Happy Birthday, Canada: Forward Looking, Creative, Aiming High!

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(Penelope Puddle waving the Canadian flag is original art
 that my daughter created for me long ago as a gift.)
July 1st is a day to celebrate Canada and Canadians, including one man who aimed extraordinarily high. Recently returned astronaut David Saint-Jacques wore the relaxed grin of a charmed adventurer who took a risk, survived and thrived. On Earth for just four days, after over 200 days on board the International Space Station, he spoke descriptively and poignantly to reporters about his experience. Whereas space travelers generally note what small specks we are here on Earth, he had another perspective. Viewing Earth from a distance, he marveled that the human mind, beyond the physical mechanics of the brain, can achieve vast, far-reaching wondrous things if focused and unified. We're all travelers on the same mothership even if we wave different flags.

See OUR WORLD to explore sights from around the globe.


Visit Postcards From Penelope Puddle and Penelope Puddlisms: BC Life Is A Whale Of A Ride to view more West Coast scenes.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.




Canada Day, 2019, Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC, Photo by Maria Pavlik

Comments

  1. Yogi♪♪♪July 1, 2019 at 2:23 PM

    I love the Canadian Astronaut’s comments. We need more unity instead of squabbling with each other.

    I loved the Crescent Beach photo.

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  2. Carol @Comfort Spring StationJuly 1, 2019 at 5:49 PM

    Happy Birthday Canada!

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  3. MarjaJuly 2, 2019 at 12:08 AM

    "We're all travelers on the same mothership even if we wave different flags." Love that. Beautiful painting by your daughter and a bealted happy Canada day Last weekend I saw several cars driving here with the Canadian flag on it. That must have been in anticipation of Canada day or it might have been for a sports event

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  4. s.cJuly 2, 2019 at 2:01 AM

    Great rebus. I like that.

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  5. KlaraJuly 2, 2019 at 9:34 AM

    happy belated birthday!

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  6. Powell River BooksJuly 2, 2019 at 6:43 PM

    What a cute way to say, "I love Canada." I enjoyed learning about how Penelope came to life for your daughter and then for you in your books from your sidebar. Happy belated Canada Day. - Margy

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  7. betty-NZJuly 2, 2019 at 7:23 PM

    *clink* Happy Canada Day!

    My Corner of the World

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  8. Lady FiJuly 2, 2019 at 11:38 PM

    Happy Canada Day! Love your daughter's sketch.

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  9. AngieJuly 3, 2019 at 8:23 PM

    I think the astronaut is onto something! Lovely sketch at the beginning of your post!

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  10. stardustJuly 7, 2019 at 9:29 PM

    Belated happy birthday to Canada. I like the way how you showed your love and respect to your country in this post. I love the words by the Canadian astronaut, and your daughter's painting, too. Unified and focused on the same direction, I hope all the countries do something nice to our mother Planet which reminds us of "a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space."

    Yoko

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  11. David M. Gascoigne,July 15, 2019 at 5:37 AM

    If we wave different flags indeed......if we look a little different.......if we speak a different language.......eat different food. Too bad Donald Trump doesn't realize we are all the same. I have had the privilege throughout my long life of visiting many different countries and getting to know people in all their glorious diversity, and I cherish every moment of it and all of them - black, brown, white, and every shade and hue in between, in yarmulke or turban, baseball cap or bowler, man, woman, child, old and young. For me there are no "others." We are all one.

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  12. SondraJuly 15, 2019 at 12:41 PM

    The differences is what makes life interesting...imagine if we were just clones of the same 'ole...how boring and how dull life would be!

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  13. colleenJuly 15, 2019 at 6:08 PM

    Fun flags on the beach!

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  14. JimJuly 22, 2019 at 11:35 PM

    Great.

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