Lots of excitement (one way or another) about the Wonderland of construction cranes downtown. Development is a messy business and being a sensitive type I often wish there was a nicer edge between public space and the turmoil of building. So I was very pleased to read that there will be a wonder-wall built to…Read More

Last July I spent a joyful morning walking in downtown Dartmouth (maybe I'll show you more later).  Towards the end of my ramble I visited the World Peace Pavilion in Ferry Terminal Park (hope there wasn't a naming competition for the park). The Pavilion was created to house material collected from around the world by…Read More

My blogging colleagues the peripatetic Gillian and Drew have been joyfully sampling the Parrsboro shore.  Their enthusiasm made me revisit some photos from a very similar expedition Sheila and I took at this same time last year. We were based in Spencer's Island so we could go to the amazing Forager's Dinner at the Wild Caraway in Advocate.  There…Read More

  We are gardeners and this is a season for garden visits and renewed garden contemplation.  For the last year or two Sheila has been engaging all types of garden folks in conversations about the garden culture of Nova Scotia and what it might be. Maybe  our garden visits this spring have provided some clues or evidence. In…Read More

Spent yesterday in the lower Valley  and it was glorious.  We have been part of a community hosting Panayoti Kelaidis the curator at the Denver Botanical Gardens (he is on a speaking tour in the region and is a fount of plant knowledge and joy in general).  An expert local plants person had put together a a…Read More