One of the many gorgeous sunsets we enjoy in Canada.

The fields around us are beginning to show their colors, inviting farmers to begin harvesting.  Canola fields are always fun because they add so much color to the landscape.

"O Canada, our home and native land..."

Our poor flowers struggled this year due to the excessive dryness so we had to plant them twice this year.  Thankfully, these are doing well so far...amazing what water can do.  (need I mention the analogies to this???)

My family and I were in Winnipeg, Manitoba, this weekend for a cousin's wedding and we stopped by the Manitoba parliment buildings while there.  I was born in Winnipeg so it was fun to explore a little more of my history, although we only lived there four months of my life.  :)  The Golden Boy is famous and sits on top of the dome while Queen Victoria welcomes vistors from her metal throne in front.

Westerner Days began last week here in Red Deer and it started with a large parade through the city street.  Among the amusing floats were these little motorized coolers...now that's the way to ride!

Attempting to find some stories or jokes to send my brother at Alert, I came across this hilarious compilation of children and their unique ways of thinking!

Exam Answers (these were answers children put on their exams...)

1. "When you breath, you inspire.  when you do not breath, you expire."
2. "H3O is hot water, and CO3 is cold water"
3. "To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube"
4. "When you smell an oderless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide"
5. "Nitrogen is not found in Ireland because it is not found in a free state"
6. "Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars."
7. "Blood flows down one leg and up the other."
8. "Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then expectoration."
9. "The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader."
10. "Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire."
11. "A super-saturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold."
12. "Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas."
13. "The pistol of a flower is its only protections agenst insects."
14. "The alimentary canal is located in the northern part of Indiana."
15. "A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors."
16. "The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in his fight."
17. "A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is."
18. "Many women belive that an alcoholic binge will have no ill effects on the unborn fetus, but that is a large misconception."
19. "Equator: A managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa."
20. "Germinate: To become a naturalized German."
21. "Liter: A nest of young puppies."
22. "Magnet: Something you find crawling all over a dead cat."
23. "Momentum: What you give a person when they are going away."
24. "Planet: A body of Earth surrounded by sky."
25. "Rhubarb: A kind of celery gone bloodshot."
26. "Vacumm: A large, empty space where the pope lives."
27. "Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or negative."
28. "To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose."
29. "For a nosebleed: Put the nose much lower then the body until the heart stops."
30. "For dog bite: put the dog away for sevral days. If he has not recovered, then kill it."
31. "For asphyxiation: Apply artificial respiration until the patient is dead."
32. "For head cold: use an agonizer to spray the nose untill it drops in your throat."
33. "To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow."