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Johanne Yakula, CPPAG Certified Personal Property and Antiques Appraiser in Edmonton, Alberta

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Almost a Ghost Town – Coleman, Alberta

July 26, 2016by Johanne Yakula 4 Comments

Coleman, Alberta is a great place to visit on your holidays unless you’re looking for lots of activity, shops to browse through and tourist destinations. Coleman is a small town […]

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Heritage Homes, My Travels

Sketching during long Car Rides

July 15, 2016by Johanne Yakula 8 Comments

  Long distance driving holidays can be pretty boring when you’re a passenger. After you’ve read your books, texted your friends and checked your email a half dozen times (yawn) […]

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Art, My Travels

A Turn of the Century Museum: the John Walters Museum

April 27, 2016by Johanne Yakula 2 Comments

Recently I did a workshop for the City of Edmonton’s “This Old Edmonton House. These workshops are for homeowners of houses that were built more than 50 years ago. The speakers at […]

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Just Stories, My Travels
A necklace like you've never seen! Note how it's displayed.

Salvador Dali – The Jeweler

August 5, 2015by Johanne Yakula 2 Comments

Most of you probably have heard of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, but did you know he created jewelry? Two years ago when we went to Barcelona, my husband and […]

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My Travels
I love this one. Note the tubes of paints, paint brushes and tiny paintings.

Historic Style in Miniature

October 16, 2014by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago I attended a miniatures show put on by the Miniature Enthusiasts of Edmonton. Every year they hold a show and sale of miniature furniture, accessories, […]

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Just Stories, My Travels
One of the lava rock gardens

A Rock Garden that will Amaze You

July 28, 2014by Johanne Yakula 4 Comments

It seems to me that we make an effort to find or see unusual places when we travel but rarely do most of us do so around where we live. […]

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Just Stories, My Travels
coffee break in Figueres

Tasting Spanish Foods

September 29, 2013by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

One of the best things about travelling to a foreign country is trying out new foods. Such was the case when my husband and I were in Spain this spring. […]

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My Travels
19th Century Art Nouveau iron works in Barcelona, Spain

The Beauty of Spanish Architecture

September 11, 2013by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

I think that Spain has some of the most beautiful and unique architecture I have ever seen. Many other countries have wonderful buildings but somehow they blend together to create […]

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My Travels
No visit to a home town is complete without going to the cemetery to visit relatives

Memories of a Home Town

August 20, 2013by Johanne Yakula 2 Comments

On the long weekend in August several of my family members and I went to Saskatchewan for a family reunion. Our family, on my mother’s side, has been meeting every […]

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Just Stories, My Travels
Many of Dali's pieces have a sexual theme

Salvador Dali’s Amazing Jewels

July 23, 2013by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

One of the places on our “must-see” list when we went to Spain (ok, on my list) was the Salvador Dali Museum in Figeres – just outside the city of […]

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