What If?

 I'm not sure how far the Alberta petition calling for a vote to leave Canada has gone, but it makes me wonder.

If Minnesotans were given a chance to vote to become Canada's 11th province, given that they are currently under attack by their federal government, how would the vote totals compare with Alberta's?

Minnesota has twin cities.  Maybe they could become a twin province by marrying up with Manitoba.

Won't ever happen, but.........

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Along those lines, Gary forwarded a speech of Mark Carney's to me and it is really powerful and meaningful.

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-davos-speech-9.7052725

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No feature birds here today so I'm forwarding a picture that my three daughters and two granddaughters sent to me (now that's a really scary group - but I love them all).

A majestic presence.

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Tomorrow we may break out the golf clubs again.  We certainly have anough golf balls at this point.  It will be either the 9 hole walking course or another try at Crane's Bend.

Stay well.

Hawks and Other Birds

 Yesterday was a stay at home day - cold, windy and driving rain.

Today it's cool but sunny, so we took a walk on the nine hole course, hawking balls.   Found 17, gave three away (two to a cute little guy golfing with his dad).

Saw our feature bird of the day.

Worn out after that workout we needed a drink.  

Tomorrow we plan to golf the nine hole Legends Walk.  That should be the last cool day.  From then on it should be in the mid 20's C.  

Sorry folks.  Y'all are still welcome here.

Stay well.

Staying Busy

 We started the day at the Sunshine Flea Market.

This is about a tenth of the market.

Didn't find what I was looking for, but Mardi bought a package of socks.  Oh well, it got us out of the house.

Next up, a visit to Beall's, where I found a pair of jeans for $10 U.S. and Mardi bought a pair of shorts for $12 U.S.

On the way home we stopped at Webb's Candy Store for goat milk ice cream.  Yummm!  Better than Hewitt's in Hagersville!

And we had to get a couple of these as well.

I'm really sorry that there won't be any left by the time we get home.  My apologies folks.

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For dinner we headed to Sakura Asian Fusion, one of our favourites.  And our favourite waitress, Joy, was on duty.

Every table has an Orchid plant.

 

My sweet and sour chicken was great.

But, the chef loaded Mardi's szechuan chicken with little bits of red dynamite and she had some issues.

That's all folks.

Stay well.

Service and Shopping

 This morning one of our TVs decided to shut down some channels - antenna issue the screen said.  So we called the service folks.

The guy on the left showed up first.  Couldn't fix it.

So, his supervisor, the guy in the middle, also came.  He identified the problem but couldn't fix it.

So the guy on the right showed up with a replacement part and we were back in business.

Pretty good service!

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We headed out for a Costco shopping trip (got your order filled Matt).  And we found our feature bird of the day.

Time in the hot tub after our return.  Too cool for a swim.

But, we're not complaining.  Maureen sent us this picture.

And Jo-Ann took this picture from inside our unit.

We're not homesick yet!  We'll see what tomorrow brings.

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Stay well.

Chilly Eh?

Today was cold and dreary, not a good day to see alligators, but we have to do something to fill  in time, so we headed for the Circle B Bar Reserve anyway.

The Circle B Bar was originally a cattle ranch, but it was taken over by Southwest Florida Water Management to control the headwaters of the Peace River.  Unfortunately, today it was closed to the general public because 2,000 grade 2 kids were visiting.   Sounds scary!

So, we headed to the nearby Marshall Hampton Reserve instead.

We followed what was essentially a bridle path (and saw physical evidence that horses had been by 😒).

The lake is to the left of the above picture and you don't get very close to the water on this 3 mile trek.  But we did get close a couple of times and saw our bird of the day - Anhinga.

  
Not sure what this structure is all about.  Looks like a duck blind but I'd be surprised if they allowed hunting on a municipal preserve.

Not an exciting adventure but it did get us out of the house for a while.  Don't have to do it again.

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Tonight we headed back to Breezes for dinner.  It was Karaoke night.

Tonight the temperature will be down to freezing, but I don't expect sympathy from the folks back home who are dealing with a lot of snow apparently.

Stay well.

A Quiet Day

 Today was cool, breezy and overcast, so we limited our activity to a walk on the Cranes Bend course.  Not golfing - fishing.

And we had a decent catch.

Six for Mardi, four for me (it was her scoop after all - I was just the scout.  To be fair, she later found one more in her pocket and gave it to me.

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Today's feature bird is the White Ibis.

Usually found in active groups.  She was alone - practicing nesting?

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Tonight, we headed to Breezes Bar for the entertainment.

Brother Roger will remember Tommy Treadway.

He plays the odd song, but his schtick is to introduce himself to everyone in the audience and then remember your name for the rest of the night as he engages each table with conversation.  I just wish that he would play more music.

Tomorrow we're heading to alligator country.

Stay well.

Another Day

Today we wasted an hour playing Bingo.   Then, after lunch we played the nine hole Cranes Bend course. That was a bit of a waste too - scores are sensitive information.

But it was nice to get out in the fresh air.  And I was able to follow about half of my shots.  Hopefully, the April laser eye treatment will further improve that issue.

Our bird of the day is the Stork, one of several in the area.  The Anhinga at the bottom of the picture is a bonus.

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The golf did us in today.  Dinner at home and early to bed.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Stay well.