Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tuesday August 18, 2026 New Printer

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Tuesday August 18, 2026

Monday, I came across the obituary for my cousin, classmate, and friend Reina Marie Deschambault Hammer. RIP dear Reina.

Moments later, I was digging through some of my personal papers and came across our Grade One Enrollment at St Oliver's School, where we are both listed..... More Twilight Zone stuff happening, so I shared it with the classmates that I still have contact with.

I honestly don't remember some of them on this list.... We were still a railroad town back then.

Today, I reviewed a promotional email from Staples that I had held onto for a couple of days, mulling whether to make the jump or not... My present Canon Pixma TS3420was giving me grief, despite new pirated cartridges and I was not going to fork out $80 to see if only Canon cartridges would make it work.....

The promo, was for a pricey $240 very fancy Canon Pixma TR7620a with duplex functions, etc.... I could probably even print on Legal paper.....

The deal was $99, plus I got 2 free reams of Staples plain paper worth another $17... And the all-inclusive Allstate warranty was only $20 for 2 years, so I went and bought it.

I deleted everything from the old Canon printer before installing the new one's software, etc. It took a lot of trial and error, and poco swearing, but I got it to copy, scan and print, in colour, so I am a happy camper for now.... I use a colour printer rarely because I have a Brother black+white laser for easy copies and scanning, and it has a new cartridge that should last for many years.

Tonight Dawn is warming up a frozen Lasagna that I had in the freezer for months.... I have to start eating things that I have frozen regularly, but I don't use my oven for anything except storage of frypans, so Dawn is the cook... I refuse to bend and clean an oven, lol.... I am spoiled...

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

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A good deal!

Need to keep records...

Allstate warranty

2 years, $20 is worth it..

My test of the printing....

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Sunday August 16, 2026 The Fringe

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Sunday August 16, 2026

Today, I joined cousin Jeanne and her friend Meng at The Fringe Festival in Little Strathcona. Jeanne, as a customer of ATB (Alberta Treasury Branches Credit Union), had got us free tickets to lunch and a show.

I went down on my Gio for a leisurely ride and found a perfect place to park and met them at 11:45am. A short block away was the ATB tent where we were able to stack up hamburgers and drinks at noon. Then I got to wander around a bit and check out the Strathcona Farmer's Market where I now know where to return to get local honey for a better price than I figured....

And I ran into niece Dawn on the way back at the beer tent who was with her daughter and the significant other...

Then our threesome waited again until it was just before 2pm to line up for the free show around the corner entitled "The Short King".... which was a misnomer because the actor could not have been called "short".... For 45 minutes we watched this show, Monty Python-style, with cartoons and live play mixed. It was a show for kids to laugh and to learn to cope with, and embrace the loss of, a favorite pet. Getting kids to join him on stage several times was cool, until they had to join him to supposedly fart on stage (because farts are funny, he said)... I thought that was on the tacky side, but the kids loved it....

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

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