Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Wednesday March 25, 2026 Bernie

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Wednesday March 25, 2026

I just wrote a nice long Blog, and went back to check my last Monday Blog and lost everything.... Thanks a lot Blogger... Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Monday night, niece Dawn made an apple crisp following Mom's recipe. What a treat to relive our youth through great desserts!!

That night I cooked up Marilyn's huge tomahawk steak! Wish that I could afford those more often too!!!!....

So, Tuesday morning I went to Save-On to get rolled oats and corn syrup so Dawn can try baking Mom's oatmeal squares,.. HINT HINT!!

I got my Canon printer working and have now put Tommy on my Dog Wall and moved Princesa to the Rainbow Bridge wall. I miss the dogs...

I installed the video doorbell and it seems to work well, but most people knock or use the old doorbell which I am loathe to remove just yet.

I spent most of Tuesday working on about 70 photos from a CD I found of our Sept 2007 cruise up the East coast. From New York we went to Boston, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Quebec City, Sydney and Cornerbrook. With the fall maple colours it was a memorable trip.

I shared my salad that evening with Dawn who first sampled my cabbage salads in Ecuador.... and likes them too.

Today, I had promised to drive Bernie to St Albert to visit his ex-Mother-in Law, Germaine Lefebvre, age 97, and her son Richard, age 75, who had a stroke and who lives with her. They are awesome people and she made a meal of homemade beans and potatoes and homemade bread. Delicious!!!

Then we got talking about people they may know in the area. Well Germaine is related to Joe Desaulniers who married ?? Proulx, Uncle Eloi's mother, .. and, of course, she knew the Longpre's as well, etc, etc... So many nice people in our tiny world!!

Tonight, Dawn brought down a rotini pasta dish that was absolutely awesome!! I have already contracted to share my cabbage salad with her tomorrow again. It is fortunate that I have friends who love to cook!!

It may be officially spring, but winter keeps hanging on, with snow sprinkled throughout the week...

Just got word from Cristina that she found a sale, so she updated our master bathroom very nicely... And she has another baby pigeon to administer neck massages because it seems injured.... Another day at our zoo, lol..

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

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Magpie close to the Regal

Checking for food

Tommy is on the Dog Wall

New video Doorbell

Wish that I could afford steak more often...

Apple cricp, just like Mom used to make!!

Richard, Germaine and Bernie enjoying a reunion

Old Man Winter can please go to sleep already!!

Monday, March 23, 2026

Monday March 23, 2026 Bernie

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Monday March 23, 2026

Saturday morning, I got a call from Bob's son, Dylan, confirming that it would be OK for me to purchase Bob's scooter for what he owes at the bank (to be advised). He is also holding the air-conditioner that I loaned to Bob so I can re-gift it to Dawn, because her suite faces South...

Bernie has indicated that he would be interested in buying either my scooter or Bob's...., and Pam the housecleaner is also interested.... I am not trying to make any profit on it, just to help dispose of it.

I had a small list of things that I had wanted for a while and I located them on Amazon, ordered them, and they arrived Sunday, including a video doorbell!

I had Bernie bring me the pictures he wanted sharpened and enlarged for his wall and I worked on them most of the day. He especially wanted a 16" x 20" of the pic of an icebreaker he worked on in the Beaufort Sea. Then an old photo of his parents, and one of him and his daughter.

Dawn also handed me the promised tomahawk steak from Marilyn for working on her photos last Monday. Dawn says she is "over the moon" about my work.

Don came down with sausages, potatoes and boiled cabbage for supper while I made an accompanying salad. We watched the Oilers blow another game to a much better-coached team... I just read a quote from our star, Connor McDavid, conceding that the other team was better-coached, so some sparks may fly...

Sunday, I took Bernie to London Drugs to grab a 16" x 20" metal frame, then to Staples to get the 3 photos printed... 8" x 10" for the family photos. He was also "over the moon" about my work!

He also handed me a fourth pic, one of his ex-wife and daughter, that he wanted enlarged. My Canon printer was doing a crappy job doing color prints until I changed both cartridges with those that I had just got from Amazon. I adjusted and printed this last pic myself, framed all the pics, and took them to his suite. He was almost crying over them... I did all this because Bernie is a good guy and he helped me remove my car battery from the Regal without charge before I left for Colombia, then to re-install it on my return. Bernie parks his scooters next to mine and he is a good mechanic, always handy to have around.

Something tells me that Bernie and I will become fast friends...

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

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Bernie was quite excited about his time on the icebeaker in the Beaufort Sea.

Bernie and his daughter

Bernie's prents

The ex and his daughter