road trip....

Today, hubby and I went on a small road trip. We decided to go and check out the Millerville Christmas Market... considering we live only a good half hour from the place, it was our first time out there. I have heard lots about it over the years, including their summer farmer's market but as I said we had never gone before now.

There were so many people there, it was unbelievable! But it was nice. We didn't buy anything other than some food stuff from a Hungarian lady from Lethbridge - she makes good pogacsa! We were nibbling on the bag we bought so we had to go back to buy some more to bring home!

There were many lovely crafts and artian stalls there, but it was a bit on the cooler side as we went fairly late. We have a lovely snow storm warning for our fair city tonight, and you could definitely tell in the wind that winter is on its way!

Here are a few pictures of our little excursion...Please excuse the quality of the photos as we left the camera a home, and only had our phones...

some of our adventures in pictures...

I thought I would post a few of my favourite snaps from our adventures in July... this isn't everything we did, but most of it.

I'll let the pictures do most of the talking...

Spruce Meadows show jumping

Takakkaw Falls

Natural Bridge

Emerald Lake with the Lodge in the background

Mountain goats - supper cute

Fairmont hot springs - didn't take the camera into the pool...

Mountain sheep - not as cute as the goats

View of the Stampede from the Giant Ferris wheel

View from the summit of Roger's Pass

Last Spike @ Craigellachie, that connected the country's two coasts by rail

Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver going into Stanley Park

Gastown in the rain... downtown Vancouver

one of my favourite apartment buildings in Vancouver

@ Canada Place, Vancouver

dipping our feet into the Pacific Ocean @ English Bay Vancouver

Prospect Point @ StanleyPark, Vancouver with a view of the Lion's Gate bridge

liz - 0 longweekend - 1

Well I haven't touched a needle since last Thursday... It was the Victoria Day long weekend here in Canada, celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday, and as it was the first long weekend of the summer season, we naturally went out of town... (phew... that was a long sentence wasn't it!)

Hubby and I went with the girls out to Fairmont hotsprings - our favourite place to go

We had good weather for the most part, it wasn't the hottest, but no complaints from us... as we still managed to get a little sunburn... at least I did on my shoulders...

We played in the pool...

Took a walk down to the waterfall...

played some mini golf...

and of course back to the pool - several times a day actually, and enjoyed the view...

After it was all said in done, we had a great time, and headed home Monday, and I can definitely say we were pooped from all the stuff we did, especially all the swimming!

I did however stitch a bit last week, and I kept working on Madonna Dolorosa, and here is my progress on that as of last Thursday...

I'm not quite bored with all the big blocks of colour yet so I think I'll keep going on this one again this week ~ or at least what is left of the week.

an escape from the city... picture heavy

After my last post on Wednesday, my dear hubby called and said he doesn't need to work till next week so let's see if we can still get a room at the hot springs and head out for a few days... so I called booked a room, and off we went!

We had a great couple of days and here are some pictures from our little mini get away...

Canada Day in the city...

We decided to do something different for Canada Day. Normally we either just relax at home, have people over or (eek) go out of town! This year the three of us got ready and headed downtown for an afternoon at Prince's Island...

We braved the crowds, and it was quite enjoyable, we walked around and checked out the all the different stalls and wares for sale, including the best sausage "hot dog" ever. It was absolutely huge and very tastey.

We were only slightly disappointed, as I remember from years ago (when Laci and I still used to dance in the Hungarian folk dance group), that the festivities at Prince's Island had a more international flavour to them. There were none of the city's various folk dance groups performing on the big stage - or really at all for that matter. Hardly any of the nationalities were represented in the available booths, they all just seemed to be missing. Though we did have a good time, and the afternoon was enjoyable, it was just sad to see how things have changed - not necessarily for the worse, but different than what we (I) were expecting. Its definitely been a long time since we were there for Canada Day last!

There were so many Canada geese as well as ducks of all sorts and ducklings, but the best part was watching when the geese dunked their heads under the water. They looked so cute with their tails inthe air, and their feet flailing away to keep themselves under...

After walking around the island for a bit, we grew tired of the crowds and decided to just drive around a bit a do some sight seeing on our own... we ended up in Crescent Heights and tooks some lovely pictures of downtown.

On our way home, we made a pit stop iand in the parking lot was this beauty! We parked right beside him, and the owner was kind enough to let us check out his car (okay we tried not to drool all over it)