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brookstonalmanac · 5 months ago

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Holidays 6.2

Holidays

Acacia Day (French Republic)

American Indian Citizenship Day

Autograph Day

Children’s Day (North Korea)

Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan)

Coastal Cleanup Day (Russia)

Contango Day

Coronation Day (UK)

Decoration Day (Canada)

Donati’s Comet Day

Elfreth's Alley Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Emancipation Day (Tonga)

Father’s Day (Lithuania)

Festa della Repubblica (Italy)

Festival of Light and Dark Spots

Festival of Utter Confusion

Happy Neil Diamond Day

Hristo Botev Day (Bulgaria)

I Love My Dentist Day

Important People Day

International Sex Workers Day (a.k.a. International Whore's Day)

International Volkswagen Bus Day

Isabel Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Lesbian Pride Day

Local Industry Workers Day (Ukraine)

Lou Gehrig Day

Mother Earth's Day

National Bubba Day

National First Ladies Day

National Greyhound Day

National Janice Day

National Leave the Office Early Day [6.2 or Closest Weekday]

Pimpernel Flower Day

retail, Consumer Services and Public Utility Company Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Sir Randol Fawkes Day (Bahamas)

602 Day

Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)

Telangana Day (India)

Textile Industry Workers’ Day (Turkmenistan)

3-Ring Circus Day

Water Resource Management Employees Day (Ukraine)

World Day to Fight Myasthenia Gravis

World Eating Disorder Action Day

World Mind Map Day

World Peatlands Day

Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Fish & Chips Day (Australia)

National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day

National Rotisserie Chicken Day

Vanilla Coke Day

Velveeta Day

Independence & Related Days

Aenderia (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Republic Day (Italy)

Telangana State Formation Day (India)

1st Sunday in June

Armed Forces Day (Canada) [1st Sunday]

Children's Awareness Memorial Day [1st Sunday]

Day of the Rice God (Japan) [1st Sunday]

Father’s Day (Haiti, Switzerland) [1st Sunday]

Fisherman’s Day (Iceland) [1st Sunday]

German World Heritage Day [1st Sunday]

International Mother's Peace Day [1st Sunday]

National Animal Rights Day [1st Sunday]

National Cancer Survivors Day [1st Sunday]

National Child’s Day [1st Sunday]

National Frozen Yogurt Day [1st Sunday]

National Godparent’s Day [1st Sunday]

Philippine Independence Day Parade (New York City) [1st Sunday]

Sjómannadagurinn (Seamen’s Day; Iceland) [1st Sunday]

World Breakfast Day (Turkey) [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

World Naturist Day [1st Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 2 (1st Full Week)

America The Beautiful Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Bedbug Awareness Week (thru 6.8)

Black Single Parents Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Community Health Improvement Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

End Mountain Top Removal Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Healthcare Executives Appreciation Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Boating Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Business Etiquette Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Commuter Challenge (thru 6.8) [During Canadian Environment Week]

National Fishing Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Flag Football Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Garden Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Headache Awareness Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Pet Appreciation Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Teacher Thank You Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Festivals Beginning June 2, 2024

Asheville Springfest (Asheville, South Carolina)

Baby Jumping Festival [a.k.a. El Colacho] (Castrillo de Murcia, Spain)

Calgary Lilac Festival [a.k.a. 4th Street Lilac Festival] (Calgary, Canada)

Cape May Restaurant Week (Cape May, New Jersey) [thru 6.9]

Casa Pacifica Angels Wine, Food & Brew Festival (Camarillo, California)

Culinary Coast Restaurant Week (Various locations, Delaware) [thru 6.7]

Heritage Fire (Savannah, Georgia)

Paso Pinot & Paella Festival (Templeton, California)

Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off (Tustin, California)

Feast Days

Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Alexander (Christian; Martyr)

Binkham Tamino McDoyal III (Muppetism)

Blandina (Christian; Martyr)

Buddha Day (Indonesia; Buddhism)

Elmo (Christian; Saint)

Émile Munier (Artology)

Erasmus (Christian; Saint)

Eugene I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Felix of Nicosia (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Light and Dark Spots (Shamanism)

Finneces (Celtic Book of Days)

Frank Runacres (Artology)

St. Gregory the Great (Positivist; Saint)

Isaac van Ostade (Artology)

Juno Regina’s Day: Queenship Rite (Pagan)

Laugh Like a Bad Guy Day (Pastafarian)

Marcellinus and Peter (Christian; Martyrs)

Marquis de Sade Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

The Melissae (Ancient Crete; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Mindfulness Day (Zen Buddhism)

Nicholas the Pilgrim (Christian; Saint)

Paul-Albert Besnard (Artology)

Pothinus, Bishop of Lyon, and Attalus, Blandina, and other martyrs of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Shapatu of Ishtar (Everyday Wicca)

Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ (Roman Catholic)

Stephen of Sweden (Christian; Martyr)

Thomas Hardy (Writerism)

Vesak Day (Buddha Day; Singapore)

Yell “Fudge” at North American Cobras Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Betty Boop Mystery (Animated Film; 1989)

Churchill (Film; 2017)

Cooked, by Michael Pollan (Food Book; 2013)

Corvette Summer (Film; 1978)

Darkness on the Edge of Town, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1978)

Dead Poets Society (Film; 1989)

Deliverance, by James Dickey (Novel; 1970)

De-Lovely (Film; 2004)

Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym (Novel; 1952)

Hells Heels (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, by Tim O'Brien (Memoir; 1972)

Isabeau (Lady Godiva), by Pietro Mascagni (Opera; 1911)

The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1986) [Discworld #2]

Obscured by Clouds, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1972)

Oil!, by Upton Sinclair (Novel; 1926)

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (Novel; 1961)

The Prize Guest (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Room and Bird (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Animated Film; 2023)

Storms of Life, by Randy Travis (Album; 1986)

The Unexpected Pest (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

The Wire (TV Series; 2002)

Whitney, by Whitney Houston (Album; 1987)

Wonder Woman (Film; 2017)

Today’s Name Days

Armin, Erasmus, Marcel, Petrus (Austria)

Erazmo, Eugen, Marcelin, Petar (Croatia)

Jarmil, Jarmila (Czech Republic)

Marcellinus (Denmark)

Veevi, Viiva, Viive, Viivi, Viivia, Viivika, Vivian (Estonia)

Venla (Finland)

Blandine (France)

Armin, Blandine, Erasmus (Germany)

Marinos, Nikiforos (Greece)

Anita, Kármen (Hungary)

Emilia, Erasmo, Marcellino (Italy)

Emma, Emmija (Latvia)

Auksė, Ąžuolas, Erazmas, Eugenijus (Lithuania)

Runa, Runar, Rune (Norway)

Efrem, Erazm, Eugeniusz, Marcelin, Maria, Marianna, Mikołaj, Nicefor, Piotr, Racisław (Poland)

Ioan (România)

Oxana, Xénia (Slovakia)

Eugenio, Marcelino, Pedro (Spain)

Roger, Rutger (Sweden)

Elma, Elmer, Elmo, Elmore, Erasmo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 154 of 2024; 212 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 22 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 26 (Ding-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Iyar 5784

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Qada 1445

J Cal: 4 Blue; Foursday [4 of 30]

Julian: 20 May 2024

Moon:18%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 13 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Gregory the Great]

Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 76 of 92)

Week: 1st Full Week of June

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 13 of 31)

#Holidays

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mostlysignssomeportents · 2 years ago

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This day in history

Tonight (Apr 26), I’ll be in Burbank, signing Red Team Blues at Dark Delicacies at 6PM.

