Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Saturday October 24, 2026 Tattoo Party

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Saturday October 24, 2026

Thursday, I ran over to Save-On in the car to grab a few groceries. I spotted both red and green cabbage for 99c /lb, so I grabbed 2 reds. When I got home and looked at the bill, I saw that they charged me $3.95/kg so I went roaring back on the Gio. They claimed it was an old sale and they had yet to remove the sale tag, but they refunded me almost $6 anyway... It has yet to be credited to my card though...

Friday, we were getting taste of cool fall weather, with single digit C readings, rain, and darn cold brisk winds! Really miserable!! Luckily, the chance of snow or sleet did not materalize here, although Okotoks, Calgary, and Wetaskiwin saw snow..

Today, I woke up like my nose was running for office and would not stop. Thank the Lord for NeoCitran to help me make it through the day. I need to get some more, and soon!

I picked up Miss Debbie to go meet Miss Tracey at a Capital Tattoo Halloween Bash on the south side. Tracey was getting a bat tattoo done above her favourite Ozzie, so we hung around for 2 hours until that was completed.

They had a much smaller crowd than they obviously expected and I had to kill the time taking photos of some of the neat items on the walls. Miss Debbie was dressed like the Addams Family spooky daughter and got the Best Costume trophy.

I then drove Miss Debbie to meet other friends where she was going to another party this evening.

As you will see, I had Artspace AI help out on a few shots and all of them came up right on the first try! I sure love the versatility of that program!

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

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Miss Debbie Addams, lol.

Lee and Tracey in discussion

Tracey's chair decor

This is Murphy!

Somebody is a Muppet fan

The Capital Tattoo crew, and Murphy

Miss Tracey

Best Costume winner

Almost completed

The finished product!

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Wednesday October 21, 2026 A Rip

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Wednesday October 21, 2026

Monday was the big 10-question referendum in Alberta and most voted as expected, and it was a resounding bid to remain in the Canadian federation. I am not disappointed in the outcome at all which gives us the impetus to open more negotiations to get out from under Ottawa's thumb!

I didn't do much Tuesday except to read a lot and watch the Oilers actually win a game against a very decent team. Honestly, I expected the Oilers to lose, but they pulled out an overtime win against Minnesota. They will not go far when only one line out of four is doing all the scoring...

I did hit a new milestone with my work posted for sale on Pixels / Fine Art America:

Hey, I am pretty proud of this achievement............

Today I met friend Tracey and her red Gio at Churchill Square and we went for another "Rip", as she calls it, using a slightly different route to get more landscape views from Saskatchewan Drive on the south side.

The weather was cool but the wind was light and the sun was strong, so we dressed for the weather which is supposed to turn sour this weekend. The nights are now dropping below 0C.

We continued on to Hawrelak Park again to see the geese, etc. The big wind a few days ago really denuded most of the trees, but the ones hanging on are very colourful.

Tracey decided we should have a glass of wine at the lakeshore, so I opted for a simple 5 oz glass and she went for the 8 oz. Of course I pulled out my credit card and almost choked when the bill, with tip, was $36.54!! I guess we were supposed to enjoy the liquid red gold. Sheesh! I hate being ripped off.

Anyway, it was an enjoyable afternoon, topped off by a phone call from Dawn that she found a $20 bill and ordered from our favourite pizza joint....

We have to enjoy the small pleasures as they come....

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

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