Every year in the fall, a local farm gets REALLY creative with a bit of their season’s squash harvest.
I enjoy a trip to the market to see what the newest creations are. This year’s Squash art!
Author: Adventure For Two
I am from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada and I'm back from traveling with my husband on an expat assignment to foreign lands. 2011-2012 we were in Shenyang, China. Spring 2012- Spring 2013 we were in Resende,RJ Brazil then back to Shenyang, China in July 2013 until the end of July 2014. Expat life WAS amazing! Adventure abounds no matter where we travel to. We really enjoyed the amazing opportunity to live and experience culture and tradition in these places. BUT now we are finished and adjusting to life in our small town in Canada. Our days of travel and adventure are not over.
It’s Pumpkin EVERYTHING month!
It’s October! My favourite month. When leaves change color and it’s sweater and boot season and the time for Pumpkin (and Apple) EVERYTHING!!!
The house always smells so delicious in October.
ENJOY your first day of Pumpkin month! 🎃
I’m Back!
Ok…I guess a month away from Blogging was what I needed to realize how much I love it and miss it! On September 1st, I did my final blog post ( so I thought) BUT I really enjoy blogging and writing and hey, I guess since I enjoy it so much why not keep doing it!
So…I’m Back!!!
Hope to see you soon….
It’s September and the END of one season and START of another!
The start of another beautiful season, unofficially, BUT I ALWAYS consider September 1st the start of Fall.
And as we start a new season, I’ve decided to start a new season…
It’s time to say goodbye to blogging. Yes… it’s time 😢
Blogging has really brought me so much enjoyment over the past few years. I’ve learned a lot and even met a lot of very nice people ( online) through this blog. BUT, after careful consideration, I have decided that with this new month and season, I will officially say goodbye. Thank you so much my regular readers for your encouragements and comments. It was so very thoughtful and has meant so much!!! I will miss you very much.
Wishing you all the BEST as you enjoy life to the fullest every day!
With LOVE ❤
Just an East Coast Girl
Delicious FOOD… East Coast Style…End of Season REVEAL
It’s the END of Summer!! Well when it’s the last day of August that’s what it means for me! It’s kind of the end of season for eating out at all kinds of interesting spots even though there’s probably another month of quite nice weather. It’s September 1st tomorrow and for many and different reasons I will be starting to eat CLEAN.
So… As promised back in June,
“This summer I thought I would switch it up to include all kinds of local food…East Coast food!
From fish cakes to food trucks to fish & chips to maybe even baked bean and salad suppers haha, we’ll see about that one. So starting now until the end of August when we are out and about and have chance to stop at interesting places, I’ll be sure to order something fun, East Coast style, and at the end of the Summer I’ll show you some of my favourites!
And here’s the BIG REVEAL…
Fish Tacos at the Old Fish Factory Restaurant in Lunenburg
Fish & Chips at The Best Little Oarhouse in Nova Scotia, Bridgewater
The Rugged Dude Burger at The Best Little Oarhouse in Nova Scotia, Bridgewater
The South Shore Fish Shack, Lunenburg
The Holy Haddock Burger at The Best Little Oarhouse in Nova Scotia, Bridgewater
Fish & Chips, Maxwell’s Plum, Halifax
Potato Skins, Grand Banker in Lunenburg
Lobster Sandwich at Goldwater Lobster Shack at The Seaport Market in Halifax
Fish Tacos at Stayner’s Wharf Pub & Grill, Halifax Waterfront
So…this post didn’t quite end up the way I had hoped. After we got back from vacay the end of July, I had a few health issues so we didn’t eat out a lot, not like we are used to in the summer so this “reveal” didn’t end up being quite the blog I wanted it to be..Oh well! We still had some amazing food and enjoyed all the places we went to.
And even had some GREAT seafood at home too!!
Take Out Fish & Chips from the Oarhouse
And I made Lobster sandwiches for a “Special” Sunday lunch
And scallops with fresh veggies
We enjoyed lots and lots of amazing meals on our 3 week vacation too but since they were across Canada, it really doesn’t count.
Tomorrow is.. SEPTEMBER 1st! Here’s to a great September and Fall!
Is it the dawn of a new Trudeau era?
Pierre Trudeau, was among the first western leaders to recognize “new China” when he established diplomatic ties in 1970, later becoming the first Canadian PM to travel there in 1973.
NOW, more than 4 decades later, his son, Justin Trudeau Canada’s newest PM and his wife and daughter are making their first official visit to China. They arrived in Beijing today to start their 6 day visit. Exciting times as Canada will strengthen ties with the world’s new economic superpower, China.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with China President Xi Jinping
There are many opinions out there regarding China and regarding Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister. All I can say is after having lived in China, I like that Canada wants to strengthen the relationship and Justin…well no one can say that he isn’t out there representing Canada in world politics. He is NOT taking a back seat. Love their families visibility in the media representing Canada. His wife Sophie is such a refreshing inspiration to all women.
Early morning visitors
They are getting closer and closer! Starting to get VERY brave!! My visitors were back today, early this morning they were out filling up on greens.
Last weekend of August
I can’t believe it is the end of summer and the last weekend of August…ALREADY!!!
We spent a lovely Sunday in the city on the waterfront and geocaching, just hanging out with two our kids.
There’s SoMeThInG FiShY about this EXPAT get together…
Haha Oh fun!!! I Love love our expat get togethers. Periodically we get together with friends that we were in Brazil and China with. It’s a chance to catch up but also to reminisce about the awesome times we had living in foreign countries.
This time Wanda & Curt hosted a wonderful potluck get together at their home in West LaHave. It was a perfect chance to catch up with them as well as Heidi & Stephen and Marlene & Stephen.
Wanda is a dear sweet friend, I love her. We share so many common interests and are of the same mind with many things. I love the way she expresses herself and her creativity. Since coming back home in May, Wanda opened her “Something Fishy Studio” and has been so busy every day creating and filling her awesome space with wonderful things for tourists and locals inspired by her life as a lighthouse keepers daughter and growing up by the sea. I have been wanting to stop in at her studio down the river and thankfully she gave “the girls” a tour.
Here our a few pics of our get together and Something Fishy Studio!
Fun times!!
Man’s BEST Friend 🐶
My husband always says…”she’s not a real dog” I guess it’s true! She’s our baby that’s for sure.
Happy National Dog Day Abby 🐾
Just An East Coast Girl 