The month of December was busy! Even we were surprised by how easy it was to fill the days, evenings, and weekends... us who don't even have family here!
The barns were emptied on December 17th, which meant a week of serious cleaning. Hard and tedious work for Andy - good thing he doesn't mind at all! But once everything thing is scrubbed and shiny again, there are a few days off before having to get ready for the new flock.
It just so happened that we were empty over Christmas - NOT to be considered normal! So we were really happy about that unexpected break!
We decided to make the most of it and go check out what Calgary had to offer while getting some items on our long to-do lists checked off at the same time. (moving creates l--oooo-n--g to-do-lists!)
If you ever have the urge to see what downtown Calgary has to offer we highly recommend the Devonian Gardens - a 2.5 acre indoor park and botanical garden. You have to go find some (outrageously expensive!) underground parking close to the noisy, dirty train yards, but then you go above ground to the gorgeous Core Shopping Center, and from there... the indoor Devonian Gardens.
(Please forgive the photo quality - we left the camera behind and used our super smart phones (: )
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| Mountains in the distance. (our gas pedal got stuck under the mat on the way up... I thought for sure we'd have to go the whole way at 147kms per hr. Talk about a quick way to get your heart rate up!) |
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| Driving thru downtown... its really quite nice! |
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| At the entrance to the gardens:) |
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| FISH!!! in the pond |
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| Pretty interesting park for the kids! |
As I mentioned above the Gardens are inside the Core Shopping center, on the fourth floor actually. I realize that I am blessed to have a husband and children who don't mind shopping... so there was nothing stopping me from checking out this beautiful building!
Coffee and Timbits were a must for this bunch of Canadians. ;)
Oh! I didnt know you moved away!! When did that happen?? How exciting!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! If you read the archives from October, you will see the big move... thanks for stopping by! I hope all is well by you.
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