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#20yrsago Spam turns 25 https://www.templetons.com/brad/spam/spam25.html

#10yrsago Suburban Express bus-line sends bullying, cowardly legal threat to Reddit, discovers Streisand Effect https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/express-to-internet-hate-bus-company-threatens-redditor-with-lawsuit/

#10yrsago Congress fixes “sequester” air traffic control disaster just in time for their own flights home https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/0426/Before-members-rush-for-airports-Congress-ends-sequester-flight-delays

#5yrsago Thinking through the “What should we do about Facebook?” question https://memex.craphound.com/2018/04/27/thinking-through-the-what-should-we-do-about-facebook-question/

#5yrsago Scott Pruitt can’t answer a yes-or-no question to save his life (or even his ass) https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286684/scott-pruitt-hearings-epa-congress-ethics-scandals-questions

#1yrago Laura Jean McKay’s “The Animals in That Country”: A brilliant debut novel of too much understanding https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/27/im-a-backdoor-man/#doolittle

#1yrago How police backdoors for online services let sextortionists target children https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/27/im-a-backdoor-man/#pedo-backdoor

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Catch me on tour with Red Team Blues in Burbank, Mountain View, Berkeley, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, DC, Gaithersburg, Oxford, Hay, Manchester, Nottingham, London, and Berlin!

#pluralistic

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nwtmaxx2210 · 6 days ago

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coreytravelogue · 2 months ago

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Tokyo, Japan - Sept 2, 2024

Well that day has arrived, the day I am to return back to my life, return back to my country and everything that goes with it. My week in Tokyo is complete as is my 2.5 weeks in Japan and it has been a vacation/adventure with many hugs and lows but mostly highs. To quote one of my favourite anime, it has been educational.

This blog post I am currently writing while I am waiting for my last free breakfast, you heard me free breakfast. Finding breakfasts was a bit of a thing for much of my time in Japan but funny enough it ends where I am a place with it but there is a Denny’s just down the road. Seriously, where was Denny’s when I needed them in Sapporo or Kyoto, kidding aside. Lessons learned.

I will probably be writing this blog while I am at Narita because I do have a long wait at the airport. I don’t think there is very much else I can do in Tokyo at this point, outside of doing Disney Sea and seeing Tokyo second Tower I have done everything but that was the point of this week. Tokyo is a huge city and I wanted to give myself a full week to be able to do everything without feeling overwhelmed.

Now I am continuing to write this in Narita while I am having lunch, I am having Japanese sushi for the first time. Shocking yes but I was hoping to have sushi sooner but sushi seems expensive and harder for me to find here than I thought. Finding ramen super easy, okonomyaki easier and curry easy too….in fact a lot of other types as well bush sushi not so much. I am a bit surprised but Vancouver I think has far more sushi places than I have seen per capita in Japan.

So where do I start? Part of me wants to start from Sapporo and get myself back to Tokyo but I have already covered everything up to Tokyo. I guess we start with Tokyo then we work ourselves full circle. I have a feeling by the time I finish this I will be in Calgary but oh well I want to try and get this right.

I arrived early, too early for Japan airports I think but they deal with much more traffic than Vancouver’s or even Pearson’s does. It will be another 90 minutes before I can drop my bags off and another 2.5 hours before I board.

Anyways let’s rewind to a week ago. I said goodbye to possibly my favourite part of my h whole trip which was Hakone. I took the long bus rides wearing my shoes barefoot because clothes do not air dry quick in Japan due to the humidity. I eventually found myself in Shinjuku station and soon came to find it to be the most confusing train station I have ever been to. Apparently it is 5e second largest train station in the world, I do not doubt it but it is definitely the most confusing train stations I have ever been to and I have been to a fair few train stations in my life.

Getting around in Japan up to this point was fairly straight forward but getting around in Tokyo proved to be a bit of a different story altogether. Most places up to that point only really had one company running the transit but Tokyo has at least 3 maybe more. Thankfully they all take the Suica card but many of them require you tapping out of one company or type of transit and tapping in another. If tap in the wrong place and try to leave you can’t escape unless you go to a gate tenant who can let you out.

I am so happy with where I stayed in Tokyo, sure it is 45 minutes away from metro Tokyo but it is so simple to get there. All I needed to do what get on the Shinjuku line from anywhere and ride it east till I got to my station where the hotel was just a block away. Not only that but a grocery store was a block away as well. I never fully explored this neighbourhood and I would come to regret it but I checked in and the hotel was just like the Tokeidai but a bit more modernized and with so many free shit. I literally felt spoiled staying there shocked with how cheap it was. Probably cheap because of how far it is from the metro area. Free coffee anytime, one free drink (beer, juice or other drink they had), and buffet of other stuff that I didn’t indulge in because I take pride in being a fairly self sustaining person. They even had a fun thing laundry room, thankfully since I was able to master using Japanese washing and drying machines I was able to handle this no problem now. The room itself looked nearly the same as at Tokeidai, maybe with less features and an air conditioning system that I think was broken but oh well. The room had a few to thoug it was just another hotel and part of a track of some sort. Either way I liked it more so I could tell when it was raining or not.

With everything settled I had a few hours left in the day so I decided to to to Ahkibara to hunt down Blu-Ray anime titles that I cannot get in Canada. This was when I got to learn just how fast and busy Tokyo is I compare to everyone else and why am so happy I chose to start elsewhere.

Sapporo wasn’t a ghost town, it was certainly active but active with mostly locals as people only really go there in the winter time. The city worked at just the right speed for me. Kyoto was much more busier and faster but still for me to deal with, it was only really the heat I couldn’t handle. Hakone is area with lots of villages and towns. Practically the quietest place I was out unless you went into the tourist spots then you would see it much busier but even then not as bad as Kyoto.

Tokyo makes Toronto, London or Istanbul look like a golf cart in terms of speed. So many people and so many moving around in all directions. I immediately got overwhelmed but just the scale of crowds, noise and just distraction everywhere. With that I went after as many places as I could find in those few hours that my patience would incur and I came dry at every turn. In fact that would be a reoccurring theme.

I came to learn that Japan is not much of a Blu-Ray or even DVD culture, was not going to disc culture because they seemed to still be very into CDs in Japan but not movie discs apparently. Most of what I found was new anime or anime I never heard of but not a sniff of anything I was looking for which was mostly old 80s and 90s anime.

