#moving west

[quatschmachen]

This came to me and then I was forced to draw it and learn CSP. 

Not sure if I will continue, but figured, it can at least add spice to the pot.

@allbeendonebefore bullied me to post this comic ;o

But this entire aspect of FIFO (fly in fly out) relationship between provinces I find intriguing especially because there is a dearth of literature on this exact topic - how do the people from the different provinces influence one another? What cultural changes took place? etc etc

Feel free to drop me a line if you also have interest/ information on this topic.

*Please note, Bert’s mace, is based off the toilet parts mace that is in the Alberta legislature*

[harvestheart]

On the Trail. "Sweet Betsy From Pike" by Roger Meaderis

Believe it or not, we used to sing this song in grammar school. That is how old I am. However, there is one verse I know we did not sing in school but it's a doozey and I posted both verses. We sang the tamer verse in our music hour.

Sweet Betsy from Pike American Traditional (1858) Attributed to John A. Stone

Version One: Did you ever hear tell of Sweet Betsy from Pike, Who crossed the wide mountains (blue ridges) with her lover Ike, Two yoke of cattle, a large yeller dog, A tall Shanghai rooster, and a one-spotted hog. Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay

Version Two - not in our primary school song books, but I like it!

Out on the prairie one bright, starry night,

They broke out the whiskey, and Betsy got tight.

She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain,

And she showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train.

Singing too-ra-li-oo-ra-li-oo-ra-li-ay

[relativelyimmortal]

Moving west. We were on the road for 10 hours but awake and working before we left so awake for 19.

Today gonna be 10 hours on the road.

Tomorrow gonna be another 10 on the road.

The day after will be another 10 hours on the road and then we arrive in our new home.

The four of us left states with hostile legislation

[lindaseccaspina]

A Lanark Lad Goes Out West to Teach in 1915

A Lanark Lad Goes Out West to Teach in 1915

1955

LAST JULY, 3rd, at half past eleven Winnipeg time, I sat on the steps of a one-room school fifty miles northwest Moose Jaw . While I talked with a tanned farmer, of forty-five years about Saskatchewan ‘s past and present, I watched the daylight fade over the Vermilion Hills. I saw the little shack, east of a  house at the bottom of the hill fade into the shadows.

 That little shack was…

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[paulpingminho]

[chrismesposito]

West Wind

I wait in uncertainty.

Life has caught up with me.

I left the safety of the nest and flew,

Now I’m flying but I don’t for who.

I want to reason;

Convince this is not treason.

But deep in their hearts they won’t accept.

Either way, life’s got regret.

As I’ve been flying near the nest,

I felt a call from the west.

It was not loud or constant;

It was just the wind that brought it.

I initially want to be sorry for leaving for my adventure,

But maybe I will find faith in this gesture.

[historynerd25]

Unfortunately, I have no idea who created this meme, but it's one of my favorites! 😂

[serhumana0]

I can't wait to be out of Ohio.