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