Fun Things to Do – Page 17 – Just An East Coast Girl

I’m Smiling!

World Smile Day Falls on the 1st Friday of October.

Today I am full of smiles. You see next week my sweetie has a week vacation BUT what I didn’t know was that he starts that vacation TODAY! Yes, he’s home today having coffee this morning with me while we both do our morning catch up on the computer and then…

a trip to the market for some Fall decor.

A delicious lunch…chicken apple soup with a hint of curry and biscuits, we picked up at the market

and maybe…a little adventure today.

It’s such a gorgeous day for the long weekend and start of our vacay.

David even got out on the bike…

And Abby was all smiles because she went in the car to spend the day with Nana & Papa

A perfect day!!! 😀 Keep Smiling!

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 Stay tuned…

Getting Creative with SQUASH

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!

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….

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!

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!

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Fun times!!

For the past two weeks…

For the past two weeks we watched along with the rest of the world, the BEST of the BEST, the world’s greatest athletes compete in Rio. Nova Scotia had some wonderful athletes on the Canadian team. With great pride we congratulate them on their achievements.

Tonight, one last event that brings the world just a little bit closer together, It is the closing of the 2016 Olympics in Rio. And in Rio Carnaval style…a HUGE party and celebration! It was spectacular.

The rest are NOT my pictures but some of my favourites from the night. And to be honest, watching the Olympics made me realize how fortunate I was to have lived in this place for 14 months and to visit the many famous landmarks numerous times. It actually made me miss Brazil and Rio ( which I said never would) lol