Mentally exhausted from failing at shopping I turned to a brewery I actually had in Vancouver, they export to Vancouver weirdly and noticed they had a hefe so I had to part take. Their hefe wound up being at least in my mind the best Japanese hefe I had, there was a can of something else that was close but pound for pound if I have to give the crowd someone it was from this brewery. As per usual and because I didn’t eat all that much like the schmuck I am I binged drank and regretted it because I woke up the next day with a hangover. I should mention I also had a headache for much of that day and the next. Not so much I think from the amount of beer I drank in Japan and I drank a lot, too much I could say but I think it was because of the heat. A friend told me that I may need to replenish electrolytes and she was correct which lead to me drinking Japanese version of Gatorade be it Aquarius or something Sweat.I also picked up groceries since I’m as going to be here for a week.

Tuesday was a full day at Disneyland Tokyo, the day was a mixed bag of rain and scorching sun. With that I had a very fun day spending the entire day riding Disney rides. I started with Star Wars Tours which I think was the best version I have been on followed by the Beauty and The Beast ride which only this park has I believe. I am not really a fan of these movie rides that just retell the movie in ride form but this one was easily the best one of all of them in really trying to get you in as if you were in the movie itself.

From here I would just knock through as many rides as I could periodically eating Disney food because I heard Tokyo Disney food was the best of the Disney parks. I never ate at the others or what I did at wi didn’t care for but the food was certainly decent. I think I hit 85% of the rides, the ones I did not hit were kiddy rides or rides whose wait times were just too ridiculous. The ride I wanted to get on the most was Splash Mountain as it was one of the few that was keeping its original design while the others were going with Princess and The Frog theme. I get it, the original is linked to Songs From The South which have a racist history but the ride itself and in its current way holds a deep connection with me.

The first time I ever went to Disneyland Splash Mountain was one of the first rides I fell in love with, it was also brand new. Now over 30 years later it is changing but Tokyo’s is staying the same, I assume to see how the others fair first. I was able to ride it twice. While it is different from the California version it still is for the most part the same and close enough for me. That ride always takes me back to being 5 years old. I would have ridden that ride many more times but it was the 3rd most popular ride in the park. Most of the rides you could get on in 10-25 minutes where Splash Mountain, Beauty and The Beast and the Betamax ride were all 45 minutes and higher with Splash’s wait time only getting higher as the day went. Unlike California when the ridership dies down when the sun goes down the ridership just increased.

One shocker was the Pirates ride was the quickest to get into, in California it almost always is 30 min unless you fast pass it or which ever but here I could just walk in and within 5 minutes on I am on the ride so I went on it twice.

I got a picture of myself on splash mountain but I was done by 8pm and made my way home in a hap hazard fashion having a hard time with figuring out the Tokyo transit system once again. It was one of the few days in Japan that I wasn’t drinking beer.

Wednesday was another very chill day as well, one I really needed. Up to this point had to map out and figure out everything I was doing from breakfast, transportation, lunch, activities, dinner and whatnot. This entire day was already mapped out for me as I paid for a tour to take care of the day for me. I don’t normally do tours because I like the control and the flexibility but this was one of the best tours I have ever been on.

Got to Shinjuku early because I wanted to get a book bag as my carry on was getting packed, my travel side bag I am afraid the strap will break off at some point not counting the holes forming and the tote bag I brought as a spare now has a hole it. So off to Don Quixote because they ar expensive and they got everything. The book bag was pretty pricey but I needed some on thing, anything to hold stuff better than the situation I had with my side pouch at this point. I am definitely going to have to consider life without my side pouch or to retire it soon. I think it will be retirement as I do not want to lose that pouch, me and that pitch have been through so much and that pouch alone symbolizes the adventures I have been on. The backpack works well enough it just irritates me because I have many back packs at home that could have worked just as well. Lesson learned, I should have just brought my luggage and have it half packed and that would have been sufficient.

All things considered I didn’t buy all that much shit, I thought I would but I didn’t. I wound up only buying nick nacks and some small random Eva shit along with nick nacks for others. Enough to fill a book bag either way.

The tour was nice and started with a lunch buffet that was first class. It was set in a hotel that looked like it was for the super rich and the buffet looked like it was for the super rich. I after so much of my time living off of 7/11 sandwiches and wraps for breakfast and lunch it was nice to eat hearty and it did.

The tour then went to the Open Air Edo Japan museum which reminded me of the Burnaby Museum as it was all buildings that were hundreds of years old. The weather was not shit either so we were able to appreciate it. Following that we went to Ghibli Museum which as a wonderful experience. Such a fun and unique museum that was that I spent 2 hours in. I was expecting to buy lots of merchandise there but as per usual there wasn’t anything I felt I wanted or needed. Just two booklets and a map of the museum. The day ended with me going to the grocery store to buy some craft beer and food and I enjoyed both in my hotel room watching Amadeus.

Wednesday was the true start of my Tokyo chapter as I took a train the far west end to Jayne hat a group of anime related statues, following that I went to two museums. I am not sure if I had time to Jayne hat much after that as those museums and getting to those museums took much of the day. After that I went on an adventure trying to find food and failed at every end. Tokyo does not have a shortage of places to eat it’s that they are all more or less the same, buy and/or expensive for a budget traveller. Drinking and eating at craft breweries is especially expensive but thinking about it no different than in Vancouver at this point but that is unfortunate. Had overpriced food and beer at one craft brewery and then went to another bar which had better food and beer. During this time when the rain started. For the res to fly trip Tokyo would either be overcast or a shit ton a rain. By this point it was a shit ton of rain.

Thursday was the most productive day I had in Tokyo, I finally mastered the transit system as was able to Jayne hat for a full 8 hours or so all of the statues in the north east end everywhere I could. Unlike other times I had the help of Trip Advisor whom had a map of all of the statues and stuff of that nature. This is what helped me get the majority of my Jayne hatting done that day, without that app I would have been at this to the very end. I got all of the statues I wanted to do, I did miss a few and I know there is more. For every statue one finds on that Trip Advisor or Google there is usually 1-2 statues that are not on Google. Well as easily as others.

I ended the day with another grocery prepped meal with beer and Amadeus before I passed out.

Friday I completed the rest of my Jayne hatting expedition then tried to go to go to the Ebisu Beer place but they had a festival that only accepted cards……..what is it with breweries and not liking cash? Another night with grocery prepped food and beer.

By Saturday I had accomplished all I wanted to do and decided to try more anime shopping, unfortunately I did not get far with it and didn’t get very far in finding food options either.

I did so well planning for this trip in just about every detail but planning for food. I am not used to going to places where almost everywhere has a wait list over 15 minutes. The only way I would have been able to fix this was to map out the places I was going to eat as well and make reservations online with those places beforehand, if not then suffer though eating at ramen or curry places. Not the worst thing but most of the places I saw were just ramen and curry.

Fed up I decided to go to the Gaza district and drink at a German brewery. The best hefe of the trip was there but I don’t call it Japanese. To me it doesn’t count if the person who made that beer is not Japanese.

I followed that by going to a German bar where I had a German altbier for the first time since 2019, it was terrible but it was nice to have a true one again. Followed that up with a dunkelweizen but by that point I was drunk. It was a reminder that I shouldn’t transit in Tokyo shit drunk because it took an extra hour just trying to navigate to the right place back to my hotel. My wits we all gone by that point.

