Holidays

~ Birds Hill Park, Manitoba (September 2010) taken by: Ryan Bealer~

Today I walked to the Northern and Co-op to get some groceries with a friend.  On my way there, I had to stop to take in my surroundings. My camera was already in my hand…so I stopped to take a few snaps.  On Thursday, snow returned to Pang…and has stayed on the ground making everything white, and bright.  Today was a gorgeous day…blue skies and crisp fresh air!  I feel so lucky and blessed that this is my view outside my front door. I’m so thankful that I get to live here.

After I got home I remembered how I stumbled across some wild turkeys in Birds Hill Park outside of Winnipeg.  The fall of 2010 I was out taking photos with my friend Ryan and we found some turkeys.  They were just walking around… crossing the road.  I posted a story and some of these photos HERE. But I decided to re-share a few with you.

~all photos of turkeys and me were taken by Ryan Bealer (September 2010)~

I have so much to be thankful for it’s hard to sum it all up with a few words.  I remember as a kid you had to colour some leaves and then complete the phrase “I’m thankful for…” on the remaining blanks.  So if I had to fill in those blanks for 2012…here are my answers in no particular order.

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I’m thankful for…

- my amazing family & friends.

- for my health.

- the fun adventures I have in every day life.

- for my job, house and ability to pay the bills.

- technology…to stay connected with family and friends. (Skype, FB chat, email…)

- random surprise packages / letters that come in the mail that you don’t expect.

- to be able to see the Pang Pass every day as I walk to work.

- conversations with friends that break out in laughter…to the point where both of us are laughing and we don’t remember what started it!

- phone conversations with my mum.

- random phone conversations with family when they gathered and they put me on speaker phone.  It’s like I’m in the room with them…not so far away.

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 Wishing all my Canadian family and friends a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Hope you all enjoy your dinners and have a safe and wonderful time together! I’ve been invited to a co-workers house tomorrow for Thanksgiving Dinner… I’m looking forward to some great conversation and awesome food.