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Today is Canada Day and I don't think I'd be guilty of hyperbole if I were to say it was a Canada Day like no other. I remember quite a bit about Centennial year, Canada 125 and of course the fiasco that was Canada 150. Today will perhaps go down in history as Virtual Reality Canada Day. In the ABC of Canada, Zed is for Zoom and the Zeddy Bear has gone into permanent hibernation.

July also marks the beginning of summer camp season - usually. This year, things are a little different. Anyone for Corona Gymnastics Camp? The nearby Girl Guide Camp, Camp Woolsey, is no longer operating. Perhaps the Dunrobin tornado spelled its death knell. But it does still have an online presence of sorts:

https://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs5/S5_53.htm

And I want to pay tribute here to yet another camp I support on a regular basis. This one is still very much alive and well, although I don't think they're holding any sleepover camps this year. But they do have online activities as well as ongoing in-person activities in the Ottawa area, subject to any public health restrictions in place:

http://www.tenoaksproject.org/camp-ten-oaks/

On the home front, we recently got a new barbecue, our old one having been raked over the coals for the last time. The package describes it as a "Kettle Barbecue" in English and a "Barbecue Australien" in French. Hmmm.

Happy Canada Day everyone!