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  1. We've had some warm temperatures here on the prairies the last couple of days, and it's mostly looking like above-freezing during the day for the foreseeable future [1]. So today I pulled the snow tires off the cars and put the "all-season" [2] ones on.

    Please join me tomorrow in celebrating the semi-annual festival of Oh My Gawd Why Are My Knees On Fire And I Didn't Even Know I Had Muscles In That Part Of My Thigh.

    [1] To be fair, this is about 5-6 days max. They don't bother to even try forecasting further out than that here.

    [2] Really "three-season", if you live anywhere where it gets more than a handful of degrees below freezing.

    #Canada #prairies #SK #YQR #weather #warm #spring #snow #tires #SnowTires #AllSeason #knees #thighs #pain #sore #MiddleAge

  2. It's spring-ish today on the Canadian prairies, and while I was out running errands a car cruised by me in the parking lot. A little Acura coupe with the sunroof open, and a dog's head [1] sticking up out of it, loving the breeze, the smells, and the sights of all the people.

    It was a good day.

    [1] What looked like a cross between a husky and a border collie - pretty sure its IQ was higher than anyone in the US administration's cabinet.

    #dog #SmartDog #smart #prairies #SK #YQR #Canada #spring #sunroof #arf #GoodDay #ItWasAGoodDay

  3. There aren't a *lot* of #XKCD comics that include my city, but here's one of them.

    xkcd.com/1916

    Calgary made it, too. Sorry, Edmonton!

    #XKCD1916 #Canada #prairies #winter #summer #heat #cold #humidex #Regina #YQR #Calgary #Edmonton #weather

  4. TIL the first commercial film to use a (single strip) colour negative film (Eastmancolor) was *Royal Journey*, which has some astounding 1951 footage of a royal visit. Regina is completely unrecognizable along Rose Street, aside from the station at the end of it. Overhead footage of Edmonton and Winnipeg also eye-opening. #yqr #yeg #ywg nfb.ca/film/royal_journey/