Monday Walkie

Monday was our August holiday. It is called by various names, depending on where in Canada you live. 

In Canada, the first Monday of August is commonly known as the Civic Holiday. However, it is also referred to by different names in various regions and municipalities. Some common alternative names include British Columbia Day (BC), Saskatchewan Day (SK), New Brunswick Day (NB), Heritage Day (AB), Natal Day (NS), and Terry Fox Day (MB). In Toronto, it's often called Simcoe Day, while Ottawa recognizes it as Colonel By Day. (Google AI)

It really made no difference to us; we would have taken the same route regardless. However, we did choose the Tims-Junction walk. We park by the Wool Shop, walk over to Tims to get our coffee, before we mosey over to The Junction where we sit and watch the kids play while we finish our drinks. But let us begin at the beginning: at the Wool Shop where I thought that the bright yellow flowers by the window might result in a good photo. It wasn't that good, but here it is. (All phone photos today.)

Focusing on a trio of flowers was actually better than taking the big picture, which is often the case but not an easy lesson to remember.

Then a bee got a'buzzin, so that was a bonus.

We picked up the coffee and walked around through the junction, past the hockey rink and the replica train station to the benches by the play structure. You've seen the structure twice previously, but what I should really do next time is show you the rink and the buildings that we pass.

You might recall that this is the location where we first discovered the picture-in-picture feature. We took another this time and messaged it to Shauna as we sat there.

Sue's hat is too grand to allow much room for moi.

Last time I did this picture effect, I gave instructions about how to achieve this little trick, but I later discovered that it is not available on Android devices: not yet anyway. Nevertheless, permit me to repeat myself for Apple users because it is a fun feature, and surely it will make it to Android in due course.

You can take a selfie+scene in the Messenger app. To do so, activate the comment box, click the camera icon at the side, and just select the DUAL option when the app opens up. Once you are done with Messenger, be sure to also save it to your phone.