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Sometimes urban life has its moments…
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New (ish) art! Finally found the best spot for it @iansheldonart
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Always a good day to travel when it starts with a Beaver!#seaair
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Well that’s that. We’ve fixed everything else so now the likely culprit is the head gasket. So it’s home early for us and the mechanics will start tearing her apart. ?
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Going through Dodd Narrows using the dinghy as a side tow was not on our bucket list :-(Engine overheated (again) and the wind died right at the entrance. But we made it. Now it’s off to the dock for some serious mechanical investigations.
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Interesting sight to wake up to. And we used to be nervous maneuvering our teeny boat through a crowded mooring field! These guys had nerves of steel 🙂
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Ever wonder what sailing downwind in 6-8 knots of wind against a 3-4 knot current would look like?The engine overheated for the second time just out side the anchorage with a tricky entrance so we decide to turn back, followed by a couple of hours of very frustrating sailing. We failed to figure out the issue ourselves, so many thanks to the great people at @nanaimoyachtcharters for the tow and mechanical assistance. A combination of a faulty thermostat and what looked like half a shredded impeller (not the current one which was fine) stuck in the heat exchanger seems to have been the issue. Never would have figured that out on my own :-(Made it back to Montague safely and are set to try it all over again.
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And now we’ve got them all out. #downwind
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…over the ocean blue… Downwind @ 5 knots on just the jib. Can it get any better?
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First sourdough of the trip. Yum.
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Dock gravity is real! Finally off the dock and on our way to nowhere special. #saillife
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First boat pizza of the trip. Not perfect yet … gotta get back into the swing of it 🙂
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Home sweet home for the next month. Type to start the big unwind…
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One of the best things about working for a book publisher? The book haul! #lovetoread @orcabook
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Monday.
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Spring is sprung. #yeg
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The proper ratio of strawberries to cream and sugar. I am so my mother’s child…
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Our first Oil Kings game. Were up 3 nil. Woot!

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Checking out the Valley Line for something to do. Mill Woods here we come!
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My Uncle Phil and my father beside his T33 in Calgary after he flew in to date my mom. #lestweforget
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Scary!
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Me and my mom.
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Golden gate baby!

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Me and mom gonna give a different kind of cruise a try. Off to SF @strathmore_cruise_expert
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Sunrise at sea, 50 nm off Cape Mendocino #princesscruises @strathmore_travel_agent
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I really don’t know where this little guy came from, but there he is, in the middle of my lawn, all happy and yellow.
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It’s a good ‘un this morning #nofilter
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Sourdough day
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Now I remember why I hate Ferris wheels. #unstable @fortedmontonpark
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It’s a crap picture that really doesn’t do it justice, but… freaky sunset tonight
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I “accidentally” made cinnamon buns. Happy Sunday!

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A few more people than we are used to. Long weekend in the southern Gulf Islands! #bedwellharbour
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Goodbye Victoria, it’s been a slice (of AliBaba’s pizza )
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Bake some bread on the hottest day of the trip? Sure, why not. #noknead #boatlife
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I miss you already…
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Who needs no stinking’ motor! #sailing #closehauled #southerngulfislands #beautifulBC
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Boat Pass exactly at slack. Boat Pass 10 minutes later. I think I could watch it all day…#moonmagic #tides #winterharbour
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Night night. #BeautifulBC
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You know when they say “This is the life…”? Well, this is the life …#lifeonanchor #cjcherryh
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A peaceful stern tie in Pirates Cove.
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One last look. Hasta la vista until next year…

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It’s been a beautiful couple of days to end the year. Here’s hoping 2023 is just as beautiful.
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Just finished the best meal/experience I’ve had in a decade at @la_petite_iza served up by none other than Chef Shaun of the early Enjoy Centre days. Magnifique, 10 stars, so very very enjoyable!
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It’s all about the cuff links.
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Je me souveins…

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My auto updater broke sometime this past spring so here is one big update.

