People think I'm nuts, they might not be far off. I enjoy shoveling snow, maybe it's the Canadian in me, I like to watch a zamboni clean the ice between periods. Maybe it's the patterns and the neatness when it's done. Maybe it's time to meditate. My neighbor saw me shoveling my other neighbor's driveway (they were away in Winnipeg at the time). He pulled up in his big 4 wheel drive Ford F 350, no need to worry about deep snow in that thing. He asked if I was having fun, my immediate answer was, "as long as I am able to do it I will appreciate that fact." Deanie's brother in Santa Maria can no longer do it and neither can Tony.
See you soon
Loved
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๐♀️Yes, Loved, we WILL see you soon. Though many of us will be together in Regina on May 13 to honour Tony๐, your May introduction to Ed’s Edition is an ongoing celebration of life itself๐ฅ. I read your blog post aloud to David and again, to Paul who is here with us in Peachland for a few days๐. Not one of us was prepared for the impact of your closing observation๐. Wow!๐ก
๐ฉ๐ปI hardly know what to say. You have given me a new mantra as I go about each of my daily activities๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆฏ - (whether I am having fun or not๐ญ): “as long as I am able to do this, I will appreciate the fact”.๐♀️ To LIFE, then!๐ฅ
๐Hugs, Louise
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๐HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, KYLA AND CAMPBELL๐ฉ❤️๐จ!
Congratulations on this fourth anniversary of your wedding day๐ฐ๐ป๐คต๐ป♂️. Traditionally, a gift of LINEN might be given as a symbol of a relationship that is always growing in strength, beauty and durability as the lives of two people are woven together in love๐.
๐Here in Peachland, we are joining the rest of the family and your dearest friends in marking Year Four๐ with our sincere wishes for many more such annual celebrations of your marriage to one another๐ญ. Lenni and Wells are too young to know how important this day is for you as a couple and for themselves as children growing up in a loving family๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ. Still, we are confident that they often let you know that you are the center of their world๐ก. Well done!
๐ฎWeave on now. Cheers!๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Your so right Ed
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN๐๐ป♂️!
๐Hi from us in Peachland where we are celebrating three birthdays today - yours, Melissa’s and Jordon’s๐ฏ️๐ฏ️๐ฏ️. This is a super Saturday for sure๐. Hip, hip, hooray!๐
๐These greetings are making their way across the miles to you, wherever you and Louise happen to be spending your seventy-first birthday๐. It’s possible that you will always remember where you were on this day on which Great Britain has crowned its 40th reigning monarch, King Charles III.๐ We like to imagine that family and friends are also filling this special day in May 2023 with their wishes for a memorable celebration of your own๐ and with their hopes for your continuing good health and personal happiness๐ญ.
๐ฅHere’s a toast to life in honour of you today, Stephen. Cheers!๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐กHAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA๐!
We have already greeted you by snail mail๐ฎ and on Facebook๐. It seems to us that Alan is making preparations for a birthday party๐ in your honour, to take place sometime this evening๐. Enjoy!๐
๐Here in Peachland, we are also celebrating your forty-third birthday day in our own special way๐ฅ. As it turns out, we will be joining friends in their West Kelowna home for supper tonight๐ก. We will ask them to join us in a warm toast to you, our dear daughter-in-law. Here’s to your continuing good health and to your happiness, today and always๐ฎ.
๐On this 2023 Coronation Day birthday, Melissa, we hope you, too, have a celebration that is fit for a queen๐ซ ๐ป. Salute! ๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and Dave
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๐๐ป♂️HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JORDON!๐
๐ธWe were delighted to see the photo collage that your mom, Sonia, posted on Facebook earlier today to mark your twenty-fourth birthday.๐ Like her and so many others, we are looking forward to seeing you in Regina next weekend๐๐ผ.
๐Just for today, though, we hope you and Shari are taking time to enjoy all that this special Saturday in May has in store for you๐ฉ❤️๐จ. Family and friends are already wishing you lots of happiness on this occasion๐ and plenty of new adventures in the future๐ฎ. We join them in hoping this particular birthday is one of your most enjoyable ones๐.
๐Have a truly memorable day of royal proportions, Jordon. Cheers!๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELL๐๐ป!
