So this weekend was pretty hectic! James and I actually went out and socialized for most of it which definitely beats staying at home all weekend!
Friday night was drinks and nibbles with James' work mates (who are fantastic). Saturday was knitting with the girls and Sunday was a day trip to Bragg Creek for the annual Christmas Fair and then a trip into central Calgary for the Art and Craft Fair (of epic proportions) followed by a potluck at on of the PI's from Physics.
Bragg Creek is a little township about 30minutes west of Calgary. The drive to Bragg Creek with Sam (a lovely Canadian lass from the Canadian Prairies) and Yaz (another Aussie chicky here in freezing Calgary) was awesome. Sam and Yaz are from the knitting group I got to and we are all recent arrivals to the city keen to head out for a girly day. I got my first real view of the Canadian Rockies and they are suitable stunning (even though it was from afar!).
The Art and Craft Fairs were really lovely, quaint even. I tasted (and later purchased) my first Saskatoon Berries, which are like a combination of cranberries and cherries to taste. They go well with natural yoghurt and on ice-cream and can also be used in place of normal fruit mixtures for Christmas pudding and taste divine!
My favourite thing was the whittled Christmas decorations! I got two of them, both Santa ornaments, one is a stick with Saint Nicholas whittled into it looking all wind blown and the other is a wooden spoon with Santa carved into it and painted. They look really cool and when we get a Christmas tree up I will post pictures!
Oh!!! Its snowing really hard outside right now!! (And they said we wouldn't get snow for the next few months......haha!).
Anyhows, back to the fair below is a picture of some Bears (especially for Mum). These were carved by a local gentleman in Bragg Creek......with a chainsaw!! I kid you not! They are so cool. The big ones in the picture stand about waist high on me. He has made a much smaller bear with a chainsaw but it was too much effort to make anymore!
There is heaps to write about but I am going to head off and cook some dinner!
Love Chantelle
P.S. Happy Birthday Kylie, Jo, Ashlea, Piers and Josh! We may not be there to celebrate in the flesh but we are there in spirit!
1 comment:
Happy Anniversary! The trip to view the Rockies (from afar) sounds like fun. No surprises in the Aussie Election,but we Kiwis did note how gracious both Rudd and Howard were about the outcome -nice to see good manners in politics. You have snow - we currently are having a run of high temperatures. Gosh we must be on different sides of the world.
All the best, Piers
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