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”
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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”
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”
Baxters Harbour
We went to check out Baxters Harbour today. It has been a long time since I’d been there and most of the family hadn’t been there before. It’s beautiful and really cool with the waterfall and the rock formations. Things can change quite a bit depending on the tide but being here at low tideContinue reading “Baxters Harbour”
Boxwood Project
One of the projects that I had on my todo list for my sabbatical was to fix up the line of boxwoods we added at the back of our property line. We started some aspects of it earlier this spring, but I was able to complete it today. Shortly after we moved in my MotherContinue reading “Boxwood Project”
Cape Split
Today was the first day of my Sabbatical from work. Three months were a all my typical excuses are no longer valid. I have the time and ability to do a bunch of things I’ve been putting off. I started today with one thing I’ve been putting off for a long time. Not really intentionally,Continue reading “Cape Split”
Sandy McFadden 