Sunday my last day was really a super chill, my only plan was to go to the Tokyo Tower when the sun went down. That day was essentially walking the streets of Tokyo in the pouring rain and going to Tokyo Tower. After that as I came close to my hotel I noticed a Brewery restaurant was sitting real close to it all along and a statue trip advisor or Google never caught. The beer and food was really good here, I had squid and octopus for the first time. I would have gotten sloshed there but I go there just 30 minutes before they were to do their last call so my last day ended much like my other days here in Tokyo; grocery food, grocery beer and Amadeus (it’s a long movie).

So there we are, that is my week in a nutshell. I only have an hour before my plane boards so I guess I got this done in time.

I feel I need to do a proper wrap up of my Japan trip but I don’t think I will have the time to do a proper wrap up right now, I am tired of writing about this but I also want to write in my personal diary.

Victoria is coming up in the next few weeks, I want to use that time to do a proper Japan wrap up as this trip is still being digested. In all honesty it is not even done yet. I mean it’s not over till I am back in Canada to be honest. I am not looking forward to the flight. I hate flying being scrunched up with strangers, never knowing if my nose will close off my airways, never knowing when I would be able to sleep, fucking around with apps that done work sitting on uncomfortable seats with babies crying all around. Not fun but it leads to and ends great trips like this.

Coming here I just hoped that time would be slow with me here.Time is what you make it and I strived to make every minute, hour, day and week count and feel I did everything I could with this trip. I have no idea whether I will be back or not. I would definitely like to come back, just not in August. Anyways time to stretch out my legs because I am going to be sitting down for 10 hours soon enough. You will hear from me soon on a proper Japan wrap up, I would like to think being back in Canada with this trip in th existence behind me I could have more perspective on what has been one of the most interesting trips I have ever taken.

Shazbot nanu nanu.

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Holidays 6.2

Holidays

Acacia Day (French Republic)

American Indian Citizenship Day

Autograph Day

Children’s Day (North Korea)

Civil Aviation Day (Azerbaijan)

Coastal Cleanup Day (Russia)

Contango Day

Coronation Day (UK)

Decoration Day (Canada)

Donati’s Comet Day

Elfreth's Alley Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Emancipation Day (Tonga)

Father’s Day (Lithuania)

Festa della Repubblica (Italy)

Festival of Light and Dark Spots

Festival of Utter Confusion

Happy Neil Diamond Day

Hristo Botev Day (Bulgaria)

I Love My Dentist Day

Important People Day

International Sex Workers Day (a.k.a. International Whore's Day)

International Volkswagen Bus Day

Isabel Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Lesbian Pride Day

Local Industry Workers Day (Ukraine)

Lou Gehrig Day

Mother Earth's Day

National Bubba Day

National First Ladies Day

National Greyhound Day

National Janice Day

National Leave the Office Early Day [6.2 or Closest Weekday]

Pimpernel Flower Day

retail, Consumer Services and Public Utility Company Employees Day (Tajikistan)

Sir Randol Fawkes Day (Bahamas)

602 Day

Social Forestry Day (Bhutan)

Telangana Day (India)

Textile Industry Workers’ Day (Turkmenistan)

3-Ring Circus Day

Water Resource Management Employees Day (Ukraine)

World Day to Fight Myasthenia Gravis

World Eating Disorder Action Day

World Mind Map Day

World Peatlands Day

Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Fish & Chips Day (Australia)

National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day

National Rotisserie Chicken Day

Vanilla Coke Day

Velveeta Day

Independence & Related Days

Aenderia (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Republic Day (Italy)

Telangana State Formation Day (India)

1st Sunday in June

Armed Forces Day (Canada) [1st Sunday]

Children's Awareness Memorial Day [1st Sunday]

Day of the Rice God (Japan) [1st Sunday]

Father’s Day (Haiti, Switzerland) [1st Sunday]

Fisherman’s Day (Iceland) [1st Sunday]

German World Heritage Day [1st Sunday]

International Mother's Peace Day [1st Sunday]

National Animal Rights Day [1st Sunday]

National Cancer Survivors Day [1st Sunday]

National Child’s Day [1st Sunday]

National Frozen Yogurt Day [1st Sunday]

National Godparent’s Day [1st Sunday]

Philippine Independence Day Parade (New York City) [1st Sunday]

Sjómannadagurinn (Seamen’s Day; Iceland) [1st Sunday]

World Breakfast Day (Turkey) [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

World Naturist Day [1st Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 2 (1st Full Week)

America The Beautiful Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Bedbug Awareness Week (thru 6.8)

Black Single Parents Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Community Health Improvement Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

End Mountain Top Removal Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Healthcare Executives Appreciation Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Boating Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Business Etiquette Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Commuter Challenge (thru 6.8) [During Canadian Environment Week]

National Fishing Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Flag Football Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Garden Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

National Headache Awareness Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Pet Appreciation Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Teacher Thank You Week (thru 6.8) [1st Full Week]

Festivals Beginning June 2, 2024

Asheville Springfest (Asheville, South Carolina)

Baby Jumping Festival [a.k.a. El Colacho] (Castrillo de Murcia, Spain)

Calgary Lilac Festival [a.k.a. 4th Street Lilac Festival] (Calgary, Canada)

Cape May Restaurant Week (Cape May, New Jersey) [thru 6.9]

Casa Pacifica Angels Wine, Food & Brew Festival (Camarillo, California)

Culinary Coast Restaurant Week (Various locations, Delaware) [thru 6.7]

Heritage Fire (Savannah, Georgia)

Paso Pinot & Paella Festival (Templeton, California)

Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off (Tustin, California)

Feast Days

Ahudemmeh (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Alexander (Christian; Martyr)

Binkham Tamino McDoyal III (Muppetism)

Blandina (Christian; Martyr)

Buddha Day (Indonesia; Buddhism)

Elmo (Christian; Saint)

Émile Munier (Artology)

Erasmus (Christian; Saint)

Eugene I, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Felix of Nicosia (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Light and Dark Spots (Shamanism)

Finneces (Celtic Book of Days)

Frank Runacres (Artology)

St. Gregory the Great (Positivist; Saint)

Isaac van Ostade (Artology)

Juno Regina’s Day: Queenship Rite (Pagan)

Laugh Like a Bad Guy Day (Pastafarian)

Marcellinus and Peter (Christian; Martyrs)

Marquis de Sade Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

The Melissae (Ancient Crete; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Mindfulness Day (Zen Buddhism)

Nicholas the Pilgrim (Christian; Saint)

Paul-Albert Besnard (Artology)

Pothinus, Bishop of Lyon, and Attalus, Blandina, and other martyrs of Lyon (Christian; Saint)

Shapatu of Ishtar (Everyday Wicca)

Solemnity of the Body & Blood of Christ (Roman Catholic)

Stephen of Sweden (Christian; Martyr)

Thomas Hardy (Writerism)

Vesak Day (Buddha Day; Singapore)

Yell “Fudge” at North American Cobras Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Betty Boop Mystery (Animated Film; 1989)

Churchill (Film; 2017)

Cooked, by Michael Pollan (Food Book; 2013)

Corvette Summer (Film; 1978)

Darkness on the Edge of Town, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1978)

Dead Poets Society (Film; 1989)

Deliverance, by James Dickey (Novel; 1970)

De-Lovely (Film; 2004)

Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym (Novel; 1952)

Hells Heels (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, by Tim O'Brien (Memoir; 1972)

Isabeau (Lady Godiva), by Pietro Mascagni (Opera; 1911)

The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 1986) [Discworld #2]

Obscured by Clouds, by Pink Floyd (Album; 1972)

Oil!, by Upton Sinclair (Novel; 1926)

The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (Novel; 1961)

The Prize Guest (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Room and Bird (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Animated Film; 2023)

Storms of Life, by Randy Travis (Album; 1986)

The Unexpected Pest (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

The Wire (TV Series; 2002)

Whitney, by Whitney Houston (Album; 1987)

Wonder Woman (Film; 2017)

Today’s Name Days

Armin, Erasmus, Marcel, Petrus (Austria)

Erazmo, Eugen, Marcelin, Petar (Croatia)

Jarmil, Jarmila (Czech Republic)

Marcellinus (Denmark)

Veevi, Viiva, Viive, Viivi, Viivia, Viivika, Vivian (Estonia)

Venla (Finland)

Blandine (France)

Armin, Blandine, Erasmus (Germany)

Marinos, Nikiforos (Greece)

Anita, Kármen (Hungary)

Emilia, Erasmo, Marcellino (Italy)

Emma, Emmija (Latvia)

Auksė, Ąžuolas, Erazmas, Eugenijus (Lithuania)

Runa, Runar, Rune (Norway)

Efrem, Erazm, Eugeniusz, Marcelin, Maria, Marianna, Mikołaj, Nicefor, Piotr, Racisław (Poland)

Ioan (România)

Oxana, Xénia (Slovakia)

Eugenio, Marcelino, Pedro (Spain)

Roger, Rutger (Sweden)

Elma, Elmer, Elmo, Elmore, Erasmo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 154 of 2024; 212 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 22 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 26 (Ding-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 25 Iyar 5784

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Qada 1445

J Cal: 4 Blue; Foursday [4 of 30]

Julian: 20 May 2024

Moon:18%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 13 St. Paul (6th Month) [St. Gregory the Great]

Runic Half Month: Odal (Home, Possession) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 76 of 92)

Week: 1st Full Week of June

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 13 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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sinnabum45 · 7 months ago

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Compiled posts on how you can help Palestine! (Check the notes of this post for updates)

These are all of the posts that I've seen so far. Please let me know if posts you've seen needs to be added- I'll keep adding as I find them, too!

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college-girl199328 · 2 years ago

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It's springtime in Metro Vancouver when thickets of selfie sticks and tourists sprout beneath canopies of the region's famous cherry blossoms; Sussex Avenue in Burnaby, east of Vancouver, a group of five fashionably dressed women set up an iPhone on a tripod under the blooms.

One accessorizes with a green scarf, then pauses to give instructions to her friends, adjusting their angles just so; for the perfect shot. They're too busy to talk as they strike a series of poses, hands on hips.

Such scenes are familiar to Linda Poole, founder and creative director of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs from April 1 to 23 and recalls the sight of tourists getting out of a tour bus at Queen Elizabeth Park, one of Vancouver's most popular locations for blossom viewing.

"And they are dancing under the blossoms, singing, modelling and posing. It's cute. I see that all the time," said Poole; Cherry blossoms have become a domestic and international tourist draw, with Chinese tour companies offering flower viewing packages for thousands of dollars, competing with more traditional locations such as Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan.

Edward Xie, manager of Richmond, B.C., travel agency First Express Travel, said his company advertises Vancouver flower viewing in international markets said guides pick up travellers from China and the U.S. at the airport and drive them around the city's best cherry blossom locations.

An eight-day, seven-night trip from China to Vancouver and Victoria promoted by First Express is dubbed the "two cities flower viewing" tour and costs 33,603 yuan, or $6,580, into a colourful world to enjoy flowers, watch whales and roam freely outdoors. Experience the romance brought by pink cherry blossoms and feel the vibe of April on Canada's West Coast," reads the advertisement.

Vancouver's blossoms have become renowned in East Asia, where the city's trees are through the Kitsilano neighbourhood in Mandarin. Like the English-language tours, it's fully booked that in the 1930s, the mayors of the Japanese cities of Yokohama and Kobe gave 500 cherry trees to the Vancouver Park Board to honour Japanese Canadians who served in the First World War.

Charlene Liu, president and CEO of Panasia Holidays, a Calgary-based tourism company, said cherry blossom viewing is among Chinese-speaking domestic tourists, many of them from Edmonton and Calgary, like a perfect combination to gaze upon the cherry blossoms while exploring the local culinary scene since Vancouver is also famous for food," said Liu in an interview conducted in Mandarin.

Cities like Kyoto and Washington, D.C., might have said many blossom tourists to Vancouver also have family in the city photos under the cherry trees is a universal thing loves it," said Xie.

It's not just tourists drawn to the blossoms that drift like pink snow when caught by a breeze resident Emmanuel S.T. Yu, enjoying a stroll under Burnaby's cherry blossoms with his wife Connie, said the flowers reminded him it was "a blessing" to live in B.C.

"It's my family's annual tradition to walk around to see the cherry blossom trees doing this for 11 years straight. We never get tired of it," said Yu in Mandarin flowers always easily cheer us up, reminding us how lucky we are to live here."

Jordan Liu, B.C.-based director of the tour guide training program with the Canadian Inbound Tourism Association of Asia Pacific, said there were more than 2,700 cherry blossom locations across Metro Vancouver has some favourites — Graveley Street on Vancouver's Eastside, West 22nd Avenue in Arbutus Ridge, Nelson Street in the downtown core, Yukon Street and outside Vancouver City Hall.

On West 22nd Avenue, Sophie Chan said she travelled on multiple buses to get to the neighbourhood from her home in Surrey. The slight rise and fall of the street make it possible to see a corridor of blooming trees stretching into the distance, a favourite location on Instagram said the secret to a good cherry blossom photo is patience — you need to wait for the right moment, with the right light, and the right wind to bring the petals fluttering down.

Retired mechanical engineer Kenneth Kwan, 84, was standing outside his home on Sussex Avenue in Burnaby, wearing a straw hat as he greeted people taking photos of the blossoms said the flowers made him feel alive after an illness confined him to hospital for more than six weeks last year.

"My friends from San Francisco will soon come to Vancouver to visit me. I will show them around the city, including the cherry blossoms in my neighbourhood," said Kwan laughter is the best."

