~Framboise Manor~: happy canada day!

Monday, July 1, 2013

happy canada day!

woohoo - it's july 1st which means it's also Happy Canada Day!

i hope that all of our canadian friends are having wonderful celebrations! and for any american friends interested in knowing more about canada day (yes, Linda, i mean you! bahahahahah!), here is the wikipedia entry.

Happy Canada Day to all!

26 comments:

JaneofVirginiaJuly 1, 2013 at 4:17 PM
Sung to the amended tune of "Oh Canada"

Oh Canada,
How badly I have planned.
I should have been born on your lovely land.
From the gorgeous snows to the rivers that flow to Canada's three seas.
From the granite mountain tops to the blowing crops as far as the eyes can see.
Oh Canada,
Beautiful and free. You are more lovely than
Obamaland will ever be.
If you take ever take refugees, please think of ME.

Happy Canada Day !!!!
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RobJuly 1, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Happy Canada Day to both of you.
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DFWJuly 1, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Happy Canada Day to you and Jam & all your neighbors too!
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Sandy LivesayJuly 1, 2013 at 7:05 PM
Sweet Kymber,

Happy Canada Day, July 1st to you and Jambaloney.

Enjoy this special day with each other, family, and friends.

Sending love and hugs your way!!!

Your Friend,
Sandy

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LindaJuly 1, 2013 at 8:05 PM
I just came in from being out in the car, so I need to do what I can while the sun shines. But, I will read and devour the whole thing.
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PioneerPreppyJuly 1, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Happy Canada day back...

Where's my trout?
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kristine barrJuly 1, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Happy Canada day to you guys!
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1st ManJuly 1, 2013 at 10:27 PM
Sir Winston Churchill once said:

"There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people."

I'm glad to know two of them!

Happy Canada Day!
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Jacked Up Glock MomJuly 2, 2013 at 12:40 AM
Happy, Happy, Happy Canada Day! I hope all your festivities went well, and that you did not party too hard.
and what Jane said.. if you ever take in refugees... think of us.. : )
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Sue FrelickJuly 2, 2013 at 10:07 AM
We sang all 3 verses as our closing hymn in church on Sunday. It's something our congregation usually does twice each year (Canada and Remembrance Days). I can rarely sing it the whole way through, though, unless I concentrate on the alto line instead of the words. ;-)
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DukeJuly 2, 2013 at 1:42 PM
Hope you had a good day, we celebrate the 4th this week as well.
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LindaJuly 4, 2013 at 10:08 PM
kymber,
The fight over what to name the day was interesting. I suppose our date name for the day made it easy, otherwise we would have had the same type factions. I did get around to reading it all just now. I was busy and exhausted when you posted it, then kept forgetting, or remembered when I was again exhausted. I would never have known about that part of the history if I you had not posted the history of Canada Day.
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)