Happy Canada Day!
Today is the day we Canadians celebrate our nation’s becoming a country on July 1st, 1867. Known as “Dominion Day” until 1982, the holiday didn’t become popular until its centennial in 1967 (probably because many Canadians viewed themselves as British subjects until well after WWII). I think it took a hundred years to build enough hype to celebrate what was a rather circuitous and decidedly boring means of forming a country: negotiation. But, oh so very Canadian! And, no, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’m spending this wonderful Canada Day long weekend in Nipawin with my husband’s family (for a reunion). This afternoon Kevin and I took a drive through the countryside to take some photographs and on the way to Tobin Lake, we came across this wonderful sight: the Western Red Lily.
I know the “prairie lily” is more an emblem of Saskatchewan than of Canada, but the shape was very reminiscent of the starburst pattern in fireworks and so I thought it appropriate to head today’s post.
Fellow Canadians: I wish you all a happy Canada Day, particularly to those of you who find yourselves far from home today.
