Recently I received some very exciting news at work. I’ve made it through the application process and accepted into a new developer apprenticeship program. This means starting in January I’ll be spending a year working with a development team and learning, with mentorship, to be a productive, contributing, developer. This is a fairly new programContinue reading “Developer Apprenticeship”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
WorldWide WordPress 5k 2020
Today starts a month long virtual event for the WorldWide WordPress 5k 2020, organized by some of my colleagues. On top of getting out active with others, virtually, there is also a cool charity aspect where you can donate and have a matching donation made. Checkout the post linked above for more details. I’ve slackedContinue reading “WorldWide WordPress 5k 2020”
Long exposure iPhone photos
This isn’t anything new, but it was new to me. In fact I believe it has been around since iOS11 which came out about three years ago. Lately we’ve been doing lots of trails and that involve water of some sort and I’ve found myself wishing that I took our dSLR camera with us soContinue reading “Long exposure iPhone photos”
Meet Oakley
We added a new family member recently, meet Oakley! Oakley is 9 weeks old and is a Golden Retriever / Yellow Lab mix. He is a very good boy. I’ve been hesitant on getting a dog for many years. Caile has been steadfast for all these years wanting one. She never asks for anything butContinue reading “Meet Oakley”
Staycation Scavenger Crawl
Like many people our original plans for this summer have drastically changed. We were going to use my Sabbatical from work to spend time in Alberta visiting family. As that couldn’t happen we decided we would see some of our local area that we don’t spend enough time in. We had started going to placesContinue reading “Staycation Scavenger Crawl”
Different type of book tour
Back in November I read a great book written by a local friend Laura Churchill Duke called Two Crows Sorrow. It’s a creative nonfiction about a murder which took place in a local community in 1904. Before reading the book I had not heard of the story, but am glad I do now. The storyContinue reading “Different type of book tour”
Runner’s World Run Streak – AKA Senff’s Bootcamp
Runner’s World has a holiday run streak challenge that it does. This is heavily US based so it runs from their Memorial Day May 25th until July 4th. That’s 41 days where you commit to running at least 1 mile each day. One of my co-workers, Senff, recruited a few of us to join himContinue reading “Runner’s World Run Streak – AKA Senff’s Bootcamp”
Biking the Harvest Moon Trail
Since I started trying to get back into biking a few years back I had thought it would be cool to bike the whole Harvest Moon trail. Its an old railbed that’s been converted to a trail going between Grand Pre and Annapolis Royal here in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. It’s 110 kmContinue reading “Biking the Harvest Moon Trail”
Hidden Valley
This is a trail we’ve done before, but it’s been a few years, so we went out again today with my Sister and her family. It’s right by their house as well. The walk starts by going under the highway which is neat and then some easy trail for most of the walk. It isn’tContinue reading “Hidden Valley”
Crystal Falls
One of the things I’m really enjoying from my Sabbatical is getting to visit places close to home that I have never been to, or haven’t really explore. Last week we went on a hike to Crystal Falls which is only about 30 minutes from us but we’ve never been. The hike was pretty easyContinue reading “Crystal Falls”
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