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Back in Desolation Sound for the first time in 3 years. It’s good to be back. On our way to Grace Harbour for a few days.
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Morning coffee in the rain. Afternoon cider in the sunshine. Welcome to the BC coast!
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Four days at anchor in the rain and as soon as we hit Lund to top up the batteries the sun comes out #beautifulBC #desolationsound
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A slow sail is a calm and relaxing sail. Downwind to Gorge Harbour…
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Heading to Vop Donop on a lovely job only beam reach.
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Rainy days have their own kind of beauty. #beautifulbc #desolationsound #rainydays
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End of a beautiful day at our favorite spot at one of our favorite docks: the Texada Boat Club. Taking advantage of some northwest winds to make our way slowly south. It was a great day. 3 humpbacks, a colony of sealions and a pod of orca off In the distance
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Wing on wing baby! Downwind Dow the Malaspina Straight is a perfect time for baking muffins and sourdough.
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One of the biggest tide shifts of the year! #smugglercove #sterntie #beautifulbc
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Crossing the strait in 10 knots on what is likely to be our last sail of the trip. Both 🙂 and 🙁
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There’s no boat mess like a packing-up boat mess. One more night and it’s back to reality.
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It’s been four or so years but I can’t remember why I ever thought making sourdough was difficult So glad I encountered #bakewithjack back then. And congrats on the book!#sourdough #bakingprinciples #nosuchthingasbadbread
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Finally got around to looking at this pic I took the other night. Wow. #nofilter #yeg #thunderstorm
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Not often the whole fam-damily is in the same place at the same time. And one extra because Zak doesn’t usually check my Instagram. I love my boy…
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The last of the Aunt J. I know, I know, but it still makes me kinda sad…
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Only my 2nd visit to the @royal_alberta_museum and well worth it. Probably take a few more visits to see it all properly!
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Sorry everybody, my mom’s the best mom. Happy 85th! Love ya more than I can ever express.
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Every once in a while one of my homemade pizzas actually looks professional. Mmmmm… spicy Hawaiian
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Did you know you can add alt text (for the visually impaired) to Instagram posts?
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Woke up in beautiful Victoria. Here for a few days for business but I hope to hit the waterfront at least once.
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A shot from my recent flight to Victoria. That’s the ocean on the horizon… #beautifulbc
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Halloween? Oh you mean tequila and pumpkin night!
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Why I mak typos… #cats

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A beautiful way to start the day! #sundogs #rainbow -#yeg #yegweather
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Sometimes you hit one of those design challenges and work just stalls.
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My father died when I was quite young and I don’t have a lot of mementos. I’d forgotten inside one of his old steins was this particular souvenir of Europe ?
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I’ve decided to try my hand at book reviews because, well, free books First up: Elizabeth Bear’s The Origin of Stormsmacblaze.ca/books
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The box that keeps getting moved from place to place but never used and never discarded. 🙂 #viynl #45s

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Anyone remember the SF character who flew around the galaxy drinking Armagnac? I think it was a Larry Niven book… it was one of the first things I tried when I hit France and have been hooked ever since. #sciencefiction #niven #cognac #brandy #larryniven
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Not my fault if there are typos! My editor is on the job…#catsofdesign

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It occurs to me that I stole that bandanna from my mother in the late 70s. I wonder if it’s worth anything in a vintage store?
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It’s just not Halloween without tequila!
I have never actually seen this many geese in one place. I want to be there when they all take off. Conservatively there were at least 3000 and I wouldn’t be surprised if the total number was closer to 8000.
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CF-100 100784 in St Hubert — Electronic Warfare Unit ~June 1965#lestweforget??

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How do you tell a born and raised Edmontonian from us imports? You think this is too hot. We’re just warming up baby, 30 here we come! #yeg #yegsummer
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Hot weather’s coming! Gotta lay in supplies!#bread #lovethatheat #crackedwheat
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Damn damselfly in my lettuce! :-)#youkidsgetoutofmyjellotree
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Hot cat, meet damp towel.
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I made a pi. Raspberry that is #ubuntu #linux
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A family of odd ducks. Anyone got any ideas what kind they are? #yeg #yegbirds
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Anyone else see a commedia dell’arte mask in the new logo?#yeg #elks #pareidolia
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I’ve been working in an ope source text book all week. Should be ready for the start of the term. Interesting experience!#opensource #grammar