And it's Canada Day to boot.
Congratulations to Red and his compatriots, all 35,585,953 of you.
That is all.
P.S. - Is it still okay to sing "the thistle, shamrock, rose entwine the maple leaf forever"?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Welcome to 2020.5
July the oneth first. The first day of the second half of the year.
And it's Canada Day to boot.
Congratulations to Red and his compatriots, all 35,585,953 of you.
That is all.
P.S. - Is it still okay to sing "the thistle, shamrock, rose entwine the maple leaf forever"?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And it's Canada Day to boot.
Congratulations to Red and his compatriots, all 35,585,953 of you.
That is all.
P.S. - Is it still okay to sing "the thistle, shamrock, rose entwine the maple leaf forever"?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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Happy July the Oneth
ReplyDeleteEmma, indeed. See also my post for July the twoth.
DeleteYes, Happy Canada Day to all our dear Canadian friends! I also hope you and Mrs. RWP have a wonderful holiday weekend and may the second half of this year be much better than the first.
ReplyDeleteBonnie, we may have a quiet holiday weekend (the agenda is not yet set in concrete) but whatever it is, it will be wonderful. Waking up and being alive each day is wonderful at our ages. I wholeheartedly endorse your wish for the second half of this year. From your mouth to God's ear.
DeleteThanks for the greetings. Now I have never heard of that song but it sounds like it originates from the old country.
ReplyDeleteRed, I am shocked, flabbergasted, gobsmacked. A Canadian man of your age who never heard of "The Maple Leaf Forever"? How can it be? It was only "the defacto national anthem of Canada" for decades and decades until "O Canada" was finally adopted. If you were a great deal younger, I might understand it. Given the fact that you are older than I am (you said so yourself recently), it is beyond my ability to comprehend. Is Western Canada so far removed from the eastern centers of population that the music never made it all the way across the continent? I am truly bewildered. I am shaking my head. Say it isn't so.
DeleteThe thistle represented Scotland, the shamrock represented Ireland, and the rose represented England. There is even a version that includes the lily to represent France.