Well, from someone who's never been to Canada and really wants to go-- all I've heard is that the nature is beautiful. It's one of those gorgeous outdoorsy places. So I guess if it's too cold to enjoy that, it would be a real bummer.
I feel the same way about San Francisco funny enough. People come from all over the world and feel like it's "their place" - feels like home as soon as they arrive. I'm from here and I still don't feel that way....but it does have so many great qualities...just not necessarily a place that works for me. I get it. 🤓
Well, it's not too cold here ALL year, only for 8 months or so 😁 We do have incredible nature but so does the USA. So many states are on my road trip bucket list. I just need your politics to sort itself out before I'm crossing any borders!
Living in the UK is good. Have never regretted moving here, although the country would be a lot better if it weren't run by idiots. (And that's all the parties.) It seems to manage despite them.
I used to live in Calgary a long time ago. I didn't fall in love with it, but neither did I mind it. As far as your thinking the immigrants enjoyed the fireworks more, I can tell you this: no one loves their new country more than an immigrant. My father was an immigrant, my husband was an immigrant and now I am an immigrant myself, having moved to the UK. We see things differently than than the native born people. We have chosen this place, as opposed to just finding ourselves there. Believe me, that's a huge difference.
PS: How do you feel about living in the UK? I could see myself falling in love with it if I ever visited. The greenery and beautiful oceanside cliffs 😍
Rose, I LOVE your input here! I think you're absolutely correct about immigrants enjoying their chosen home. When I lived elsewhere, I absolutely appreciated it more than any locals I knew. We see it through a much different lense.
Your description of Calgary sounds a little like my description of Perth, my hometown. Only when we travel for some time away from home, do we return and fully appreciate where we live and what we have. I could list a whole lot of other places in the world, currently in the news where the people of those countries would do anything to be where we are. I think us Canadians and Australians have much in common and much to be grateful for.
You know, someone else probably said this already, but you deserve to have the kind of “home” that you want to be at.
So? (I tread cautiously here) it seems like someone must come up with a banger of an idea for an annual celebration (or a seasonal one) that people will want to attend. ❣️
You are the queen of fabulous ideas. You CAN do this. Where others might say “why do I need to do this?” I might respond- why not you?
I’m with you about craving new places, people and experiences. When I travel to a new place, I always feel more alive. I’m slowly realizing I can get that feeling even when travelling within my own province of Ontario. And I try to apply this principle to my own city of Toronto. When I get out of my own neighborhood and explore different pockets of this big city, I get energized and excited. I just like being a tourist. Even in my own city. And I definitely appreciate the diversity in this great city as well.
Living in rural AB means a daily effort to remember the good stuff and ignore the stupid stuff. Honestly from here Calgary looks pretty good. 😊 But you should see how pretty my yard is. Happy Canada Day from the boonies! 🇨🇦 ❤️
Caroline area. Hillbilly territory. My kids are in Calgary so I'm there a fair bit. I really like the city and occasionally am wistful about paths not taken but here i am. 🤷♀️
I think people like to 'complain' wherever they are! In Chicago, we're complaining about the weather whether it's freezing, yucky, sun-less winters, or too hot, humid or 2-minute summers/spring. I find traveling gives me the beauty of other places I've not experienced but still there's something about coming 'home' where ever that place is that feels like home.
I have only been to Canada once and I loved it but it was Vancouver and Whistler. It was great to learn about the country through your lenses and sense of humour 😘
Happy Canada Day, Kristi! I relate to this as a person who has lived my entire life in Texas and has hated it for most of that time--always imagining an elsewhere where I might feel at home. Dallas has a little culture, no mountains, no beach, no compelling reason to exist at all really. But good news--our July 4th fireworks will benefit from the unseasonably cool temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit (32 C), when we are usually in the low 100s! I feel about the oppressive heat, which will last until October) the way you feel about the cold. You're not alone in feeling like, despite the appreciation you might feel, that you just weren't born in the right place!
