Today is "National Make a Dog's Day!

 

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“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” - Karen Devison.

We're not in a position to do that at the moment, but we have done it in the past.........

Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Parliament Hill, Ottawa.  

As you can see it is under construction/renovation.  You can read more about the renovations here.  What I did think was neat was the huge covers all around the building that had the print of the building on it.  Hubby said old Donald has the same around the White House?  Maybe the US readers can confirm that?

This is the Centennial Flame.  Again you can read more about it here.

Even if I enlarged the next two photos, you will not be able to see the info.  Also for some reason I cannot delete photos from a blog post.  If anyone can give me pointers on doing that, I would be very grateful!

Loved the gargoyles (?) hanging off the clock tower.  Also the detail work in the clock tower is amazing.

Queen Victoria.

Lester B. Pearson.  There were many more statues of Prime Ministers around the property, but many you could not see because of the construction.

Another one of the buildings, again lovely details.

This one is my favourite photo, of all the metal work against the sky.

It was a perfect Fall day.

Niggles/twinges

 

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I haven't been feeling too great for the past couple of months.  However, it's nothing exciting, just little niggles and twinges, that when you add them all together makes you feel blah............

I am not complaining, just thought the word niggles is an odd word I use, so looked it up...........

Do you use the words niggles and twinges for those little aches and pains, that occur on a daily basis, but are not worth mentioning?  Or do you have your own special word for them?

It's Monday..........

 

Fingers, toes and everything crossed it will be an awesome week for all of us in blog land!

Halloween Cross Stitch - Part 3

I didn't get as well this week again, just busy with daily life, but progress was made, so that's good.  It's mainly just the border to finish off.

This coming week it's all about Bats and Cats..........

It's that time of year...........

 It's apple time of year.  Here is a list of the varieties of apples commonly found in Canada.

I am a Gala fan, followed by Honeycrisp and Ambrosia.

We had an apple crisp dessert that our daughter-in-laws, mother made and it was lovely.  I used to make those all the time, before I was diagnosed with diabetes.  Apple pies are also a favourite of mine, always used Granny Smith's for those but I don't see them listed here?  Guess they are a British variety.

What's your favourite variety of apple?

Backstreet Boys..............

Do you remember the Backstreet Boys?

Here's a song to jog your memory, this is one of my favourites of theirs:

Well this past week my life has been consumed by the Backstreet Boys.  They are coming to Toronto next year and our daughter is a HUGE fan of theirs.  Has seen them in concert twice already as a teen, now in her **th year she will be seeing them twice again.  However, why I am should be consumed by this who knows, but I got dragged into the mix because Rogers was giving out codes for the pre sales for all it's customers, and I am a customer.

Daughter is too, but she wanted two codes just in case she couldn't get through.  Of course the site crashed when the codes were issued, after a stressful (for me!) 24 hours, I finally got a code.  Daughter had to change a meeting at work; no one could disturb her at 10am last Monday, as that was when the tickets went on sale.  She was 400th in line but she managed to get tickets.  500 level, which is up in the rafters but she is all happy about the situation.  

Son had to sit by his computer to get daughter-in-law tickets and he picked 4 up as well.  

And then, extra dates were added and added and added?  At this point they will be carting the Backstreet Boys off the stage on stretchers straight into a nursing home....LOL

For some strange reason though, conversations with my daughter, mother, brother and even my daughter-in-law have focused on these bloody concerts all week.  We even spent a good half hour last Sunday, me, daughter-in-law, her sister and her mother talking about the Backstreet Boys, and various boy bands.............

So this is it, no more Backstreet Boy conversations.............😜

Oh and just in case that prior video didn't excite you, here is another one I like!!

You're welcome!