Category: East Coast Culture

Johnny K’s

I totally forgot about this. I wanted to mention our stop at Johnny K’s on vacation.

What is Johnny K’s you ask?

It is just the most famous place to get Donair’s in Halifax! It’s actually where Halifax’s FIRST donair was created. A donair is a spicy, beef meat, and a sweet savoury sauce, onions , tomato served on Lebanese-style pita. They are so good and the very best with chocolate milk. Actually chocolate milk is a MUST!

img_9560 img_9561 img_9562 img_9564 img_9565 img_9566 screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-59-44-pm

It’s East Coast Canada’s signature dish!!  So delicious, you just have to try one.

 

Vacation is over…back to work!

The last day of David’s Fall vacation. What to do? Another gorgeous day and the leaves are still so beautiful. James was actually up early to capture this beauty at the old train bridge in Bridgewater.

We decided another drive…a Sunday drive …a different route…a different part of the coast. We are so blessed to live in a province that has coast on all sides.


We skipped church today and left early so it wouldn’t be a late day, took Abby for a short drive to Nana’s ( she LOVES the car) and headed to the valley.

img_9369 img_9151 img_9367 img_9366 img_9365 img_9370 We took Hwy 8 passing Kejimkujik National Park on the way. We wanted to see the site of the really bad forest fires this summer. Such devastation.

img_9175 img_9176 img_9178 img_9180 img_9181 img_9182

Saw this beauty after all the brown and char from the fire.img_9184

This drive put us in the quaint town of Annapolis Royal. We walked around Fort Anne and downtown, then crossed the causeway to have lunch at Vicki’s.

img_9188 img_9364 img_9195 img_9363 img_9198 img_9200 img_9205 img_9362 img_9210 img_9211 img_9215 img_9249 img_9361 img_9236 img_9238 img_9240 img_9248 img_9247

After lunch it was out to the coast to Port Royal, Habitation , Victoria Beach and Digby Gut. We thought we could get all the way around the coast on this area but there were no roads so we had to back track and cross over to Parker’s cove. This is a lovely area over looking the Bay of Fundy. I would love to have a cottage here. We followed this route along to Hampton, Port Lorne and Port George before cutting across to Middleton and then catching Hwy 10 home to Bridgewater.

img_9254 img_9261 img_9354 img_9360 img_9359 img_9276 img_9282 img_9288 img_9358 img_9298 img_9357 img_9356 img_9319 img_9355 img_9325 img_9350 img_9342

We had a gorgeous day to do a little more sight seeing. It was a wonderful vacation exploring more of our own province. A place where tourists from all over the world visit especially in the Fall.

And it’s back to work for David.

We were actually heading off to bed at 9pm when he got a call from work with a major situation and he had to go in. Technically he’s still on vacation but it’s back to work!

Today I am getting back to my routine and cooking up a special Birthday dinner  for our sweet daughter who is 27 today!!! Whoa! How can that be?

david-laura-jamesimg_9439 img_9457 Have a great week friends!

 

Foraging in the Forest

Saturday was a beauty. Our youngest son James has been enjoying his Saturday’s off now that he is back to University and working full time. BUT today…he was up at 5am ( I saw him when I took Abby out to pee) He was getting ready to head off to the woods to look for mushrooms and Chaga. Remember the post I did in May?

Chaga

He and a friend wanted to get an early morning start to see what they could find. And find they did!!

14670599_10154383003316858_4138219860723789073_n 14713785_10154383003321858_3141313192485643396_n 14721673_10154383003241858_7160198536572231130_n 14729285_10154383003276858_124031228666223854_n

img_9047 img_9048

40lbs of  Chaga, hedgehog mushrooms, hollow stem boletes and even… yellow foot chanterelles!!

And I had fun cooking some up for dinner…

img_9110 img_9111 img_9112 img_9113 img_9116

Yum!!! Thanks so much James. You can go foraging anytime.

