THROWBACK FRIDAY REPOST FROM 2014....

as the sun goes down on your special day and all the little tattooed faces get washed off , flags tucked away for next year and back yards are cleaned up from epic family gatherings, i sit here and think how lucky we are oh canada the great, to live within your borders and i just wanted to say thanks for a few things... like making me feel safe at night,

being able to speak whatever language i desire and say what ever comes to mind without judgment,

for having some of the cleanest water in the world (out of my tap!),

being loved across the globe because we flash your name around,

for your gorgeous beaches, lakes and mountains, with skylines that we (mostly) take for granted,

being able to afford a doctors visit

and drinking beer at 19,

i will even say thanks for your CRAZY amount (almost, all year long) of rain because without it we wouldn't value our summers so much!

oh canada, i'm proud to take your name... thank you!

happy birthday.

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Sunday, May 21, 2023.
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This hot sun is just what I needed!
Partly to get the mold out of the outdoor cushions that I waited to do since January, and partly because it fills my soul 🤣

Cheers to more sunny days🍻

Hi.
Just letting you know I’m still urban exploring.
😉
Any questions about it, feel free and ask!

This row of trees have been calling me for years to take its picture and finally I obliged.

Anyone who lives in my area do you know where this is?

Anywho, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can drive by this now, and not feel

Hands up, if a new sport your kid is in is making you shift your life.

Example-volleyball club takes up all holiday weekends, yikes!
Well, life is not static, we're adjusting and trying to work with it.
Is she loving it, yup.

Happy Easter y'all!

it's true, i love canada day...i always have! sporting our flags colours... red & white or white ooor just red, whatever is clean and ready to go, it's a must!

i was so looking forward to today...

but this morning i was having a mommy meltdown as i was busy lashing my tongue at my family "you all have disrespected this house and me". and yes that was on the top of my "holy shit, mommy's mad list".

i was gone for six hours yesterday photographing a morgan creek golf tournament, two hours of which the three of them were home for and the absolute shit show i walked into was NOT OK. AT ALL. i mean really, how was this possible in two hours. it was a CLEAN house when i left. they all were responsible and they all would pay...even if that meant NO CANADA DAY celebration till we are all cleaned up (inside i'm weeping), but my foot was staying down on this one.

this morning consisted of me kindly telling my husband that i would eat granola in his new 2015 car (without milk of course) and clean it...you know "later", which means NEVER. i also told my girls that i would host book club in their freshly cleaned bedrooms and they would have to clean it up them selfs.

weird, they didn't like that idea!

the next hour, they all cleaned up. blame, anger and tears happened...i didn't give a shit. all i cared about was restoration of my work & rest place...and getting to the CANADA DAY fun of course.

we made it to the surrey celebration (first time going there) and it was amazing. the girls were mad that we didn't go to the steveston day celebration but to be honest the last few years it's been way to commercialized for me liking. this year we would stay local. surrey it is.

they all agreed, it was worth it (all of it...cleaning included!)!

side note: amara was on ctv and che puked when she got home from the rides!

happy 148th canada!

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