Kristen, thanks for making me feel less ungrateful lol. And tha oppressive heat?? I'd much rather have winter than heat to those temps. I used to love the heat when i lived in Jamaica but now, I don't know how I ever tolerated it! Could be menopause talking 🤣
Yeah. The short summers are hard to be appreciative of. It’s been rainy and cold right up to July. If we Canadians were smarter, we would make taking off work one full month of warmth mandatory so we could enjoy it.
And yet. Like you wrote, so many people come here for safety and freedom and seem to make the best of our weather. So I guess we should find ways to enjoy it instead of complaining.
Happy Canada Day -- and thank God and all her angels that there is still a bastion of freedom and welcome to the world's weary and storm-tossed, because it sure ain't 'Murica these days.
Well, from someone who's never been to Canada and really wants to go-- all I've heard is that the nature is beautiful. It's one of those gorgeous outdoorsy places. So I guess if it's too cold to enjoy that, it would be a real bummer.
I feel the same way about San Francisco funny enough. People come from all over the world and feel like it's "their place" - feels like home as soon as they arrive. I'm from here and I still don't feel that way....but it does have so many great qualities...just not necessarily a place that works for me. I get it. 🤓
Well, it's not too cold here ALL year, only for 8 months or so 😁 We do have incredible nature but so does the USA. So many states are on my road trip bucket list. I just need your politics to sort itself out before I'm crossing any borders!
🤣🤷♀️
Living in the UK is good. Have never regretted moving here, although the country would be a lot better if it weren't run by idiots. (And that's all the parties.) It seems to manage despite them.
Lol I bet everyone in every country thinks that of their leaders 😁
I used to live in Calgary a long time ago. I didn't fall in love with it, but neither did I mind it. As far as your thinking the immigrants enjoyed the fireworks more, I can tell you this: no one loves their new country more than an immigrant. My father was an immigrant, my husband was an immigrant and now I am an immigrant myself, having moved to the UK. We see things differently than than the native born people. We have chosen this place, as opposed to just finding ourselves there. Believe me, that's a huge difference.
PS: How do you feel about living in the UK? I could see myself falling in love with it if I ever visited. The greenery and beautiful oceanside cliffs 😍
Rose, I LOVE your input here! I think you're absolutely correct about immigrants enjoying their chosen home. When I lived elsewhere, I absolutely appreciated it more than any locals I knew. We see it through a much different lense.
Happy Canada Day! I love that you tied it back to weather and being 6 degrees in 2019! Yep, I remember that one.
That was definitely one for the record books!!
Thanks Donna, hope you enjoyed yesterday 😊
How are you still ever even more so amazing!
Home is indeed where it feels like a vacation everyday.
You make me want to go back to freedom lifestyle again and possibly come visit Canada like on the Grand N. America Tour again.
Yay to off-day from work.
Hello again, Yan!! You always drop in so randomly and it’s always a delight 😁
I’m also yearning to travel again but alas….$$$$
nothing is of “random”.
I’m so sorry I disappear and reappear so randomly,
As you know, life and bills lol
Your description of Calgary sounds a little like my description of Perth, my hometown. Only when we travel for some time away from home, do we return and fully appreciate where we live and what we have. I could list a whole lot of other places in the world, currently in the news where the people of those countries would do anything to be where we are. I think us Canadians and Australians have much in common and much to be grateful for.
You know, someone else probably said this already, but you deserve to have the kind of “home” that you want to be at.
So? (I tread cautiously here) it seems like someone must come up with a banger of an idea for an annual celebration (or a seasonal one) that people will want to attend. ❣️
You are the queen of fabulous ideas. You CAN do this. Where others might say “why do I need to do this?” I might respond- why not you?
Coincidentally, that very topic came up in another thread yesterday. A huge linkup in a chosen destination. It might be on the table!
I just published a loosely related article on creating an thing out of thin air…. We must be thinking alike!
