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Misfit Lil hides out by Chap O'Keefe
Starring Misfit Lil and Colonel Brook Lexborough

A gunfight too many by Chap O'Keefe
Starring Sheriff Sam Hammond and gun-handy range detective Herb Hopkirk

Montana manhunt by Hank J. Kirby
Starring Rush Bonner

In the name of the gun by Ryan Bodie
Starring Cleveland Kain and Shakespeare Jones

Last man riding by Clayton Nash
Starring Tad Ripley and his Wild Bunch.

The revenge of Iron Eyes by Rory Black
Starring the infamous bounty hunter Iron Eyes (his real name is never revealed)

Lightning at the hanging tree by Mark Falcon
Starring Mike "Lightning" Clancey

The Dakota deal by Dan Claymaker
Starring escaped prisoner John McCallum, gunsligner Frank Chater and Royce Chisholm with his sadistic sidekicks.

Yuma breakout by Jeff Sadler & B.J. Holmes
Starring horseless and down to his last dollar, out-of-work cowpuncher Nahum Crabtree

happy belated birthday

Not much was happening for Canada Day in Edmundston, but that's probably just my spoiled opinion. I actually MISS Halifax's lame fireworks.

Me at work: "Est-ce que la ville va faire des.... heuhhhhhhmmm.... comment dit-on fireworks?"

The answer is no. Not they do not. From 2 pm until about 7 pm there was a rotating crowd of approximately 20 people, mostly parents and their children, gathered downtown under a small tent. There was a clown twisting the most amazing balloon animals I've ever seen (no shots of these because I felt awkward taking pictures of strangers holding balloons) including an octopus with googly eyes, a monkey climbing a palm tree, and a variety of phallic looking hats.


There was a man cooking "Pleuves" and passing them out for free. I THINK they're called pleuves. But I THINK I might be totally wrong about that. I wish I could remember I because they are amazing. I tried them for the first time.


They are basically a big, doughy and kind of soda-y pancake. You pour on butter and sugar or maple syrup, roll it up and devour. Incredible flavour to be experienced. It was the highlight of my Canada day. Please leave a comment if you know the actual name of these fried beauties.

There are these enormous chainsaw folk-art wood sculptures all over the region, and especially in Edmundston. Outside Town Hall there are six to represent all the different makers of the community. I stopped to get some close-ups. I think the amount of detail is incredible. They all have different expressions and features.
The Autochtone.


The Acadian.

The French.

The British.

The Irish (I like his ears.)
And the Scottish. I will post more of these sculptures as I see them. Every once in awhile I will stumble upon another one.

So then I went to look at the dam for a little while, and then I biked home. That was my Canada Day.

Tomorrow I am going for a drive into Quebec City because I feel the need to be on a busy street with tall buildings for at least a day.

Happy Belated Birthday Canada, good night.