While Toronto was getting twenty-nine degrees Celsius, Regina received a temperature of plus one, but the coolness suited me fine. No sweat! It was perfect for a brisk walk along a quiet country road through Regina’s east end, which led to Victoria Avenue, past a new and already popular Costco store. Costco is the epitome of box-store culture, but I like the fact that now trees line the entrance lane. I asked the two work persons, “Why the white wrappers around the trunks?”
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