At the end of Part Two we were in Country Harbour and headed towards Sherbrooke, territory that we know well. Little surprises If you are following our route on a map, marvel at the detour that we took to eat lunch on the beach at Port Hilford. Later I realized that this community beach is… Read More

Here I am waving to you, excited that the sun is shining for a second day and that we are about to continue our exploration of the far Eastern Shore. The community of Charlos Cove is on the other side of the cove of the same name (eponymous?). Seawind Landing Country… Read More

I've had a hankering to revisit the far end of the Eastern Shore and that's what we did in the middle of August. It has been years since we sampled the coast above Country Harbour, and some of the roads we travelled were new to us. So lots of fresh noticing material. After a weekend… Read More

We went to the Eastern Shore the other day. (Is that up or down? In Nova Scotia you can get scolded if you use the wrong direction. It's down to Cape Breton.) Here are some things we noticed. Our first stop was at the Rose and Rooster Café in Grand Desert to pick up a… Read More

If you want coherent information on ticks visit a trusted site, like Health and Wellness. In this post I recount personal stories and impressions. Since May, blacklegged ticks have twice latched onto me while I worked or rambled in our garden, and undetected they started to feast on my blood and perhaps infected me with… Read More

My child-like wonder at the IWK At the beginning of July my second dose of vaccine was administered at the IWK. The appointment was at 8:10 in the morning , and I made sure to be there plenty early. Turns out that the hospital has a beautiful rose garden I could stroll in and contemplate… Read More

The other day I spent a few minutes on the Robbie Burns plaza at the Spring Garden Road end of Victoria Park. We are now super sensitive to statues and recognize that tributes to 18th-century Scottish poets don't just appear on their own.  At that moment I didn't care to conjure up why in 1919… Read More

In the early 1970s I was seized by a passion for Victorian decorative cast iron and, armed with my trusty magnet, would venture on little expeditions of discovery around Halifax. The Public Gardens proved to have the richest concentration of iron objects: gates, fountains, park benches, bases for sculptures. The Gardens took their present form… Read More

Nova Scotian architects and builders are designing and erecting quite a collection of memorable buildings that sparkle in the Nova Scotian landscape. They post photos of their projects, but most turn out to be residences, often located in beautiful but private settings, that I will never be able to see in real life. That's why… Read More

Recently Halifax Retales, in his reports on businesses opening and closing, noted that Noggins Farm Market was going to open an outlet in the new Capital Suites building at the corner of Coburg and Seymour Streets in Halifax. Fresh produce in the center of a university and family neighbourhood feels like a brilliant idea. [caption… Read More