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.
Category: Canada
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!!
A Photo TODAY!
Today is World Photo Day, marking the invention of photography. I LOVE taking photos as we travel, of my family, of food and cultural things, interesting and usual. It brings me great joy. And while I could have shared any number of interesting photos, I chose one.
A photo ( collage) with a simple purpose: to share my world with the world!
Here’s a HUGE part of my WORLD. (There are 4 others that are busy working today)
World Photography Day…Celebrating 177 Years of Photography. Here’s to the images that give us new perspective on the world, bringing us closer together!
The Lore of the Loonie
The Lore of the Loonie continues…
I just read something really cool!
Loonies have been stashed in the sand on the beach at the volleyball court, in the rowing waters at the Lagoa, and even under the 18th hole green at the Olympic golf course.
But why?
Paul Bowes, one of the coaches of the men’s wheelchair basketball team, said it has become a Canadian tradition.
“It’s just part of Canadiana in my opinion,” he told CBC News. “I just think the lore of the looney has been kept alive by, you know, teams that want to get creative. It’s a fun thing to do.”
It’s a creative way to bring Good Luck!
How cool?
Desperate for rain…
We haven’t had rain for weeks…
and we desperately NEED it!!
Special Statement
I can’t ever remember a time when Environment Canada issued a special statement like this for Lunenburg County…
It doesn’t surprise me though. For the last few nights since the fires have been burning, when I let my dog out to pee in the middle of the night, I smell smoke. Not real strong but enough to know it’s there and remind me of what’s happening to some of our province’s beautiful woodland not far away.
When we lived in China we were used to these advisories from the consulate. Gee, the air in China is not great the best of times, BUT you can always seem to smell pollution in the air there. BUT here in Canada, in Nova Scotia, land of clear blue skies and fresh salt air, you just don’t expect advisories like this or smell smoke when you are outside.
Still praying for rain….maybe this weekend.
Nova Scotia’s Ambassador
The Bluenose
Nova Scotia’s Beautiful Schooner
Seats are sold out for cruises this season, BUT We just had to have a tour!
Here are a few pics from the summer of 2016 as she’s out and about. A few of the pics are mine ***but most are favourites other wonderful Nova Scotia photographers have captured. I just had to share…
Such a beauty!
Bowls of Blueberries
I’m not sure if it’s the dry summer with not much rain, or if FINALLY they are just doing well BUT this year my blueberry bushes have lots of berries!
Which means we’re eating them up by the bowl full, and I haven’t even had chance to bake anything with them yet!
Happy Natal Day!
What is Natal Day?
This is what Wikipedia says…
Natal Day in Canada. People of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia hold “birthday” parties for their province on the first Monday of August. Huge birthday cakes are prepared and distributed. Other events include communal meals, parades, sporting activities and firework displays.
Ok…so I don’t know about the huge Birthday cake part BUT I know Nova Scotia’s truly love a long weekend and fireworks. Enjoy your day however you celebrate.
Happy Natal Day Nova Scotia!
The GREAT Canadian TASTE Adventure—-East Coast to West Coast
I am such a foodie! We enjoyed some amazing meals this vacation, some of which were cooked by family. But this post is about some foods that were special as we travel across Canada or that are just known for certain areas and that we have enjoyed before or enjoy on a regular basis. Canada has so many delishes dishes! FROM East Coast to West Coast, here are some top picks!
Donairs
Lobster
Fish & Chips ( HADDOCK)
Montreal bagels
Poutine
Smoked Meat
Crepes
Beaver Tails
Canadian Maple Cookies
Butter Tarts
Fresh Fruit in season
Blueberries
Cherries
Saskatoon Berry Pie
Nanaimo Bars
Game meats such as Bison & Elk
BC Wild Salmon
Fish & Chips (COD)
Yum! All these pictures in one post are making my mouth water. What are your favourite Canadian foods?
Today is the last day of July …summer is half over. Where did the time go? I guess when you’re traveling days run together and you don’t even know which day of the week it is. Tomorrow David is back to work, it’s the first of August, Natal Day, here in Nova Scotia, and the start of EVERYTHING “Back to School” Wait…didn’t the kids just get out of school. Ahh…
Just An East Coast Girl 