The Zwaal Family

Calendar for The 2024 Zwaal Diary [Apr - Dec 2024]

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Apr 11, 2024
We're ba-ack.
Apr 12, 2024
Well, that was quick.
Apr 13, 2024
An informal family dinner.
Apr 14, 2024
Sold, sold, sold.
Apr 17, 2024
OK, the apartment is ours.
Apr 18, 2024
Emptying boxes, filling cupboards.
Apr 20, 2024
That's a lot of fabric, kiddo.
Apr 21, 2024
We just need a bed now.
Apr 23, 2024
The Tiggy joins our family, sort of.
Apr 24, 2024
Oh, there you are.
Apr 25, 2024
So, where is the such and such.
Apr 26, 2024
Not just boxes, but also a bed and a TV.
Apr 27, 2024
The Quilt Room is revived.
Apr 28, 2024
A nature reserve is enjoyed on a warm spring day.
Apr 29, 2024
It's Edmonton, it snows.
May 1, 2024
Smells like home-made bread.
May 2, 2024
Time to hang some quilts.
May 4, 2024
The fondue pot is back in business
May 9, 2024
Helping out at Alec and Mimi's place
May 10, 2024
Shockingly hard to find a shock
May 11, 2024
Firepit at Port Ordze
May 12, 2024
Family dinner with Aaron, Alec, Mimi and Kiki
May 13, 2024
There's a sewing machine and laptop under all that
May 15, 2024
Happy birthday, mom
May 18, 2024
Sell, sell, sell
May 27, 2024
Edmonton is blooming forth
May 28, 2024
Bird life at Clifford E. Lee Nature Reserve
May 31, 2024
Music at a familiar haunt
Jun 11, 2024
The family gathers at our home
Jun 12, 2024
No, we did NOT consume two bottles of wine!
Jun 15, 2024
An evening at Port Ordze
Jun 20, 2024
QOV supports our veterans
Jun 21, 2024
Paddling down the North Saskatchewan River
Jun 24, 2024
We get a new ride
Jul 1, 2024
Happy Canada Day!
Jul 5, 2024
Lez was making curtains
Jul 6, 2024
A visit with Lori and Vernon Glebe
Jul 7, 2024
Catching up with cousins Linda and Marcie
Jul 11, 2024
Amazing rainbows as the rain gets near
Jul 12, 2024
George, the Siberian Forest cat
Jul 20, 2024
The fireless firepit
Jul 21, 2024
It would have been a 75th anniversary
Jul 27, 2024
The family dinner fondues are back
Jul 29, 2024
Lunch in Riverdale
Jul 30, 2024
Prairie summer blooms
Aug 3, 2024
How to design an emigrant ship
Aug 4, 2024
A quilt that takes almost a quarter century to make
Aug 10, 2024
First family dinner since we sold the house and hit the road with the Schooner
Aug 11, 2024
Grandfather Piet Zwaal would have been 102 today
Aug 13, 2024
A prairie downpour rolls through Edmonton
Aug 16, 2024
The Macarenas invade our apartment
Aug 21, 2024
On the road to Saskatchewan,
Lone Star Hotel, North Battleford SK
Aug 22, 2024
Visiting with sibling and cat,
Holiday Inn Express, Regina SK
Aug 23, 2024
The 42nd gig was a good one,
Holiday Inn Express, Regina SK
Aug 24, 2024
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer,
Holiday Inn Express, Regina SK
Aug 25, 2024
Into the Qu'appelle Valley,
Zwaals at the lake, Katepwa SK
Aug 26, 2024
Just lazing at the Zwaal cabin,
Zwaals at the lake, Katepwa SK
Aug 27, 2024
Hey, watch for those rumble strips,
Zwaals at the lake, Katepwa SK
Aug 28, 2024
From grain elevators to Tim Hortons,
Historic Reesor Ranch, Cypress Hills SK
Aug 29, 2024
Horses and cliffs,
Historic Reesor Ranch, Cypress Hills SK
Aug 30, 2024
We visit some old friends,
Flamingo Hotel, Medicine Hat AB
Aug 31, 2024
Through central Alberta,
Our apartment, Edmonton AB
Sep 1, 2024
Through central Alberta,
Our apartment, Edmonton AB
Sep 2, 2024
Jasper forest fire views,
Best Budget Inn and Suites, Kamloops BC
Sep 3, 2024
We're on the island once more,
VIP Motel, Parksville BC
Sep 7, 2024
Hot weather and cool hockey rink,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 8, 2024
Hummingbirds create a bit of noise,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 12, 2024
A short trip to Qualicum Beach,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 14, 2024
The Parksville Fall Fair,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 15, 2024
Sorry, your RV does not fit through the drive-thru,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 17, 2024
Fun at Surfside RV,
Family apartment, Parksville BC
Sep 18, 2024
Walking the beach at Rathtrevor,
VIP Motel, Parksville BC
Sep 19, 2024
We see grandma for a few minutes,
VIP Motel, Parksville BC
Sep 20, 2024
We ferry away from Vancouver Island,
Sandman Hotel, Princeton BC
Sep 21, 2024
We have another VQA VQA,
Quality Inn, Clearwater BC
Sep 22, 2024
A dreary but quiet day to drive home
Sep 23, 2024
Settling back in
Sep 26, 2024
South of Edmonton
Sep 27, 2024
Just across the street
Oct 5, 2024
The family around our table
Oct 7, 2024
Colours in the mountains
Oct 17, 2024
Getting closer to that freezing mark
Nov 3, 2024
Wearing those ski jackets already
Nov 8, 2024
Before the ice freezes over
Nov 13, 2024
Prairie colours
Nov 14, 2024
What do a Jamaican and Golden BC have in common.,
Quality Inn, Golden BC
Nov 15, 2024
The roads are so quiet,
Heritage Inn, Hope BC
Nov 16, 2024
Rain from start to finish,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 17, 2024
Mushrooms galore,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 18, 2024
A day with good friends,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 19, 2024
Killing some time,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 20, 2024
The aftermath of the bomb cyclone,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 22, 2024
The Englishman River estuary one last time,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 23, 2024
Last family gathering in Parksville,
Feng BW Hotel, Parksville BC
Nov 24, 2024
The Coquihalla in the snow,
Holiday Inn Express, Kamloops BC
Nov 25, 2024
Grilled food at the Grizzly Shack,
Holiday Inn Express, Hinton AB
Nov 26, 2024
Cold temperature and late sunrise
Nov 29, 2024
Remembering Janie Worel
Dec 3, 2024
Sunshine, above zero, time for a walk
Dec 5, 2024
Enjoying the view from the bench
Dec 13, 2024
Lez has been busy in her sewing room
Dec 17, 2024
Roughing it at the rink
Dec 18, 2024
Macarena laughter at the A & W
Dec 25, 2024
Merry Christmas in and around Edmonton
Dec 26, 2024
All six of us together on Boxing Day
Dec 27, 2024
Tapas for brunch
Dec 28, 2024
Rows and rows of squares and squares
Dec 29, 2024
A fun time in Rogers Place this afternoon
Dec 31, 2024
We sing it 'One more time' with Streetheart tonight