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Thursday March 27, 2025
In around 1965, our parents ordered a pre-built Muttart home which was transported to our new lot behind the Kimball Funeral Home in Radville, Saskatchewan. It was a lovely 3-bedroom home which Mom had them swap front to back so she could watch the street from the kitchen.... small town stuff...
The owners of Muttart Lumber started a foundation in Edmonton and the four pyramids of the Muttart Conservatory were soon an integral part of Edmonton's river valley landscape.
Info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muttart_Conservatory
Our social club at the Manoir provided a day trip, costing us $5 each, which included a huge coffee and scone snack. Entrance was free if we had the Leisure pass, which we did. We were there almost 3 hours, pretty much double the time we really needed.
The 4 pyramids had plants from arid, temperate and tropical zones, with the fourth hosting a display on the Planet Mars, very moon-like, but reddish.
I recognized most of the plants from the tropical zone from my time in Ecuador and Colombia. The day was overcast with snow and the whole place, including the plants, looked a bit dingy and tired, needing a good hose down with water. We were soon pretty bored.
Our bus drivers from the City's ETS Charter were most uncooperative in parking to let us off and on away from the accumulated snow, staying on the street side and making seniors, 2 with wheelchairs, plow through the snow... I was not happy with this display of complete ignorance and I let them know!
I had been called by Don that he was making supper for the 2 of us so he arrived with a packaged chicken lasagna and a packaged salad, which surprised me greatly because he takes enormous pride in his cooking abilities. I liked it, and he didn't...
I just checked my bank account and it appears that part of my CPP/OAS/GIS has not made it to my new account yet.... Sheesh.... If it isn't there by morning I will probably have to run to Canada Place again....
I hope you enjoy the pictures (no captions needed). Blogger was not wanting to upload any photos this evening, it took 13 tries......
That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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