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Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, Alberta 07.08.15

We enjoyed a walk through this memorial park a couple of days ago. It combined woodland, a rushing stream and spectacular views.

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Pandora's Boox and Tea, Olds Alberta

The Botanical gardens at Olds Agricultural College

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Completed 3 August 2015

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Yesterday's sketch completed 

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The unifying theme for this trip seems to be lakes. Yesterday our new hosts in Winnipeg took us up to their boat at Gimli for a sail on Lake Winnipeg. I'm no sailor so I was clear that I was just acting as ballast during our short voyage but I did manage to do a couple of sketches while on board.

I tried to depict a man on a skido who whizzed past us but he looks more like a hobbit in the sketch on the left hand page. I quite like the yacht I drew on the right hand page.

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My sketch of the church during the recital

We enjoyed a Noon-Hour organ recital today at St James' Anglican Church in Orillia. We were entertained with half an hour of organ music based on folk tunes from 'Clog Dance' by H Hanson to 'In the hall of the Mountain King' by E Grieg played by Marilyn Reesor who was most accomplished.

Before that we went to the church's Wednesday Loonie's lunch of homemade soup with bread and if you were very lucky some conversation. Sadly though my neighbour wasn't in the mood for chatting. The good ladies of the church had laboured away all morning to give us a choice of chicken noodle soup or Italian Wedding soup or Butternut squash. This was the first time I'd had Italian Wedding soup and for those who don't know it has meatballs and pasta in it. I think if I make this sometime I'll go big on the meat and pasta but it was very tasty.