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Wednesday Jan 16, 2019 Updated
I got the sad news that my old neighbour in Okotoks, Janet Roberts, passed away at age 91 on Monday. She will be happy to be with her husband of many, many years, Ted.
Obit = https://www.lenecrologue.com/canada/alberta/area-de-calgary/foothills/okotoks/pincher-funeral-chapel/Rn83/janet-florence-roberts/obituaries/
Today was another blustery day and we don't mind as it keeps the heat down.
We made a quick trip into Tulua for groceries and came back to Andalucia for lunch at a new place bordering the central park. The park area is mostly blocked off from the main road as they prepare for festivities to commence tomorrow according to Cristina. They have lots of booths being set up around the perimeter and there were already a lot of them selling hats today. The big stage with huge speakers is a shot 1.5 blocks from our house so we won't miss much sound-wise. There appears to be a catwalk in front of the stage so there may be a "Queen" competition happening. We'll see.
There are at least two noisy, short parades that go by every day led by the firetruck. They must be really bored at the firehall.
We then visited Gilma, then the cemetery where Carlos showed up as well. He said he would be at our house at 7:30am tomorrow to do some of the needed repairs we have been awaiting for what,.. 2 months? I am not going to hold my breath.
Then Cristina didn't want to go home yet and she suggested we go out to Campo Aleger where we once visited an aunt of hers. But she couldn't tell me exactly where, nor could she remember the name of the aunt, so we just took a drive to admire the countryside. An unusual palm tree and some very old, large trees were the highlight. The palm tree info is:
"Ravenala is a genus of flowering plants with a single species, Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as traveller's tree or traveller's palm, from Madagascar. It is not a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of a monocotyledonous flowering plant family, Strelitziaceae." Enquiring minds wanted to know....
UPDATE: I had bought some Lemon Pepper here, and the other day, some generic chicken wings with the intention of doing my own Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings. I didn't bother with a recipe, I just went from freezer to fridge, and later to microwave for 3 minutes. Then in a large metal bowl, because we don't yet have a baking sheet, I added oil and lemon pepper. I put the bowl in our gas oven for 20 minutes before using the broiler on our toaster oven. I think they should change the name from Lemon Pepper to Lemon Salt but they ended up almost as good as we get every Wednesday with our wing group in Okotoks.
Way back in 2005 I founded the Southern Alberta Country Couples Club with the intention mostly of this group getting together to dance. Later this "group" morphed into meeting once a week for Wings, and I am happy to say, this group still meets every week at Original Joe's in Okotoks, I think on Wednesdays. I miss you guys!
AND... I just got word from Bella regarding the latest Coopera payout. My records were that Coopera still owed us $2,153.15, and this payout was $1,485.68 , reducing our amount owing to $667.47, excluding interest or penalties. I won't quit until we get it all, PLUS interest and penalties.
"Ravenala is a genus of flowering plants with a single species, Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as traveller's tree or traveller's palm, from Madagascar. It is not a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of a monocotyledonous flowering plant family, Strelitziaceae." Enquiring minds wanted to know....
UPDATE: I had bought some Lemon Pepper here, and the other day, some generic chicken wings with the intention of doing my own Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings. I didn't bother with a recipe, I just went from freezer to fridge, and later to microwave for 3 minutes. Then in a large metal bowl, because we don't yet have a baking sheet, I added oil and lemon pepper. I put the bowl in our gas oven for 20 minutes before using the broiler on our toaster oven. I think they should change the name from Lemon Pepper to Lemon Salt but they ended up almost as good as we get every Wednesday with our wing group in Okotoks.
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| Most of the recipes I just looked at online use deep-frying.... |
Way back in 2005 I founded the Southern Alberta Country Couples Club with the intention mostly of this group getting together to dance. Later this "group" morphed into meeting once a week for Wings, and I am happy to say, this group still meets every week at Original Joe's in Okotoks, I think on Wednesdays. I miss you guys!
AND... I just got word from Bella regarding the latest Coopera payout. My records were that Coopera still owed us $2,153.15, and this payout was $1,485.68 , reducing our amount owing to $667.47, excluding interest or penalties. I won't quit until we get it all, PLUS interest and penalties.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| A Saffron Finch at the central park |
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| Lots of booths being set up around the main park |
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| Festivities start tomorrow? |
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| Those big black things in the scaffolding are speakers |
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| This catwalk should make things interesting |
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| The main road is shut off a block away, sending traffic down our street mostly. |
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| Unusual Traveler's Palm |
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| Love the misty mountain view |
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| Love this close-up even more... |
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| One very old, large tree |
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| And a different old, large tree |
