Canadians celebrated what we generally call the May Long Weekend on May 19-21. It means most banks, schools and businesses other than those who do retail selling were closed. Some in the States call it Canada's version of Memorial Weekend, but that is not quite right. It originated to commemorate Queen Victoria's birthday, which is actually May 24. (She ruled the UK from 1837 to 1901, BTW.) Like most modern celebrations rather than hold the holiday on the proper day of the week we opt to hold it on the Monday that falls before May 24. And like the States' Memorial Weekend, it too marks the start of summer. Paul and I decided to make it a four-day weekend and headed south like many of our fellow Canadians to Seattle. However, there was a bit of knitting business I did as we drove down. As I was noodling around all my favorite knitting websites I found an events section that announced the following: May 17-20 LYS Tour - Des...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.