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gocalgaryshuttlesservices · 5 months ago

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#bus companies calgary #minibus charter #tour bus for rent #bus rentals calgary #minibus rental calgary

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thegnmsolution · 2 years ago

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EXCLUSIVE: In Calgary, free speech now counts as ‘harassment’

Site logo image brianpeckford posted: " POSTED ON: MARCH 7, 2023 John Carpay, The Western Standard In Calgary you run the risk of a $500 fine for expressing an opinion in a public place that someone else finds offensive. Under the amended “Public Behaviour Bylaw” 54M2006, the City h" peckford42 EXCLUSIVE: In Calgary, free speech now counts as ‘harassment’ brianpeckford Mar 15 POSTED ON: MARCH 7, 2023 *John Carpay, /The Western Standard/ * In Calgary you run the risk of a $500 fine for expressing an opinion in a public place that someone else finds offensive. Under the amended “Public Behaviour Bylaw” 54M2006, the City has made it an offence to “communicate with a person in a manner that could reasonably cause offence or humiliation.” You could even be found guilty if nobody actually felt offended or humiliated, because this law prohibits speech that “could reasonably cause” such feelings– whether someone felt them or not. Bylaw54M2006 directly prohibits the peaceful expression of opinions that a listener or viewer could perceive as offensive or humiliating. For example, if a drag queen who reads books to young children feels “humiliated” or “offended” by someone speaking out against the sexualization of children, the advocate for children’s innocence is guilty of “harassment.” The City of Calgary appears to believe that free expression “restricts safe access to public spaces for victims, and forces victims to alter their behaviour out of fear, anxiety, and other psychological and physical harms.” The City sees the /Charter/’s protection of free expression as creating “imbalanced power dynamics and inequality, disproportionately impacting affected groups at higher risk of being targeted.” So, the City wants to remove free expression from Calgary streets to make them “safer” for everyone. Most of the preceding phrases come from the City’s website in regard to “street harassment.” Essentially, Calgary has redefined the expression of one’s opinions in a public place as “street harassment.” Redefining speech as “harassment,” this bylaw is impossibly vague, because it’s impossible to know with any degree of certainty what might “offend” or “humiliate” someone in a public place where people of different ages, races, religions, sexual proclivities and political beliefs might congregate. Whatever you say in the public square could reasonably cause offence or humiliation to at least one person. So, it’s now up to the Calgary Police Service to determine subjectively whether to slap you with a $500 ticket for having spoken your mind in a city park, on a public sidewalk, or in some other public place. We should crack down on “harassment” if it consists of screaming, yelling, pushing, shoving, threatening, continuing to follow a person after she or he has told you to stop, or deliberately getting extremely close to a person when circumstances (e.g., a crowded elevator, crowded bus) do not warrant it. However, the foregoing examples of real harassment are already illegal under various existing laws. It is a criminal assault to push, shove, hit or punch someone, or even touch someone without consent. Uttering threats to harm a person’s life, body or property is also criminal. Disturbing the peace by yelling and screaming is criminal, and also contrary to municipal noise bylaws. It is already illegal to “obstruct, interrupt, or interfere with the lawful use, enjoyment or operation of property.” Criminal Code section 430 makes it a crime to block access to someone going about their business and engaging in legal activities. An oil company executive might feel “humiliated” when confronted by Greenpeace protesters on a public sidewalk, whom she cannot avoid seeing and hearing while on her way to her downtown office. But as long as environmentalists do not threaten to harm her life or property, and do not physically obstruct her access to her office, any offence she may feel is simply part of living in a free country. Whether the topic of debate is abortion, pipelines, lockdowns, mandatory vaccination policies, or drag queens reading books to children in libraries, how can citizens debate issues without referring– directly or indirectly–to standards of good and evil? In a free society, nobody can be exempt from having her or his actions criticized as inappropriate (or even immoral) by others, which might result in feelings of offence or humiliation. Witness the predictable litany of judgments cast by Social Justice Warriors on their “morally inferior” neighbours as being racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, misogynist etc. Would Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek favour slapping her woke allies with $500 fines over this kind of name-calling? Feelings of being “humiliated” and “offended” are normal and to be expected in a free country; all Canadians have a right to criticize and denounce peacefully whatever conduct they believe to be wrong. Canadians exercise this right every day, denouncing what they believe to be political, economic, social or environmental injustices. This will necessarily offend — and even humiliate–those who carry out such actions. Mayor Gondek’s revised bylaw is about government deciding that the “wrong” opinion cannot be expressed peacefully in a public place if her political friends feel offended or humiliated by this “wrong” opinion. Under the false pretence of stopping already-illegal behaviour, this censorship bylaw targets freedom of expression–a pillar of our free and democratic society. John Carpay is President of te Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: peckford42.wordpress.com/2023/03/15/exclusive-in-calgary-free-speech-now-counts-as-harassment/ Read the full article

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lastfrontierh · 2 years ago

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humanoidpigeon · 11 months ago

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To paint a fuller picture, if anyone cares. All city/provincial specific double decker buses in Canada (excluding tour buses)

Ontario (most populace province therefor has the most):

Here's a Toronto double decker - TTC

Ottawa double decker - OC Transpo (there's another model but they look the same to me I dunno)

And most other cities in south eastern Ontario just uses Go Transit double decker buses - GO Transit. There might be more but I only looked at the 10 biggest cities in the province.

British Columbia

Vancouver region double decker - Coast Mountain Bus Company

Vancouver region cause that's where everyone lives in B.C. - Translink

Alberta

Calgary - Calgary Transit

Edmonton - Strathcona County

do double decker buses actually not exist outside of the uk. serious question snormimimimimi

they do in the city i used to live in i'd see them sometimes i have no idea about the US tho

#long post #Canadian double deckers because I got bored #most are the same model but they are painted differently but whatever

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smokinholsters · 2 years ago

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The Lucky Horseshoes - A Heartland Season 16 AU - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

“Good morning Amy, good morning Lyndy, you’re both up early I see.”

“Good morning Lisa/Grandma.” They said together making Lyndy giggle as she climbed into her seat.

Lisa pushed a mug of coffee in front of Amy before turning to Lyndy “what would you like for breakfast Lyndy ?”

“Bagel and cream cheese please.”

“Half a bagel Lisa, she’ll never finish a whole one.” Amy added getting up and grabbing the milk and the cream cheese for Lyndy and a yogurt for herself from the fridge and half a bagel from the freezer for Lyndy which she handed to Lisa who popped it into the toaster.

“What are your plans for today Amy ?” Lisa said putting cream cheese on the now lightly toasted bagel.

“Early chores, obviously, get Lyndy off to school, shower and meet Cass.”

“Oh, that sounds nice.”

“Clothes shopping, not my strong suit.”

“I hear Cass is pretty good at shopping, sounds like you’re in good company.” Lisa said laughing sitting with her own coffee “what are you shopping for ?”

“Dress and shoes for a dinner date.”

Lisa smiled “Oh Cass is definitely a good choice. Where are you heading ?”

“Chinook and around, lunch first and then shopping.”

“Oh, you’re heading into Calgary. Where’s dinner ?”

“The Lake House, I hear it’s nice.”

“Never been but I do hear it’s lovely. So what’s on the menu ?”

“The works; dress, hose and shoes.”

“Done Momma !!”

“Then let’s get you washed up.”

“How about you get started in the barn and I get Lyndy here ready for school ?”

“You sure ? Lyndy would that be Ok ?”

“I’m sure. Lyndy, how about you ?” Lisa asked.

Lyndy smiled and put her thumb up before hopping off her chair and putting out her hand for Lisa to take.

Amy laughed “Guess that’s a yes, thank you both. I’ll be back to walk her to the bus Lisa, she can read or play in her room once she’s dressed.”

She started early so she was almost done when she took a break back to the house.

