Winter in Canada

For Abaknons dreaming of going or living in Canada, here's a glimpse of how it looks like in the middle of winter.

These pics were sent by Ms. Linda Jao-Astle and were taken in Alberta, Canada.

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Alayun pagsurat ato si mga karuyag-sidngon bi. :-)

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