1) I hope word doesn’t get out to the orange man in chief down here about Canada Day. Next thing you’ll know there will be an America Day.
2) I’m a bit of a CFL fan, and was aware of the Calgary Stampeders. Never knew there was an actual Stampede there though. Cool.
Lol you learn something new every day, hey?
I’m with you about craving new places, people and experiences. When I travel to a new place, I always feel more alive. I’m slowly realizing I can get that feeling even when travelling within my own province of Ontario. And I try to apply this principle to my own city of Toronto. When I get out of my own neighborhood and explore different pockets of this big city, I get energized and excited. I just like being a tourist. Even in my own city. And I definitely appreciate the diversity in this great city as well.
Toronto energizes me too! I haven't been there since 2018 but it's so much different (culturally) than Calgary. I love it.
Living in rural AB means a daily effort to remember the good stuff and ignore the stupid stuff. Honestly from here Calgary looks pretty good. 😊 But you should see how pretty my yard is. Happy Canada Day from the boonies! 🇨🇦 ❤️
Hello neighbor!! Which direction are you from Calgary? Happy 🇨🇦 day to you as well!
Caroline area. Hillbilly territory. My kids are in Calgary so I'm there a fair bit. I really like the city and occasionally am wistful about paths not taken but here i am. 🤷♀️
LOL I'm the opposite. I regularly fantasize about small-town life. It seems more affordable and quiet.
I think people like to 'complain' wherever they are! In Chicago, we're complaining about the weather whether it's freezing, yucky, sun-less winters, or too hot, humid or 2-minute summers/spring. I find traveling gives me the beauty of other places I've not experienced but still there's something about coming 'home' where ever that place is that feels like home.
Amen to that, Marlo! For as much as I'm not always enamored here, it has always felt good to come home from wherever I've been.
The 2-minute summer is brilliant, lol!
I have only been to Canada once and I loved it but it was Vancouver and Whistler. It was great to learn about the country through your lenses and sense of humour 😘
Veronica, if you had to visit this country you went to the warmest spot. Vancouver is pretty mild weather compared to my city in winter.
I'm glad you've had the chance to see a little bit of Canada 🇨🇦 😊
I’m with you, this is where I live, but even after 11 years, I yearn to be elsewhere. And to feel at home.
Interesting, isn't it? I find myself fantasizing over the east coast lately lol. I'd miss the mountains but to have water nearby feels like a dream.
Happy Canada Day, Kristi! I relate to this as a person who has lived my entire life in Texas and has hated it for most of that time--always imagining an elsewhere where I might feel at home. Dallas has a little culture, no mountains, no beach, no compelling reason to exist at all really. But good news--our July 4th fireworks will benefit from the unseasonably cool temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit (32 C), when we are usually in the low 100s! I feel about the oppressive heat, which will last until October) the way you feel about the cold. You're not alone in feeling like, despite the appreciation you might feel, that you just weren't born in the right place!
Kristen, thanks for making me feel less ungrateful lol. And tha oppressive heat?? I'd much rather have winter than heat to those temps. I used to love the heat when i lived in Jamaica but now, I don't know how I ever tolerated it! Could be menopause talking 🤣
Happy Canada Day!
Yeah. The short summers are hard to be appreciative of. It’s been rainy and cold right up to July. If we Canadians were smarter, we would make taking off work one full month of warmth mandatory so we could enjoy it.
And yet. Like you wrote, so many people come here for safety and freedom and seem to make the best of our weather. So I guess we should find ways to enjoy it instead of complaining.
If we Canadians could afford a month off...lots of things would be different 😁
Happy Canada day, Tim! 🇨🇦
Happy Canada Day -- and thank God and all her angels that there is still a bastion of freedom and welcome to the world's weary and storm-tossed, because it sure ain't 'Murica these days.
I know, Jan. I almost felt guilty publishing this today because i know how you all are feeling down there ❤️
Don't feel guilty. It's good to know Canada is up there :-)
If you ever have to flee Gilead, I have bed in my office 😁