I picked up a copy of the 2016 Nova Scotia “Doers & Dreamers” book as well as the Culinary Guide.
Oh the possibilities & choices….
I love our East Coast province ❤ and I love summertime to explore and see and try new things!
This is such a great picture captured by a local photographer… Catherine Rose Photography.
Enjoy your last day of June!
James was away on the weekend volunteering at a really cool event!
LOTS of really cool obstacle course events!
He came home a wee bit muddy…
But I do what I always do…
As good as new! Phff! Just a little bit of mud 😀
He also managed to get to a really interesting place along the coast and get some photos. NOW I have another place to add to my list this summer.
Nova Scotia has so many beautiful places.
Where are you traveling this summer?
Canada Am is LIVE in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia this morning!
This letter was sent out by Tourism Nova Scotia
How cool is that?
Jeff Hutcheson, sports and weather anchor for the CTV morning show for the past 18 years announced his retirement earlier this month. Known as the “king of the remote broadcast “, Hutcheson is hitting the road for his final cross-Canada tour and has chosen Lunenburg for his last stop.
So, I debated …”Do I go, or do I stay?” Go in to Lunenburg? It’s only 20 minutes from my home. It would be so much fun to see this broadcast LIVE. OR…do I stay at home and watch it with my favourite coffee in hand like I do every morning. Canada Am is actually part of my morning routine. Hmm?
I actually decided to stay home, just because I knew it would be a cool broadcast and I didn’t want to miss it. You know how watching something live works? You go just for the fun and experience of it all but you don’t actually really see the show.
So…Here are a few pics from home lol
Cool…I see Colin in the crowd!
Talking with the Captain of the Bluenose II
East coast music live in Lunenburg:
As much as I would LOVE to be in Lunenburg for this, I know I am seeing more at home in front of my TV. Excuse the fuzzy pics!!! Better if I was there in person. 😛
Premier McNeil presents Jeff with a Bluenose II Crew jacket as an honorary member of the crew 😀
Hey, it’s our friend Adam Bower from The Grand Banker and one of the Banker chef’s cooking up “The Lunenburger” ( I actually saw Adam’s Mom Marlene and wife Cristina in the crowd too) So cool!!
It was such a great broadcast!! A perfect job promoting touristy Lunenburg and area.
Thank you Jeff for choosing Lunenburg as your last remote broadcast before you retire!
And that’s a wrap for the Month of May! 😀
SPONTANEOUS!!!!!!
I really shouldn’t just wander around shops…I see things!
I had to pick up something yesterday at one store and decided to wander in another store. I hadn’t been there for awhile. Well, I was doing ok and ready to leave when I saw it!
Fabric panels of Canadian cities. And…
coordinating fabric.
Ahhhhh…. I had an idea! A little mid week project for yesterday and today.
A lap blanket/picnic table cloth/picnic blanket for our hikes. PERFECT for our 30th Anniversary Across Canada Trip!
It rolls up tiny for in our hiking bag and also folds nice to put in our guest room when not in use.
I even personalized it 😀
Haha, lots of fun! David loves it, but of course, cautions my spontaneity!!
I figured I really need to get planning and an itinerary made for our Across Canada Trip.
We are less than 6 weeks away from beginning this fun adventure and I need to get my research done. The problem is… ok there are a few problems…
So many places to see and so little time ( and money) We only have 3 weeks.
AND…doing all this research at night while I am relaxing , gets me excited and anxious and I can’t turn my “thinker” and ideas off. It takes me forever to fall asleep.
BUT, it’s fun! I absolutely LOVE to research places and plan trips to places we will visit. It’s so interesting, our World is amazing, and Canada…well Canada is an absolutely beautiful country!
3 weeks…first part driving, second part flying and renting a car ( twice), and third part flying back to get our car and driving home.
As I have been researching, I have been saving some pics of places we plan to see…here’s a peak of our proposed itinerary in pictures.
