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#flashback of our european vacay last year where one year ago today we were hanging out in the south of France and on the beaches of Nice.

Saturday the 13th of July, 2024, in the late morning.

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Whyte Ave | 1 year ago

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8r4d #icecream and #bookstore on a #summer friday evening in the #whyteavenue

Friday the 12th of July, 2024, posted before bed.

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Somewhere | 1 year ago

8r4d We’ve been living thru a week-long #heatwave and a brief reprieve came this evening in the form of a #thunderstorm that passed by. I ran around the house opening all the doors and windows hoping to get some air flow going on so that we could bring the temperature of the indoors down to something tolerable. The Kid slept in the basement last night because while we have a little portable air conditioner for our bedroom, she was sleeping in a sauna in her regular bed. I say this now, but I’ll take freezing cold over too hot any day of the week.

Thursday the 11th of July, 2024, in the evening.

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Early | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d To beat the +30C #heat or morning #walk was earlier than usual today.

Tuesday the 9th of July, 2024, at breakfast.

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Code | 1¼ years ago

8r4d I have spent a good chunk of my day writing #code here. You may or may not realize this, but the code running this little website upon which you are reading these words (at least at the time of posting them) is a little applet I created from scratch to organize and share pictures, words and other media bits in a way that was intended to be similar to some other #socialmedia platforms you may be familiar with already. [read more...]

Monday the 8th of July, 2024, in the late afternoon.

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Productivity Town | 1¼ years ago

8r4d Just sitting in the backyard with a #coffee and my #keyboard thinking about getting stuff done this #summer. [read more...]

Monday the 8th of July, 2024, in mid-morning.

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Kitchen | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #haskapberry jam is a hit this year

Sunday the 7th of July, 2024, posted after lunch.

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Whitemud Creek | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #running #trails in the rising heat and sunshine of #summer meant it felt fast and fast but was actually short and pretty slow. We kept to the shade as much as we could this morning.

Sunday the 7th of July, 2024, for elevensies.

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Trails | 1¼ years ago

Once upon a time in a hot, smoky day in July we went #running on some suburban #trails and I recorded some video…

Sunday the 7th of July, 2024, for elevensies.

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Talus Balls | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Some #rivervalley #publicart deserves it’s own post.

Saturday the 6th of July, 2024, around lunch-ish.

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Hike #3 | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d The #rivervalley called is once again, so we did a 2+ hour #hike with some serious stairs for the practice with our upcoming backcountry adventure only about a month away.

Saturday the 6th of July, 2024, around lunch-ish.

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Mill Creek | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d A spicy evening so we headed into the shade of the creek for some easy trail #running through the suburban creek, those same trails we avoid in the winter but call us a lot more strongly on hot #summer days.

Thursday the 4th of July, 2024, in the evening.

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Writing Desk | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d A couple weeks in and I’ve written about ten thousand words on the new #keyboard in a variety of settings: home, cafe, backyard and on my lap. I thought the colourful lights were a bit of a gimmick and sure, it mostly is, but I do get a bit of a kick out of writing at night which is about the only time they are bright enough to notice.

Wednesday the 3rd of July, 2024, posted before bed.

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Drop off | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d We did one of our holiday Monday breakfast #running meetups for Canada Day today. Five kicks earned us some eggs and bacon back at A&W and of course a hot cup of coffee.

Monday the 1st of July, 2024, for elevensies.

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Front Yard | 1¼ years ago

8r4d Who knows how long this little bush might survive as I’ve not had great luck with my front #flower bed but I put a rose in earlier this year and it bloomed for the first time this morning!

Monday the 1st of July, 2024, for elevensies.

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Hoth (or my backyard) | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d We started collecting those Starbucks #coffee mugs with the stylized art and locations on them a while ago, and they have turned into quite a collection, so much so that we’ve kinda sworn off buying any more. That is also a good thing because they changed up the style in North America and they are hard to find. Sure, the new Disney series doesn’t perfectly match the style of the rest of our collection, but I couldn’t help adding just one more #starwars limited edition to my set. And who says I haven’t been to Hoth anyways?

Sunday the 30th of June, 2024, in the morning.

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Bear Hills | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d A rendezvous with a long lost puppy post vacation. [read more...]

Saturday the 29th of June, 2024, posted at bedtime.

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Anaheim | 1¼ years ago

8r4d We don’t have these dumb things in Canada, do we? [read more...]

Saturday the 29th of June, 2024, for elevensies.

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Disneyland | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d Just those last day #fireworks at #disney2024 —and just like that four days in Disneyland wraps up. We parked on the warm pavement for a solid hour to watch the show, hit last couple of rides on the way out of the park, did some window shopping, and waved goodbye for another couple years.

Saturday the 29th of June, 2024, and up late.

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Millennium Falcon | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #disney2024 #starwars We logged into another trip on Smugglers Run, the premise being that six people get tossed into a motion simulator version of a borrowed Millennium Falcon to do a cargo run. Each person is assigned a role. The Kid and I were pilots. Karin was a gunner. And the family (including a grandmother and her two very young grandkids behind us who may have just gotten lost and wandered into the ride looking for a bathroom) were the other gunner and the engineers. Needless to say we scored about 30% on the game as the kids howled in confusion behind us, but it was a good time.

Friday the 28th of June, 2024, posted at bedtime.

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Rise of the Resistance | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #starwars #disney2024 You’d think all we did on this trip was hang out in the Star Wars themed area of Disneyland, huh?

Friday the 28th of June, 2024, deep after noon.

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Start ours | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #starwars #disney2024 Our third time aboard the Star Tours ride, and Karin had done a bunch of research on how to become the “rebel spy” which is the one person from each cabin who is “randomly” picked to have their photo on the screen when the stormtroopers stop the ride and kick the story into a kind of chase mode (which is the premise of the ride.) Despite her annoyance that I was snapping photos and distracting her while she was following the tips on how to get picked, she actually did.

Friday the 28th of June, 2024, in the late morning.

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Rope Drop | 1¼ years ago

8r4d #disney2024 — one last Disney day.

Friday the 28th of June, 2024, in mid-morning.

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Disneyland | 1¼ years ago

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8r4d #disney2024 day four —you may ask yourself why we go to Disney so much. I mean, you go to LA, this huge city full of cool things to see and do and after six trips all you’ve ever really focused your trips on is going to this silly theme park in the middle of Anaheim. Sure. You have a point, but then why to people go to the mountains so much? Or why do people book cruises? Or why do some folks take a trip to palm springs or an all inclusive Mexican beach resort? I mean, it’s not travel we’re doing here: it’s a getaway and a break, and it’s fun, familiar and (no not restful but) a bit of relaxing family time.

Friday the 28th of June, 2024, in the morning.