Happy Canada's August Holiday to all our wonderful northern neighbors!!!! I don't know if you all celebrate it like our 4th of July with fireworks, or like our Labor Day just relaxing and eating a lot. However you celebrate, ENJOY!!!
Pati
Happy Holiday!!
Hello Pati!
Thank you for your wishes. Today is Simcoe Day and here's a link to it's history:
http://www.toronto.com/travel/article/000-000-317
It's nothing grand; no fireworks that I'm aware of but just nice to have this day off.
I celebrated by hitting the nursery parking lot sale this morning. They had many evergreens, conifers and trees of all sorts for dirt cheap. I ended up with a wicked cool Merry Berry Holly (Ilex x meserveae) for $40 and regular was $199, and bunch of other plants. Now I shall plant the day away in peace and I couldn't ask for more.
Erynne
Hi Erynne, Thanks for the most interesting article. And to YOU I wish a most happy Simcoe Day !
Pati
Hi Pati,
Nine Provinces out of Ten have a Civic holiday today. Ours is Called BC Day.
Don
Im embaressed to admit I dont know what it is called in Alberta! And now I am retired long weekends dont mean so much anymore!
Patischell the big celebration/fireworks day in Canada is July 1st. This one, like the Sept labor day is just a big laid back /get out of town/ eat/drink and be merry weekend for many people.
carol
To Don...Happy BC Day!
To Carol...Happy Civic Holiday. (by default) LOL
Pati
Thanks so much, Pati. I am enjoying it. Blue sky, sunshine, 34 degrees (93 F), and all my watering etc. is done. Now it's time to lay on the hammock in the shade and sip a cool one! ;-)
Don
This message was edited Aug 7, 2006 1:42 PM
The holiday today in Alberta is called HERITAGE DAY!!!!
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Glenda
So which poor souls are without rest & relaxation today here in Canada?
Pati - It's Simcoe Day where Erynee lives, but here in Ottawa it's Colonel By Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_By
I've been starting the Coffee and... threads this month on the Parking Lot forum and I've been giving some background history. This is what I posted there
Quoting:
The first Monday in August is a holiday in most of the Provinces and Territories. What you will often find, however, is that its name changes from province to province, and even amongst different regions within a province. On calendars, it is generally labelled as “Civic Holiday” as not to be region specific. In Ottawa, “Colonel By Day” is the name given to the August Civic Holiday. No matter what it is called, it is a much needed long weekend in the short Canadian summers. For more information: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/august_holiday.html
As mentioned above, we had our fireworks on July 1 - Canada Day although the long May weekend, Victoria Day, which occurs on the Monday closest to May 24 which was Victoria's birthday, is the traditional fireworks day in Canada.
I've spent much of the day in the garden, but I'm also playing catch-up because for the last two weeks all I did was Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. I got to 39 of the 120 concerts, volunteering at 22 and just attending the others.
Ann
Holidays in the provinces and territories
(in addition to holidays at the national level)
Ontario
Civic Holiday [first Monday of August]
Quebec
National Day [June 24]
Nova Scotia
Natal Day [first Monday of August, except in Halifax where it varies from year to year, usually August or July]
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Day [first Monday of August]
Manitoba
Civic Holiday [first Monday of August]
British Columbia
British Columbia Day [first Monday of August]
Prince Edward Island
Natal Day [by proclamation, usually on first Monday of August]
Saskatchewan
Civic Holiday [first Monday of August]
Alberta
Alberta Family Day [third Monday of February]
Heritage Day [first Monday of August]
Newfoundland
Celebrated on nearest Monday:
St. Patrick's Day [March 17]
St. George's Day [April 23]
Discovery Day [June 24]
Memorial Day [July 1]
Orangemen's Day [July 12]
Regatta Day / Civic Holiday [fixed by municipal council orders]
Northwest Territories
Civic Holiday [first Monday of August]
Yukon
Discovery Day [third Monday of August]
carolvan
Thanks Pati! :) Hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday...... we did :) (we celebrated our wedding anniversary this evening, worked in the garden this am, and geocached out in the country)
also found the where the frogs like to hang out (and I discovered my reflexes are still pretty good :).
I just love posting something to the Canadian Gardening Forum! I always get responses that teach me something new about your beautiful country. I still remember the wonderful thread about the grain elevators.
Thank you one and all!
Pati
P.S. Lilypon, that's a beautiful frog. He/she should be over on the Wildlife Forum.....and Happy Anniversery!
Nice froggie Pam! Thanks Pati for your good wishes on our Civic Holiday - and for thinking of us. That is so nice of you. Hope you are having a great summer. --Ginny
OT...Pam, I am comtemplating doing some geocaching with the family. What GPS model do you have and is it easy to use?
edited to say, Oh duh on me, I now see that you have a whole thread started about geocaching. Respond on that thread, thanks.
This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 9:14 AM
Thanks Pati and Ginny :)
Good morning Erynne :) It's a Garmin e-trex legend. Milan suggested it (it is the one that the fellow that runs the worldwide geocaching site still uses and it was Milan's first purchase). It is much more reasonably priced now but be aware you should also purchase the Topo Canada Map. If you or your hubby like figuring electronic things out it isn't too difficult (reading the instruction manual(s) is a MUST however ;). We started off by just making waypoints when we traveled out to the garden. I would compare it somewhat to a computer (as time goes by you figure more of it out ;). I know ours is capable of much more and slowly but surely we are getting there. I really don't mind if you want to ask other ? in my thread. Sooner or later Milan will stumble onto it and he really is an expert with it.
For most people it is more the thrill of the hunt, the exercise, and where it takes you, than what is found in the cache. Yesterday we headed out into ones further out into the country and were pleasantly surprised to find a $5.00 coupon to the burger cabin (still haven't found the cache there) and also a Canadian $1.00 uncirculated Centennial bill (1867-1967) left by some geocachers travelling thro from Winnipeg).
edited to say the screen below is telling us how many satellites are being picked up.
This message was edited Aug 8, 2006 7:37 AM
That is so cool! Thanks for posting a pic Pam!