“Thanks for doing this Lisa.”

“Really not a problem honey and try to have a good time shopping. Think of the reason for your outing.” She said as Amy helped Lyndy with her backpack.

“The end game, got it.” Amy said heading out the door.

Since most anything is easier to hand off to a valet than a large pickup they decided that Cass would pick up Amy for the ride into Calgary. She had forgotten that Cass had just leased a new BMW SUV and smiled when it pulled down the road to the house. Cass called her for courage to sign the papers even though with the new partnership in the clinic and Caleb’s partnership in the rodeo school she assured Amy that they could afford it and keep saving for a small ranch.

“Nice wheels !!” Amy said opening the passenger side door and leaning over for a quick kiss and hug.

“Thank you, thank you, I like it.”

“And Caleb ?”

“Not so much which is fine.”

“Carson ?”

“He’s more adorable by the day and loves nursery school. Lyndy ?”

“The same really, she loves school and horses. Caleb ?”

“Ok well, before Caleb we’re talking about Finn. Goosebumps ?”

Amy smiled “it’s pretty bad Cass.”

“Doesn’t sound bad to me girl, tell me about Sunday.”

“Pull in for coffee Cass.” Amy said as they passed a sign for an upcoming Tim Horton’s pull off.

“No arguments here.” Cass said as she turned on her turning signal and Amy began her retelling of their Sunday picnic and dinner.

Amy told her about their morning, the long ride up to the river and the picnic. Cass stopped her a few times with questions or comments about the story especially Finn’s interactions with Lyndy.

“Sounds like a pretty idyllic an afternoon if you ask me.”

“It was a really nice day Cass, no complaints.”

“And the dinner ?”

The had made it into Calgary by this point and Cass pulled into the mall and rather than pull up to a valet Amy pointed out a fairly convenient parking spot that was opening up for them to use. The plan was to stop for a bite to eat first so that Amy’s dress could be tried on after eating just in case.

“Trust me Amy, you want the dress to be perfect on a full stomach otherwise you’ll feel fat which you are definitely not.”

“I trust you Cass.”

“As you should, now how was your family with all this ?”

They stopped for dim sum as neither Amy nor Cass were famished and as they ordered, waited and ate Amy continued on with her story. Again, Cass stopped her for more details as the story progressed.

“How was Jack after Finn said that ?”

“I think maybe those that didn’t get it get it now.”

“You’re Ok with what he said though ?”

“He’s not that guy Cass, he follows his heart so yeah I’m fine with him saying it. Basically he just reinforced what I said before anyway, I’m not 15 Cass, I’m all grown up. Now what’s the deal with Caleb ?”

“Caleb and Sam are buddy buddy.”

“What does that mean exactly ?”

“He was hoping you and Sam would give it a shot.”

“You told him right ?”

“I told him but I think he needs to see. It’s Caleb Amy, I love him like crazy but he’s a little slow on the uptake. How do you feel about burgers Saturday night at KO’s, a couples date ?”

“Fine with me, I’ll check with Finn.” Amy said pulling out her phone and texting.

“7:30 is easier with Carson when he answers.”

Her text came as they paid their check and headed into the mall.

“7:30 at KO’s is fine with him.” She said stopping to text something else.

“What ?”

“He’s asking where I am.”

“And ?”

“I’m telling him I’m clothes shopping with you and that I’ll text when I get home. We’ve both been pretty busy this week so maybe there’s a trail ride in my future.”

“Amy Fleming are you actually enjoying yourself ?”

They were walking again and Amy side glanced a smile at Cass and then playfully bumped her with her shoulder as Cass pointed to the first store she was taking Amy in to shop.

Four stores and at least a dozen try ons later Amy had two maybes when they stopped at the gelato stand for a rest and a snack.

“They both looked great on you and neither needed any alterations Amy.”

“Yeah, I liked them both but if I’m going to splurge I’m really looking to love what I’m wearing.”

“So what’s holding you back on either of those ?”

Amy scooped some gelato into her mouth and was quiet while she savored the rich double chocolate cream and chewed a brownie bit, “I think they’re too short, maybe something past the knee for this.”

“You know, I’ve been to the Lake House twice, once was for a wedding so that doesn’t count but once for a business meeting on a regular night and you may be right, especially for a Saturday night dinner and dancing. Let’s change our plan a little, we need to go higher up the chain.”

“Cass.”

“This is your first real date in how long and I mean dressed to go out for dinner and dancing with a handsome guy ?”

“Years.”

“Then we’re splurging meaning, you’re splurging and then shoes. Come on.”

“Cass.”

“Come on Amy or you’ll blow a possible trail ride and you don’t have to buy unless you’re in love with it.”

“Fair enough.” She answered tossing her empty cup and spoon into the bin near the seating area.

It came in the third store they walked into, 11 dresses and an hour later, Ted Baker.

Cass was sitting on a small couch when Amy walked out and in front of a three sided mirror.

“Now that’s what I’m talking about.” Cass said standing and walking behind Amy.

“Me too, it’s perfect.”

The dress was navy blue, an embroidered midi dress with a well fitted bodice, an open neckline, tight waist and a tiered skirt with a handkerchief hem. The embroidery was floral with long delicate sleeves and it fit her perfectly. More than that though, the color set off her hair and eyes and she positively glowed in it.

Walking back and forth Cass smiled “well, I think our work here is done.”

“What’s the most you ever spent on a dress ?”

“4300 dollars.”

Amy laughed “not talking about your wedding gown Cass.”

“I don’t know Amy, definitely several hundred. How much is that ?”

“It’s on sale for $385 down from $565.”

“It’s gorgeous Amy and it’s perfect for you and the evening.”

“It’s a lot Cass.”

“You’ll wear it again.”

“Promise ?”

Cass laughed “We’ll make sure of it.”

“Oh man, how do I even justify this.”

“Just think of Finn’s face when he sees you in it.”

Amy sighed and reached down to look at the tag again.

“Hey, stop thinking about it and get changed into your 180 dollar jeans, how many of those you own ?”

“3 pairs but I wear those all the time.”

“Everything is relative Amy. Hold your breath and get your credit card ready, we have more shopping.”

“Ok, shoes.”

“Sheer stockings before shoes, preferably seamed.”

“Will panty hose do ?”

“I take it he won’t be helping you off with that dress ?”

“I don’t think so Cass, we’re not up to advanced dating yet, besides, we have no place to go and I’m pretty sure this dress isn’t coming off in the truck.”

“What’s going on with that ? Have you made a decision ? Leaning one way or another ?”

Once again Amy sighed “I’m leaning towards taking the Director’s job and moving out. Have an opinion ?”

“You already know my opinion Amy, you need a life of your own.”

“And my family ?”

“Don’t be silly, they’ll always be your family just like I’ll always be your best friend and we’re all 10 minutes away.”

Once again Amy gave her friend a side glanced smile and getting a smile in return before she nudged Cass again.

“And we’ll always be there for you, never forget that.” Cass said nudging her back. “You sure you don’t want to try a garter and stockings, only you have to know.”

“How about I promise to wear a new panty and bra set with my panty hose and we’ll move on to garters next time.”

