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My Weekend in Instagram

January 11, 2013 By Jo-Anna 4 Comments

I’m really enjoying taking photos with my iPhone again.
Something about the winter has me inspired! Love that!
So I thought it would be fun to share with you, a peek into last weekend when my family and I visited Banff, Alberta. If you haven’t been, you really should try to visit!

Banff is truly a spectacular place. Our mountains are breathtaking! And Banff is also home to one of the most beautiful hotels in the world – the Banff Springs Hotel. I’ve been luck enough to stay there, but it’s not somewhere you can stay often…it’s very expensive. BUT, you can visit anytime you like, and we have started to visit it more often. You can walk around in the hotel for hours and see new things…it’s so spectacular!

Last weekend we toured around the hotel again, so here are some of my shots! (You might have seen some of these on Instagram already!)
It’s the most magical place…

A quick shot of our mountains as we drive into Banff! It was a grey, snowy day but still so beautiful!
Welcome to Banff!
Love this shot of a Canadian Pacific Railway train as it passed by! So Canadian!
And here is the Banff Springs Hotel…how majestic!
This is a shot of one of the views from inside the hotel. Beyond beautiful.
In one of the galleries in the hotel there was this picture of Marilyn Monroe! Apparently she golfed at the Banff Springs in 1954!
The day we were there, the Christmas decorations were coming down, but there was one hallway still lit up so festively. It was magical!
A shot of one of the many beautiful light fixtures around the hotel.
This is one of the grand meeting rooms in the hotel, looking down into it.
A pretty wrought iron gate leading into one of the ballrooms
Everywhere you look there is something to see. This sculpture was tucked up into one of the ceiling corners.
Another gorgeous light! The hotel has some of the most grand chandeliers! This one is about as big as my bedroom!
Then we ended our day with a trip to the Banff Hot Springs. Outdoor mountain fed hot pools! Ah-mazing.
A shot of the Hot Springs entrance.
See, we really are under the mountains! It was about -10 degrees C, and it was lightly snowing. What a day! Fabulous!

Thank you so much for reading!
I hope you enjoyed this teeny little tour of one of my most favourite places on Earth!

If you like, follow along on Instagram! I’d love to have you there!

Have an inspired day!

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My Life in Instagram

January 4, 2013 By Jo-Anna 3 Comments

I love my iPhone. I love Hipstamatic. I love Instagram (you can follow me here if you like!).

Why do I love Instagram? Because you get you see your favourite bloggers, or people more in a real setting. I know I post stuff on Instagram that I don’t post on the blog (except for today!).
I love seeing what people are up to during the day in their life…it’s fun!

So I thought I’d share with you some of the things I’ve been up to over the last month or so…

1, 2, 3: I took these photos after a week long stretch of some spectacular hoar frost. The trees were so amazing…breathtaking. The day I took these the hoar frost was starting to fall off the trees like a snow fall. It was gorgeous! I took some photos with my Nikon too, and if you are interested you can find them in a post here.
I had some fun baking up some New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies for a local blogger bake sale in support of Meals on Wheels. So fun! I packaged them up in little cellophane bags and tied them up with bakers twine. Love.
Mah baby enjoying a snow day. I love this picture!
Me. Wearing what you will see me in for over 6 months of the year. A down coat and touque. It’s cold here y’all.
My cat. Who clearly needs to lose some…ah excess. This is often my view while blogging hahaha
Brunch out with a lovely friend. This is a snapshot of the ceiling at Over Easy Breakfast…they make a divine Eggs Benny!
We just had to take a picture of our Christmas turkey in its brine, lol!
My little family out skating in -20 degrees C. This is what we do here for fun in the dead of winter! Lake skating and hockey! LOVE!
A book I am reading right now. And it’s scaring the bahjeeeeezus out of me.
We’re doing some painting and home decorating this winter. This is a little view of what’s happening in my daughter’s room. So fun!
Hubby put us on a budget. Saving for a trip to Maui! Aloha!!
A little snapshot of a fun project I have on the go…has to do with kitchen organizing!
The view of my kitchen table while the kids are out of school…Jenga and Lego. Lego, Lego, Lego everywhere!