๐Warm wishes from us in Peachland as we make last minute preparations for our flight to Regina✈️. Maybe we will get a chance to greet you in person at tomorrow’s family gathering in honour of Tony๐. We hope so.๐
Just for today, though, we join Kyla๐ฉ๐ป, Lenni๐ง and Wells๐ถ in their efforts to make your thirty-seventh birthday a very special one for you๐. How could it be otherwise when, together, you are already such a beautiful party of four๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ? Enjoy all that this fantastic Friday has in store for you๐ก including the many sincere birthday wishes from family and friends๐.
๐ฎHere’s to many healthy, happy returns of this day in your life, Campbell. Cheers!๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐♀️Today we said goodbye to Tony in a joyful celebration of his life๐๐ผ. Thank you, Carol and all your remarkable family for letting us all be a part of this day of sorrow, acceptance and peace๐. Each of us will continue on life’s journey supported by the love we felt today๐.
Hugs all around๐ค
Louise and David
๐️Just for history’s sake, I want to correct the date on the above posting. ๐ฉ๐ปI entered it at midnight on Saturday, May 13, on the very day of our celebration of Tony’s life.๐๐ผ The computer decided that it was already Sunday morning.๐
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๐HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HOLLY AND JAMIE๐ฉ❤️๐จ!
Congratulations on this milestone anniversary๐. Our Book of Days makes this a SILVER occasion in your lives๐. Silver is a malleable, highly reflective metal known for its beauty and conductivity๐ชฉ. It is well chosen to represent a marriage of twenty-five years.๐
When we spoke to you in Regina on the weekend๐ก, we were especially happy to hear that you intend to make your twenty-fifth anniversary special by travelling to Europe sometime in the year following today’s celebration✈️. What a great gift you have chosen for yourselves!๐ You already know how welcome you will be in Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ where our home will also be yours during that part of your trip๐️. We look forward to adding to the lustre of your year-long SILVER anniversary celebration๐.
๐ฎFor now, though, have a wonderful anniversary day, Holly and Jamie. Slร inte!๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐ฉ❤️๐จHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, CHRISTINE AND JAMES๐!
Our greetings are being sent to you from St. Andrews where we are spending our first full day back in Scotland๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. It’s great for us to have a celebration to share with you across the miles that separate us today.✈️
We join Presley๐ฑ๐ผ♀️ and Corson๐ฆ๐ป in congratulating you on your twenty-second wedding anniversary๐. We hope it is a day of reflection and rejoicing๐ก. We loved seeing you in Regina last weekend when we all got together to celebrate Tony’s life๐. Thanks for welcoming us with such obvious pleasure, generosity and affection๐ฅฐ. We felt your love again last night when we opened your Christmas card๐, found in the stack of mail that collected during our long absence๐ฎ. Thank you.๐
Have an awesome anniversary day, Christine and James๐. Slainte!๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PATRICK๐จ!
๐กThanks to our neighbour and good friend, we are able to post a quick greeting to you from Scotland๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. Before this day is through, we will also raise a toast to you on your fifty-sixth birthday๐ฅ.
We join Lindsey๐ฉ๐ป and Carter๐ฑ๐ป♂️ in their efforts to make this birthday a Saturday Special for you. We were so happy to see them in Regina at last weekend’s celebration of Tony’s life๐. We finally got to meet Carter who seemed quite at ease in that huge family gathering๐. We are confident that your birthday celebration will be a family one; enjoy all that the day has in store for you๐.
Cheers! Here’s to many happy returns of this day in your life, Patrick.๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DIANE๐♀️!
๐We send warm birthday wishes and sincere congratulations to you on this overcast Sunday in May. You’re looking great at sixty-eight!๐
We were so happy to see you and Michael๐ฉ❤️๐จ, Lindsey๐๐ป♀️ and Carter๐จ, and Luke and Shannon ๐ฉ❤️๐จ at last week’s celebration in Regina.๐ซ From across the miles, we join all of them again in wanting you to have the kind of day that makes you feel as special as you are in the lives of your family and friends๐ก. Enjoy being the center of attention as we all celebrate YOU today๐ก.
๐ฅHere’s to another year of the good life, Diane, and to many more still to come. Cheers!๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐Just for today… LOSS (2018, acrylic on canvas)๐จ
๐ฅ “We all mourn losses in our lives. They happen. …it is the familiar feeling when the ice flow we are standing on cracks and we must watch our former life float away. … all we can do is be aware of the loss, to honour it, to respect it but most importantly to recognise it…
… In all cases, we will survive it. We will still be standing on the ice, but the challenge will be getting used to the new view, and trying not to wish for the old life to float back.
