Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Saturday July 18, 2026 Storm

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Saturday July 18, 2026

Some nice ladies cleaned up the area in front of my car, re-filled some dirt and planted a nice rose.... I will lokk after it as best I can....

I helped a resident named Felix with copying and printing documents around noon.

I started reading early today, eating only sunflower seeds to try to control my appetite.

At 3pm I watched the exciting World Cup 3rd Place (Bronze Medal) game which fell to England, beating France in a thriller 6-4.... There have only ever been 5 higher scoring games in its history.

I enjoyed a nice steak supper with Dawn as we went over a lot of things before she deparfts to Calgary for a few weeks for medical appointments.

Tonight, we apparently had a tornado watch posted, but I was not worried, because the winds were nowhere near July 30-31, 1987 when we suffered the Black Friday Tornado here. That is a time permanently etched in my memory....

But we did get a nice thunderstorm and welcome rain to cool down the hot week in the 30's C....

I tried the "Fireworks" setting on the P1100 to take 4-second shots as the storm intensified. My arms got sore as I clicked and clicked and clicked.

I was not overly shocked to see that I took 574 shots = 2296 seconds of shooting over about an hour.

And I was a bit disappointed that I got so few good shots... We will keep trying...

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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The rose in front of the Regal

2nd best shot

Best shot of the evening

Friday, July 17, 2026

Friday July 17, 2026 CFL

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Friday July 17, 2026

So I took the Gio to the Edmonton Elks (Eskimos) vs BC Lions CFL game for 7pm. It was a lovely evening with a nice breeze. I was kicking myself for forgetting my radio...

This game was a "Doggie Day" and there were all sorts of canines in the crowd, ....all extremely well-behaved.

The half-time show was a Dachshund Dash, with 3 heats and then a final heat. Gotta love these dashing doggies who surprised us with their speed. Everybody loved it!!

The game itself was fairly close. I had tried to get my cousin Jimmy from Langley to bet on his Lions, but he left it too late, and his Lions were losing, and giving the ball away 5 times..., so he declined....

Edmonton ended up squeaking it out 19-17 in the end. I had left Commonwealth Stadium with 2 minutes left and Edmonton had possession...., so I gambled that it would end that way and caught a pretty sunset shining off the downtown skyscrapers.

It has been a long, busy day. Only one hour of reading and I will be crashing for sure....

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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