Okay, let’s get the negative out of the way first. New Years is a silly idea! Don’t get me wrong, I like celebrations as much as the next person. But New Years, in particular, is way too random. There’s no real reason why January 1st is the beginning of our calendar. It’s not based on […]
If you follow my blog at all, you’ll know that one of my favorite places in the city is the city’s conservatory at the old Mendel Art Gallery. I was mildly disappointed when I went a few weeks ago because I though the poinsettias would be out, but alas, I had to wait a little longer for […]
This past year, I’ve been hearing a lot about a couple patches of land just south of the city along Cedar Villa Estates Road. One of these parcels of land is a small park called Chappell Marsh Conservation Area. I know it seems weird to visit a marsh in winter, but I was tired of […]
It’s the first week of December and only now does it finally feel like a prairie winter. Sure, we had a bit of a snowfall back in October but we’ve been super lucky with the weather this year. When I was a kid, Halloween was when the snow and cold came and stayed. Now, things […]
With my spring camping trip this year being a bust, I still had the urge to head out into the wild. I was really keen on seeing Crooked Bush this year too so, when I looked at the map, I saw a little regional park near by that sounded perfect: Redberry Lake Regional Park. What […]
Several years ago, I read an American article about strange places in Canada and one of the places listed was actually in Saskatchewan. It’s called Crooked Bush; a small patch of trees in the middle of nowhere where the trees all grow…well, they grow crooked. It’s definitely a place that has to be seen to believed as […]
Last summer, I took a walk around downtown to look at some of the spooky gargoyles and other neat sculptures guarding many buildings because they’re just so amazing. Of course, I also love gardens and plants. So, of course, one of my favorite stores in town is one that sells both gargoyles and plants: Garden […]
Labour Day weekend is the time for one of Saskatoon’s newer festivals: a fireworks festival. It’s only been going on for a few years – their website is a little vague on the actual year it began – but, it’s proving to be one of the better festivals in town and a great way to […]
This past week, I drove out to Pike Lake a few times to visit my folks who were spending the week out there. Of course, I took my kayak with me. The weather was pretty weird all week. By day, it was usually cold, rainy, and windy but, by the evening, things would clear up. […]
In the beginning of the month, my family and I headed to Manitou Beach which is a small resort town on the edge of Little Manitou Lake. Sure, there are a lot of little resort towns next to lakes so, what’s so special about this one? Salt! The salt content of Little Manitou Lake […]