And since it was just such a beauty of a day, David & I went to Indian Falls.

img_9053 img_9055 img_9060 img_9068 img_9069 img_9072 img_9128 img_9078 img_9080 img_9081 img_9084 img_9092 screen-shot-2016-10-15-at-9-03-22-pm screen-shot-2016-10-15-at-9-10-16-pm

PS. And This is where our oldest son and his wife are today…

14731261_10154604007896241_7687786086474903580_n 14642516_10154604009621241_587298397443996960_n 14725502_10154604009911241_6166437253629650649_n 14680602_10154602715521241_8390830929110894341_n

So…This family spent a day enjoying the forest in different parts of our beautiful province. It’s so wonderful to take the opportunity to enjoy it…before long it will be cold and snowy!

How High Do Your Tides Rise?

Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy has bragging rights to the Highest Tides in the World!

World’s Highest Recorded Tides

Twice each day the Bay of Fundy fills and empties its 160 billion tons of water creating the highest tides in the world. In 1975 The Guinness Book of World Records listed Burntcoat Head in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia as the site of the greatest average tide of 47.5 feet with an extreme range of 53.6 feet.

Today we went to Burntcoat Head. This spectacular place has been on my 2016 list of places to visit since our son James was there and photographed this place.

Below are two of James’ photos…

13482923_818760718223947_3763846001643129102_oYes, amazing right?

Today we went!

img_8582 img_8583 img_8692 img_8697 img_8703 img_8708 img_8712 img_8758 img_8801 img_8819 img_8822 img_8827 img_8833 img_8838 img_8839 img_8845 img_8915 img_8916 img_8911 dsc09853

dsc09846 dsc09852 dsc09858 dsc09859 dsc09879 dsc09897 dsc09898 dsc09906 screen-shot-2016-10-12-at-8-09-21-pm 14563532_1121889837880739_7121220971336760856_n

Well…my pictures weren’t quite like James’ but we had fun at this amazing place!

dsc09862

 

It was a beautiful day for a drive…

This afternoon we went for a beautiful drive along the coast…a different road, a new route in a place we haven’t been before. There’s something about old weathered boat and lobster sheds that grab my attention.

screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-48-59-pm screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-49-59-pm screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-50-40-pm screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-51-27-pm

How many of these kind of pictures do I need? Sorry, I love them.

We ended our day at the waterfront. Five cruise ships in port today and lots of people around. I love walking the boardwalk.

screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-57-10-pm

screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-9-07-17-pmscreen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-58-26-pm screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-59-08-pm screen-shot-2016-10-11-at-8-59-44-pm

 

Advance Polls

It’s not only election time in the USA this fall, BUT it is Municipal and School board elections in Nova Scotia this month, October 15th to be exact.

TODAY the advance polls open! It’s time to vote!

And before I did anything this morning, from the comfort of my living room in my Pj’s…I voted!

Oh, and by the way… my Abby Girl is 9 today!

Hard to believe this little one fit in a Timbit box…

 

 

Community

I live in a small town on the east coast of Canada. Bridgewater is on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Bridgewater is surrounded by interesting communities and special places, I think so anyway. I never get tired of exploring. All through the year there are special events, suppers, auctions, festivals, markets, and just fun things to attend…community things. Things that bring people closer.

Next week we have some time to explore and we plan to do some fun day trips. But what I really enjoy is being able to drive just 15-20 minutes to enjoy some of these great things.

Like… the “Annual Visitors” that come to Mahone Bay this time of year

Or a stop in Lunenburg for a quick walk along the waterfront and to get a treat one last time before this sweet shop closes for the season

And a home cooked meal at a local firehall in the community where we used to live and chance to catch up with some old friends

This is community and some of the many things we enjoy.

Have a great day!

Leaf Watch!

I am officially on leaf watch! The colours are really starting to pop in our part of Canada. It probably is helped by the frosty mornings we have been having the last few days ( I don’t want to put the heat on yet)

Just in time for the Thanksgiving weekend and…David just needs to get through this week and he has a week vacation. A perfect time for us to do some day trips and chance to capture the beauty of the leaves!

canada-day-ws img_7596Stay tuned…