Back in a Bit!

I'm off to Manitoba again to visit my Mom in the nursing home -- regular blogging will recommence in the second week of April! Hop on back then!

[And if you're wondering where Friday's Edmonton Tarot card is, I posted it a bit early this week on Wednesday]

Ten Years Today!

Today is My Rare One's and my 10th anniversary! So I thought I'd tell you all how she came by her name. It's from the chorus of one of my favourite Scottish folk songs called The Tiree Love Song:

Ho ree ho ro, my bonnie wee girl,

Ho ree ho ro, my fair one,

Will you come away with me, love,

To be my own, my rare one?

Here's a beautiful acappella version sung by Canadian folksinger Eileen McGann:

Happy Anniversary, My Rare One! *smooch* I love you!

Edmonton Tarot: The Star (XVII)

Interpretation: Following the conflict, struggle and upheaval generated by The Devil and Tower cards, The Star represents calm after the storm. It indicates a time of cleansing and healing, rest and renewal, insight and understanding. The person who draws this card will enjoy blessings and a state of grace.

Image: This big shooting star is found on the exterior of an office building in West Edmonton. I've always liked its dramatic, bold cheeriness. It's the corporate logo of Spark, a promotional products company which brands items for companies and organizations.

[Photo by Debra She Who Seeks]

Remember that song?

Yeah, you know the one! It was a big hit for Joan Osborne in 1995 . . . .

What if God was one of us?

Just a slob like one of us?

Just a stranger on the bus

Trying to make his way home?

Bus, subway, same difference. Poor Thor. Times are tough all over, eh?

Jorel Rocks His Bar Mitzvah

In honour of Passover which starts tonight at sundown, I'm posting this marvelously funny video made by a young Canadian kid named Jorel who is celebrating his bar mitzvah next month. The video was designed as an invitation for family and friends to attend the ceremony, but it has since gone viral on YouTube!



Mazel tov, Jorel. You are one talented guy!

Edmonton Tarot: The Tower (XVI)

Interpretation: When this card appears in a reading, the person is in for a sudden and cataclysmic change. An unexpected shock, revelation or blow to the ego is indicated. Like a bolt out of blue, misperceptions are about to be shattered. Old foundations are destroyed. This life-altering change may come from an external event or from an internal epiphany.

Image: The Alberta Legislative Assembly is one of Edmonton's most beautiful historic buildings. Constructed of sandstone and granite in the Beaux-Arts style, its interior is dominated by marble, mahogany, oak and brass. Alberta became a province in 1905 but construction of the Legislative Assembly was not completed until 1913.

Given the glacial pace of political change in Alberta, this is arguably not the best representation of The Tower but it's the one I've chosen anyway, LOL!

[Photo by Debra She Who Seeks]

More Effin' Snow

Now that "Spring" is technically here, Old Man Winter is busy clearing out his 2013 snow inventory. Everything must go!

I know My Rare One is damn tired of pushing the snowblower up and down the property.

If only there were an easier way!

And HRH is sick to death of all the snow too.