriving tomorrow afternoon.

... again!

This harvest company is one of the largest harvest excursions to make the trek from Alberta and has been doing so for approximately 40 years. As I understand it, Ben and other family members started harvesting in Montana and over the years kept adding more customers further and further south. By starting in Oklahoma the excursion can move directly from seeding their home ...

... treated to a magnificant display of fork lightning in the distance. On Saturday morning, my aunt and I went out to Lethbridge (about two hours away in southern Alberta). Our first stop was the birds of prey rescue centre, where injured birds are brought in and rehabilitated. There was a large variety of birds on display so we ended up staying for a few hours. I got to hold an owl, which was a ...

The flight was actually a whole lot of coincidences.  The first being that during my wait in Calgary I met a girl who'd been doing an exchange to Ottawa U from Norway.  So, naturally we chatted away and I got some tidbits about where to go when I'm there in June. The second hilarity was that Tom Cochrane was on the little flight to Lethbridge with me (by little I mean his possy was half the flight).  Poor guy - one of his instruments turned into ...

... on Thursday morning and hurt a lot. She was brave though and came to Edmonton with Renae, Sandra and Tamina. Sadly Zach had to work, so he couldn't come with us. In Edmonton we went to WEST EDMONTON MALL! The biggest mall in the world. Because we can go to all the shops in other mall, we decided to do things we can only do here. So first we went to the waterpark, it has a huge wave pool and sooooo many waterslides. Jenn decided to chill on a deckchair ...

... BMW, ce qui au niveau pollution n'est pas top, vu à quel point ça consomme ces bêtes là! Enfin, pour l'instant, c'est la seule pollution que j'ai pu voir, car ici, il y a un peu plus de poubelles que chez nous, du moins j'ai l'impression, et elles ne sont pas vandalisées! Du coup, aucun déchets par terre ni crotte de chien (vous voyez qeulque chose par terre vous?!), et ça, j'apprécie vraiment: la mentalité des Canadiens est, comme je l'espérais, bien meilleure que chez nous: ils ...

... broncos ceased to buck quite so violently once the "restraining" strap that had been tightened about their nether regions was released. However it's all in the game I suppose. The programme held a wealth of knowledge; it helpfully explained the rules and what each event entailed. It gave short profiles of the contestants, so we learned that Shelby (girl) has been riding steers for a few years now Dylyn 14 is in his 3rd ...