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Had my annual Covid booster yesterday and I seem to have woken up with all my limbs intact, no new super powers, nothing magnetic and only slight soreness at the site. I can sure live with that. I was lucky enough to get a flu shot weeks ago.

I saw an old beater car today being held together mostly by Alberta separatist stickers. I don’t think some of those people are going to give up that identity easily.

I can’t wait to read an analysis of First Nations participation in yesterday’s referendum in Alberta. So many voters that ballots ran out more than once in several locations. First Nations have played real leadership roles in pushing back against the UCP. Such a fascinating development!

Sad to see most of “the nine” leaning towards yes but grateful that separatists did not carry the day in Alberta. Let’s stop pretending they show who Albertans are!

Weird that the immigration questions are leaning yes and constitutional ones leaning no. 🤔

I guess I just have to doze to the sound of CBC in case they ever start counting these ballots. Alarm rings at 6.

So happy to hear that turnout has been high on Alberta First Nations! Siksika’s poll will be the last to close because they had to wait for extra ballots. First Nations have been pivotal to this debate already.

What a stressful day to be a Canadian in Alberta! Get out and vote to send a strong message to Smith and the US!

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There’s a married gay Alberta man on CBC suggesting AB would be better off alone. Is he actually living in this province and watching what the UCP has done????! They are hardly protectors of rights!

It’s hard to imagine what might have taken place at CFB Wainwright that it’s being described so vaguely as “delicate.”

On the news, it looks like, generously, a couple of hundred separatists showed up at AB legislature to protest. A year ago I joined tens of thousands of Alberta teachers in a protest there and could not get the premier’s attention. These clowns get to hold a nation hostage! 😡

I just confirmed my ballots have been received and cast in Alberta’s costly, divisive, and unnecessary referendum. I usually vote early then volunteer for GOTV and scrutineering on voting day, but mail in is sure a nice way to avoid the line ups.

How embarrassing to see the utterly charmless PP appear on CNN! Canada is not sending our best!

It’s near freezing overnight in YYC. Time to bring the tomatoes in.

Labour Day hits differently after having been on strike. Shout out to the ATA and all unions fighting for better conditions for working people around the world.

My new Alberta driver’s licence arrived by mail today. Now I know which department is responsible for making it so difficult for immigrants and women to renew. Red tape reduction indeed! 🤦‍♀️

Watching those workers behind Doug Ford try not to snicker is priceless!

This has been the most fascinating day on CBC NN for a long time. Canada truly has some thoughtful and eloquent leaders.

The dog was looking restless so I offered myself to our mosquito overlords. Nice evening for a walk otherwise.

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The campground I’m spending the week at has four peafowl and the cries those things make at sunrise and sunset are something else! Sometimes it sounds like a child calling for help. Other times it’s a wounded cat. The calls never sound native to the forests of BC, Canada!

And then there were five!

Three beauties. We’ve been having heavy downpours most days so their survival is not guaranteed.

My first poppies are finally starting to open. Hopefully we can avoid a torrential downpour for long enough to let them open fully!

Can we get the rain back, Alberta? As bad as it was, it beats the smoke. Asthma makes fire season really unpleasant!

Why is the scaffolding so high? Are they going to drape this thing and deprive us of the visuals?

I was at a party with extended family yesterday and talk turned to AB separatism. Everyone had a reason for leaving AB if things go the wrong way - the young, the educated, the LGBTQ. Even acknowledging the probable losses on our homes, everyone planned to walk away. I doubt we’re alone in that.

How can one vote yes/no on a two part question with an “or”. For me, the two questions would require opposite answers. 🤔

I’m starting to regret turning the furnace off ten days ago, but too stubborn to turn it back on. It’s May, dammit!

It’s snowing on my garden. All the flowers are inside. Gotta love May in Alberta!

Spoke to a twelfth grader in Calgary today who’s excited to enter university and study to be a teacher - in British Columbia. AB is going to have a tough time recruiting teachers with the UCP’s disdain for them laid bare.

8 year old neighbour saw me working compost into the raised bed and insisted on coming to help. We laid out square foot grid and before I knew what was happening her enthusiasm had resulted in planting all the seeds. Before May long! I drew the line at my seedlings but my bad if YYC winter returns.

My students drowned most of the seedlings we were growing over the weekend. Now it looks like plants thrive best when grown in paper towel or in a dark cupboard. Cutting edge research here! 🤣

Enough with the damned snow in Alberta. 🤦‍♀️

We‘re sure hearing a lot of details about something that happened an hour ago.

It’s looking like a Liberal sweep!

It’s funny to see PP trying to pretend that his leadership review actually meant he has widespread support within the party and the country.

Home Depot in Calgary have hanging baskets and bedding out plants. There’s literally snow still on the ground and more in the forecast. I saw one woman filling her cart! ! The sunshine is deceptive. It’s too soon!

I see we’re back to the Epstein files. 🤔

I think Canadian Tire have gotten a bit ahead of themselves. This is in Calgary, where it’s 4 degrees Celsius and the snow is expected to start within the hour. These plants won’t be able to stay outdoors for at least another six weeks!

Tending my seeds and making a grocery list just in case there’s a tomorrow. 🤦‍♀️

It takes a certain kind of faith to start a seed tray on your way out to shovel snow. 🤦‍♀️

Enough with the snow in Calgary! I’m dreaming of garden centers and hanging baskets but we need to put away the snow shovels and winter tires first. 🤦‍♀️

Don’t you just hate it when stores put a limit on sale items? I stayed well below the limit of 50 pounds of butter! 🤣

Was that guy raised by wolves? What kind of human says they’re glad someone’s dead. Out loud, I mean. In public. Good grief. 🤦‍♀️

Dreading the resumption of water restrictions in YYC tomorrow. I always try to be mindful it’s stressful having to think so much about it.

How early must one sleep to feel okay leaping out of bed at 6am the day after a time change? I’m trying to convince myself that bedtime is in sight, but I’m not feeling it.

Why is Trump wearing a hat for a dignified transfer? My veteran grandpa wouldn’t have worn one in a legion.