The overall picture of the front patio haven.
Beautiful Gardens april and Chris dery Edmonton
story by dorothy dobbie, photos by dorothy dobbie and shauna dobbie 28 • 2020
W
hen this pretty young woman from Edmonton landed in Quebec City to study French at Laval, she had no idea that she would fall hopelessly in love with a francophone ski patroller who could barely speak English. It turned out the attraction was reciprocal. Chris tells of how it was meant to be and of all the improbable things that happened to bring them together in spite of the odds. School was done. April was working as a waitress at a local ski hill hangout. Chris’s ski patrol had boycotted the place because of its unreliable hours. In an unlikely move, Chris approached the bar owners and said, if they would accommodate the patrol schedule, the boys would come back. The bar did, the ski patrol did, and the couple met. “It was love at first sight for both of us,” says April. All these years later, the spark still burns hard and bright between them. They speak without speaking; their eyes never stray far from one another.
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