“Deal !!” Cass said smiling and leading Amy into their next stop, La Vie en Rose.

“I can’t believe I just spent 85 dollars on a bra, panties and panty hose.”

“Trust me Amy it’ll make you feel great wearing them, now come on, shoes and home.”

45 minutes later Cass popped the doors on her SUV and Amy carefully laid her dress in the backseat and the shoes and her other bags on the floor before climbing in to the passenger seat.

“I’m going to trip for sure Cass.”

“You’re not going to trip but you should definitely practice in the meantime and no hat Amy.”

“I won’t wear my hat and you’ll lend me a black clutch ?”

“The clutch isn’t a problem, we’ll switch cars that afternoon, you are not going out in that dress in your pick-up.”

“This ?” Amy said pointing around Cass’ brand new BMW.

“I don’t have a garage full of cars Amy.”

“You sure ?”

“I insist. We’ll swap back the next morning when you tell me everything. Are we stopping for coffee ?”

Amy checked her phone for the time and thought for a second. “Sure, we’ve got time, Lisa’s home for Lyndy.”

“And your trail ride ?”

“Would actually include Lyndy.”

“Didn’t realize that but it makes sense and really good for him that he doesn’t resent it.”

“I think they’ve sort of taken a shine to each other but are tip toeing around it.”

“Cute, so back to the job.” Cass prompted as they pulled over to an on-off road Tim Horton’s.

40 minutes later Cass made the slow turn into the Heartland driveway and under the familiar sign.

“So we’ll meet up Sunday afternoon or Monday and take a look at the space ?”

“Works for me.” Amy said hopping out simultaneously with the front door opening for Lyndy and Lisa who were coming out onto the porch.

Cass also got out and walked over and up the stairs to hug Lisa and then lean over for a big hug fro her goddaughter.

“How’d it go ?” Lisa asked when she stood.

“She’ll live.”

“I will definitely live.” Amy said handing a bag to Lisa and a smaller one to Lyndy.

“Love you Cass.” Amy said putting out her one free hand to hug her friend.

“Love you too, you Ok ?”

“I’m fine, I’ll see you Saturday night.”

Cass smiled at Lisa and waved at Lyndy before turning down the stairs.

“Put the bag on my bed sweetheart.” She said coming through the door and handing Lisa her dress so she could sit and get her boots off.

“Color ?” Lisa asked when Amy stood and put out her hand for the dress.

“Navy, dark navy actually. Come on I’ll show you.”

“Model ?”

“Nope, it’s perfect, but you can look and gently touch.”

She leaned over and carefully undid the zipper pulling apart the garment bag to show Lisa and Lyndy.

Lisa put out her hand to run the back across the fabric. “It’s long.”

“Midi.”

“It’s a beautiful dress Amy, you’ll look amazing.”

“Can I touch momma ? My hands are clean.”

“Touch not grab sweetheart.”

Lyndy reached out her hand and touched the fabric. “It’s soft and I like the flowers.”

“Think I’ll look pretty ?”

She smiled when Lyndy nodded.

Lisa nodded as well and reached down to the tag, then looked at Amy. “Go ahead, tell me I’m not crazy.”

Lisa turned the label and saw the 565 marked down to 385.

“Add shoes and lingerie, I just spent almost 600 dollars on an outfit.”

“You’re not crazy, not by a long shot. Come here, give me a hug and then show me the shoes and whatever. What’s Saturday night by the way ?”

“Ah I was going to ask, Caleb inspection, double date, he’s not happy I never dated Sam so burgers at KO’s so that he can see us together.”

“Sam ? Sam who ?”

“Langston, next door ?”

“What ?”

“I don’t know Lisa, it’s Caleb and they’re friends or drinking buddies, whatever.”

Lisa shrugged “I guess in a way I get it, either way it’s another date and yes, we’d be glad to watch this one.” She said bending over to tickle Lyndy.

“Lyndy, do you have homework ?”

“Two worksheets in her folder Amy.” Lisa answered.

“Go sit down at your desk and get them done and we can go for a ride.”

“Yay, a ride !!” Lyndy cried out running into her room.”

“Come with Lisa ?”

“I wish, I’m waiting on a call about a horse to make a call about a horse.”

“Finn said he might make it.” Amy mumbled checking her phone. “Maybe he got caught up in something.”

“Text him.”

“I texted when I got home, I don’t want to guilt him if he’s busy. Let’s go sit.”

The knock came as Amy was helping Lyndy with her boots which were new and not quite broken in. She glanced up at the screen door and smiled. “You are not dressed for a ride.” She said to Finn who was standing there in his overalls.

“I’m sorry, I ran late. I can help saddle though.”

“Come on in and say hi and Lyndy and I would love some help with our saddles.”

Lisa had come in from the living room and smiled “Hi Finn, how’s everything ?”

“Hi Lisa, everything’s great, you and Jack doing Ok ?”

“We’re good, not riding ?”

Finn laughed “In this outfit I’ll just become a puff of dust every time I came down on a horse. I’m do for a shower.”

“You can help me with Harley.”

Finn smiled “I’d love too.”

Amy fit her hat on and turned. “Let’s get ‘em saddled.”

Lyndy skipped on ahead and Amy reached out for Finn’s hand. Neither said anything when their hands joined.

Amy watched Lyndy walk over to the meadow where several of the horses were grazing and call out “Harley, Harley.”

She saw the big brown horse turn his head and shake before walking out to look at the fence.

“Come on Harley !!”

“Would you look at that.” Finn whispered as Harley trotted over.

Amy smiled at his reaction and then whistled at the herd. Both Spartan and Shadow turned and Amy called out “Shadow, come on sweetheart.”

A second later the light brown colt darted towards them.

They walked to the gate together which Finn opened and was surprised again when Lyndy just turned and walked towards the barn “come on Harley, you need a saddle” and the horse followed right behind her.

“Wonder where she gets that from ?” Finn said smiling as Shadow walked calmly alongside Amy towards the barn.

Amy clipped Shadow while Finn helped Lyndy clip him and then handed her a brush before grabbing her step stool and swinging it around Harley for her.

“Thank you Finn.”

“You’re very welcome Lyndy”

They worked quietly to brush the horse down before Lyndy ran to grab Harley’s blanket and carried it two handed over to Finn who laid it on Harley’s back before getting his saddle. When he was satisfied that it was snug he handed the reins to Lyndy who walked his out along with Amy who was ready at the same time.

Same as the last couple of times Lyndy held up her arms and Finn lifted her onto her

Saddle. She smiled at him before bending and hugging Harley’s neck.

Amy watched smiling when Finn walked around Shadow’s rump and Amy moved from his head.

“See you tomorrow ?”

Finn frowned, “I’m swamped all day and scheduled dinner out with Grandpa. How’s your Saturday ?”

“Center all morning then Lyndy has story time at the library.”

“Saturday night then.” He said “Leg up ?”

Amy smiled and leaned over to kiss him gently before he hoisted her up “Text if your plans change.”

“You too and have a good ride.”

“They’re all good Finn, talk later.”

He stood and watched as they pulled away and waved at them both when they turned for a last smile before riding off.

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