Excited to go on a road trip in our little Volvo 😀
Can you see why I’m so excited? ahhhh….
There are so many beautiful places and neat things to do…many of them we have seen before, some a few times, I just have to fine tune it so we don’t miss the things that are important and so we don’t exhaust ourselves trying to do too much! The more I research the more I see…PLUS I want to leave some room for spontaneity!
Oh to be a travel planner…BUT then I guess the fun comes when you can actually carry through with your plans!
It’s the kick off to summer! May long weekend and a gorgeous Saturday!
May is also Motorcycle Awareness Month! I am sure there will be a lot of bikes on the road this weekend. I know my sweetie plans to work a bit today and then get out on his!!
Great day to eat outside
It’s the season for Tall Ships. Actually next year 2017 will be the year that many of the Tall ships make their return. ( Last time was 2009)
For the past week, the beautiful Tall Ship,‘Cuauhtémoc’ from Mexico has been docked on the Halifax Waterfront. What a beauty of a ship!! What a ship to photograph! And many people have.
I am a little sad I didn’t get in to the waterfront myself…
Here are just a couple of my favourites that local photographers captured!
Photo by: Kimberley Burke
Photo by: John Tenfold ( Photomaster Studios)
Photos by: Shaun Lowe Photographic
These ones are so beautiful!!Shaun Lowe Photographic does AMAZING work!!! Based out of Halifax Check out their other work.
Ok…and just one MORE!!
The Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, named for the last Mexica Huey Tlatoani The collection of tall ships scheduled to visit Nova Scotia’s ports next year will be part of Nova Scotia’s Canada 150 celebrations. who was captured and executed in 1525. She is the last of the four sister ships built by the Naval Shipyards in Bilbao, Spain in 1982.
Goodbye Cuauhtémoc, thanks for visiting!
This is just a small taste of a Tall Ship.
Nova Scotia has officially been deemed a Rendez-vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta venue and will serve as the start of the final leg of the tall ships race next year.
“Plans are also being made that these ships will stop in communities all along our coast, allowing Nova Scotians from communities across our province to see these ships closer to home” said Premier Stephen McNeil. The collection of tall ships scheduled to visit Nova Scotia’s ports next year will be part of Nova Scotia’s Canada 150 celebrations. Mark your calendars for the summer of 2017. Yay!! How exciting…the Tall ships are coming!
What could be more romantic than a tropical wedding?
That is exactly what our son and his fiancé chose for their special day and it was spectacular.
The sky, the water, the sun and the tropical coral and turquoise colors they chose…made for the most gorgeous of pictures.
Here are some of my favourites!
These are just a few pics capturing the wonderful day!
Congratulations Andrew & Kristina ❤
Cuba is well known for a few things…cigars, rum and…it’s old cars. David & I LOVED all the old cars everywhere. From the really old ones not in great shape on back roads in the countryside to the shiny colourful ones that were restored and/or cleaned up a bit to be a taxi for a small fee…
We REALLY wanted to get to Havana the capital of Cuba and see more cars and more history but time just didn’t allow. Fortunately for us there were plenty of cars for hire and one guy was even down from Havana with his Oldsmobile….so what did we do? We hired a few of them and enjoyed cruising around in style!
1949 Oldsmobile from Havana~
Lots of oldies…
1934 Purple Ford with Rumble Seat~
And then for Wedding pics we had the Pink & White 1957 Cadillac, 1955 white Chevy, and the Yellow & White Bel Air
So much fun!!!!!!
We even bought a beautiful canvas to remember the fun we had…
Drivin’ in style!
And of course I can’t forget the shopping. Yes, market shopping is the best! There were 2 markets close by that we visited a couple of times.
James & Kristina blending in… 😀
A Chinese restaurant in Cuba…too bad I didn’t have chance to try it out 😛
Cuban cigar making
There’s something for everyone at the market! Enjoy your Saturday.
Just An East Coast Girl 