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Creating time where it doesn’t exist….

Ellie update So, Ellie finally went under the knife last weekor, to be more precise, an arthroscope rather than a knife as her elbow joint … Read More ›

Posted on March 10, 2020
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Long-overdue news, but worth backtracking….

Well this past Christmas saw a ‘first’ for us – trekking around our acreage to find the perfect tree of a suitable size…. So Peter … Read More ›

Posted on February 5, 2020
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A mish mash of everyday life…

Before I begin – sincere apologies for the delay (again) in posting our news. In fact, I completed writing the blog more than a week … Read More ›

Posted on December 16, 2019
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Another hurricane arrives…

…This time in the shape of a new puppy. Ellie, a four-month-old golden retriever, arrived two weeks ago from Mexico City, via New York where … Read More ›

Posted on October 24, 2019
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Post Dorian green revolution with a cormorant and a polymath!

Hurricane warning… Well, we survived the wrath of Dorian unscathed, although the day it hit Nova Scotia as a category two hurricane certainly presented interesting … Read More ›

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019
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Surfing sharks, skinny dipping… and Dorian!

It’s not something you see every day, and certainly not all in the same day. But…! A gloriously sunny morning after a subtropical cyclone passed … Read More ›

Posted on September 7, 2019
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Feeling blessed to consider ourselves Nova Scotians….

During a regular Skype chat with some dear friends in BC yesterday, I was initially at a loss for words because our lives these past … Read More ›

Posted on August 29, 2019August 29, 2019
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The NS high-society world of kitchen sinks and crap [sic] cakes!

Decisions, decisions, decisions….. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein would have been proud of my investigative instincts and herculean efforts to identify and purchase a new… … Read More ›

Posted on July 30, 2019July 30, 2019
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Belongings, beaches and back tweaks…

Finally…. After leaving our belongings behind two months ago in Mexico, we were reunited last week – but not without incident. Nothing is ever simple! … Read More ›

Posted on June 30, 2019
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Yikes! What is with the Nova Scotia air?

Well, I never imagined hypothesizing about ‘being awake’ – but here I am! Is it the Atlantic influence, the stars, or some other unknown phenomenon … Read More ›

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

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