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| You Feel Like Spring |
 The future is exciting and bright. You are excited to start making plans. It's likely that you have been stuck in bit of a rut, but that's all about to change. You're ready to explore, learn, challenge yourself, and grow. All of a sudden, the world is much more colorful. |
In many towns and cities, municipal governments organize a range of events, often outdoors. These include pancake breakfasts, parades, concerts, carnivals, festivals, firework displays and citizenship ceremonies for new Canadian citizens. The celebrations often have a patriotic mood. Canada's national flag is widely displayed and a lot of people paint their faces red and white, which are Canada's national colors. The celebrations in Ottawa, which is Canada’s capital city, are particularly exuberant.
In the province of Quebec, many home leases start on July 1 and last for exactly one year. Hence, many people in Quebec spend Canada Day moving their possessions from one house to another. In this province, Canada Day is also known as Moving Day.
In the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, July 1 is also Memorial Day. This commemorates the heavy loss of life in the Newfoundland Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the morning of July 1 is usually somber. Flags are flown at half-mast and memorial services are held at cenotaphs (war memorials). In the afternoon, Canada Day celebrations in the province are similar to those in the rest of the country.
On July 1, 1867, the British North Americas Act created the Dominion of Canada as a federation of four provinces. This event is known as the confederation of Canada. The four original provinces were created from the former British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada, which was divided into the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Canada's boundaries have been extended since 1867. The country now consists of 10 provinces and three territories.
On June 20, 1868, the Canada's Governor General proclaimed that Canadians should celebrate the anniversary of the confederation. July 1 became a statutory holiday, known as Dominion Day, in 1879. However, no official celebrations were held until the 50th anniversary in 1917 and the 60th anniversary in 1927. After World War II, Dominion Day was celebrated more frequently and more events were organized by the national government. After the centenary of the confederation in 1967, Dominion Day events became more widespread. July 1 became popularly known as Canada Day. The date was also officially known as Canada Day from 1983 onwards.
Since 2006 Canada Day celebrations were also held at London's Trafalgar Square in the United Kingdom. It is expected that these celebrations will be held annually. Depending on the availability of Trafalgar Square, these events may be held just before, on or just after July 1."
I want to wish all my friends and family back in Canada a great day and until next time..TATA!
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Good Monday morning peeps! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely weekend. Ours was pretty nice! Somehow Friday I managed to pull a muscle in my shoulder. I woke up and it just hurt a bit, like I had slept wrong or something. I sat down on my computer and made my blog post and did a few other things whilst I enjoyed my morning coffee, but when I stood up I almost died! I couldn't move and the pain took my breath away, it was BAD, I thought I was going to have to call DH. Anyways, when I finally could move again I took a couple of DH's muscle relaxers (he has back issues sometimes) and some ipren and panodil and that helped. It is just finally today feeling better. Wish I knew what I did though to cause it so I can avoid it in the future! LOL
Despite that though life went on. Saturday was gorgeous and we spent most of the day outside, we BBQ and as I mentioned I got in touch with my inner Martha and made a lime cheesecake (recipe to follow).
Sunday was yet another gorgeous day and in the morning DH took the kids down to the havnbad (swimming pool in the harbor) and they swam for about 90 minutes, then my BIL called and said they were bringing lunch, so we all sat out in the courtyard and ate and the kids played, a nice day was had by all!
That brings us to today, the first day of summer vacation for my daughter and I got to sleep in, whoot!! LOL It looks like it is going to be another gorgeous day, so I imagine we will be spending it outside.
As promised I will also post the lime cheesecake recipe, it was TO DIE FOR! I did change the crust from the chocolate in the recipe to a regular type cheesecake crust though and added some zest of lime also!
Chocolate Lime Cheesecake
Recipe courtesy Nigella Lawson 2007
Prep Time: 20 min, Inactive Prep Time: 20 min, Cook Time: 1 hr 0 min
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place a large overlapping piece of aluminum foil over the bottom of the springform pan, and then insert pan ring over it. Fold the foil extra foil up and around the pan and place the whole thing on a second piece of foil, also folding it and pressing it securely around the pan, having a water tight covering.
In a food processor, process cookies until they are crumb-like, add melted butter and continue to process. Pour crumb mixture into springform pan and press with your fingers to line the pan. Place the pan in the refrigerator to set while you prepare the cheesecake.
Place a kettle of water on for water bath. In a food processor beat the cream cheese until smooth, add the sugar, eggs, egg yolks, and lime juice.
Take crumbed pan from the refrigerator and place it in a roasting pan. Pour the cheesecake mixture into the crumb pan, and then carefully pour the hot kettle of water into the roasting pan so the water reaches 1/2 way up the pan so the water does not splash into cheese cake.
Place roasting pan in oven for 1 hour, checking after 50 minutes. It should feel set, but still wobbly in the center. Take the roasting pan out of the oven, carefully remove the springform pan from the roasting pan and place it on a rack. Peel off the outer layer of foil, and tear away the side bits of the first layer of foil and leave the pan to cool. Once the cake comes to room temperature, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes before serving. Transfer to the plate you're going to serve it on, a plate without a lip, or a cake stand. Unclip the springform pan and remove the outer part. Carefully lift the cheesecake removing the metal bottom. The aluminum foil can stay on the cake. Serve chilled.
With that I will wrap things up for today, I hope you have a good one and until next time..TATA!!
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Seriously, at what point did I stop being able to handle the heat, oh ya that would be when I started having hot flashes..sigh..it was a gorgeous day yesterday, I think we got up to 25 or more and I was dieing! Oh course it wasn't helped by the fact my head was killing me. I ended up taking a cold shower and crawling into bed at 9:30. I fell right to sleep and didn't wake up until the alarm rang this morning, so I am feeling rather refreshed!
For those of you who emailed and asked me to explain Sankt Hans here is a blurb about it from Wiki...
"In Denmark, the solstitial celebration is called Sankt Hans aften
("St. John's Eve"). It was an official holiday until 1770, and in accordance with the Danish tradition of celebrating a holiday on the evening before the actual day, it takes place on the evening of 23 June. It is the day where the medieval wise men and women (the doctors of that time) would gather special herbs that they needed for the rest of the year to cure people.
It has been celebrated since the times of the Vikings by visiting healing water wells and making a large bonfire to ward away evil spirits. Today the water well tradition is gone. Bonfires on the beach, speeches, picnics and songs are traditional, although bonfires are built in many other places where beaches may not be close by (i.e. on the shores of lakes and other waterways, parks, etc.) In the 1920s a tradition of putting a witch made of straw and cloth (probably made by the elder women of the family) on the bonfire emerged as a remembrance of the church's witch burnings from 1540 to 1693. This burning sends the "witch" away to Bloksbjerg, the mountain 'Brocken' in the Harz region of Germany where the great witch gathering was thought to be held on this day.
Holger Drachmann and P. E. Lange-Müller wrote a midsommervise (Midsummer hymn) in 1885 called "Vi elsker vort land..." ("We Love Our Country") that is sung at every bonfire on this evening."
I love it because it is just so pagan and I have always been so incredible interested in that sort of thing!
With that I will wrap things up for today, I have to take the little man to a play date, plan my menu for next week and make a grocery list and return some books to the library...all in a days work, right? Until next time..TATA!!
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