(A visual celebration of life moments, June 2018 by Tricia Antonini, born forty-nine years ago today)
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๐ฉ๐ฆฐHAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHANNON!๐
Today’s greeting is being sent to you from Scotland.๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ It is just over a week since we saw you in Regina at the family gathering in memory of Tony๐. Our brief reunion with you was long overdue; we’d sure love to see you more often than we do.๐
That being said, we are glad to join you and Luke๐ฉ❤️๐จ across the miles in celebrating your forty-third birthday day today๐. You will probably have to wait until the end of your work day ๐๐ป♀️ to really enjoy some of the traditional treats that are associated with a birthday party๐. No matter what, enjoy all that this day has to offer you๐.
๐กHere in St. Andrews, our celebration will center around a toast to your continuing good health and happiness, Shannon๐ฎ. Salute!๐ฅ
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐♀️HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANN-MARIE๐ฑ!
It is a bright day here on the east coast of Scotland๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. The flowers in our garden๐ชปand Mother Nature herself๐ are putting us in the mood for a celebration of new life๐ฑ and of your birth, fifty-four years ago today⏳.
We join Michael and your sons๐, others in the family๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ and your closest friends๐ in wishing you a wonderful Wednesday of happy greetings๐, good wishes ๐๐ผ and sincere acknowledgements of your importance in the lives of the people who love you๐ซถ. Have the kind of day that makes you want more of the good life๐.
๐ฅHere’s to 54… and a whole lot more! Cheers๐ฅ๐ฅ.
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Ann-Marie says:
"Oh that’s so nice! Please tell them thank you - I loved it"
Mary Ellen says
Hugs,
ME
Great reply! ๐ Thanks for relaying our greetings to Ann-Marie, Mary Ellen๐. It goes without saying that we enjoyed the congratulatory toast we raised at the end of Ann’s special day.๐ฅ
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๐HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CURTIS๐ง๐ป๐ฆฑ!
Yours is a birthday we easily remember because you share it with our grandson๐บ๐ป. Luckily, every year on May 27th, we get to raise a double toast to two very special people in our lives๐ฅ๐ฅ. Congratulations on your fifty-sixth birthday, Curtis๐.
๐ต๐ดWe are eager to add our greetings to those of your beautiful family๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฆ, good friends๐ and associates๐๐ป♂️. We imagine that your Saturday celebration could turn into a weekend of party time for you๐ and fun for all those who are closest to you๐. We hope so. We also wish the artist in you๐จ๐ป๐จ another year of inspiration, creativity and success in your unique style of work.๐จ
We’ll drink to that๐ฅ. May you continue to put heart and soul into your works of art and into the art of living๐. Salute!
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
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๐๐ป♂️HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BJORN๐!
๐ฎBy now you will already have received a birthday card in the mail from us. ๐️We just want to back up those happy birthday wishes with a greeting here on the family blog site๐ง๐ป๐ป. Hip, hip, hooray; you’re seventeen today!๐
๐S urely you are
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๐ฎN ew things and
๐T imely opportunities
๐ง๐ผ♂️E nter your life and
๐๐ป♂️Expand your horizons
๐N ow that you’re 17.
๐Huge hugs and lots of love,
Grandma and Gramps
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๐ฉ๐ปHAPPY BIRTHDAY, GHIE๐!
We are not sure whether you will receive today’s blog greeting from us.๐ต๐ด Still, we are posting more warm wishes to add to the snail-mail birthday card we sent๐ฎ the day before we left Canada for our annual stay in Scotland๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ.
We are thinking of you and Paul as you spend this very special occasion together๐ฉ❤️๐จ. We were pleased to hear from Paul that he was able to arrange his driving schedule so that he would be home in Red Deer on your fifty-first birthday๐. We hope you have the kind of celebration that creates happy moments๐ and lasting memories๐. Enjoy all that this day has in store for you, Ghie๐.
As for us,๐ฅ we are raising a toast to your good health and continuing happiness in the year ahead of you๐️. Salute.๐ท๐ท
๐Lots of love,
Louise and David
aka Mom and Dad๐
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