Tag: Alberta
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Dad’s Day 2026
Well dads, fathers, step-dads, and daddies, today’s the (terribly wet, cold, grey) day for us, eh? Classic Alberta. “All hell for a basement,” for real. We’re taking it easier this weekend. Board games, watching street food videos from around the world, takeout BBQ, and of course, monkeys jumping on the bed. Contrary to doctor advice!…
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Heeere’s: Red Deer!
Today’s entry is the start of a series focused on the AB part of the blog. And the opinions of featured locations from the Dad herein. With that… Hey, it’s more than just Gasoline Alley! Even if that part hosts the country’s arguably nicest washroom. Located on the river that gave it its name, Red…
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May Long Plantings
If you’ve been in AB for any length of time, you know we get about 4, maybe 5 months of warm outdoor weather. Sometimes requiring a coat. If we’re lucky. We usually have to wait ’til May around the Victoria Day long weekend to get outside and get planting and sunning. But also if you’ve…
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This Day For Moms
What a coincidence! The second post on a dad blog is about moms and how we relate to them. Like my mom and her mom and her mom before that, I grew up around some strong, stubborn, get-things-done type of women, most of them moms. Much like a lot of Alberta (and let’s face it…