After 30 years, I bid adieu to the Maritimes but before I left Halifax, I had made a promise to honour my mother at Peggy's Cove. The weather was typical of a day nearing the…
Zamboni on the Halifax Common Speed Skating Oval
I have to admit, it's been a great February so far but that cold, north wind cuts to the bone even 5 degrees above zero (Celsius). I was walking through the Halifax Common and caught…
Mackerel Fishing in October: Bedford Basin
Would you really eat that? Is what I asked the old codger casting his lure with 6 hooks out into the basin, dude could get some distance on that cast I tell ya. He'd been…
Gaspereau Valley in the Fall
Where Are The Colours? With much anticipation I planned a trip today to the Gaspereau Valley to see the autumn colours of this fall. You would think that by living in Atlantic Canada my opportunities…
Whales Are Flatulent Little Assholes
Humpback Whales on the Bay of Fundy Went for a drive to Freeport, Nova Scotia to try my luck at watching whales and testing my sea legs on the Bay of Fundy. We connected with a…
USS Dwight D. Eisenhauer Halifax Harbour
I Need a Bigger Boat The US Navy and the Queen Mary II visits Halifax over the Canada Day weekend in honour of Canada's 150th anniversary. Read More
Halifax Public Gardens: Spring 2017
Big Aperture Day at the Halifax Public Gardens Having an appointment on Quinpool Road today, I grabbed my camera and took a walk downtown. I set my F as low as it could go to…
Peggy’s Cove Road Trip
It was great day for a drive from Halifax to Peggy's Cove via Highway 333 and St Margarets Bay. Read More
Cycling on the Cornwallis River Kentville Nova Scotia
A Dry and Dusty Bike Ride Even the river was a hurtin' unit. Real easy cycling with the wind at your back, not so much beating your way back against it. Read More
Victoria Day Long Weekend 2016: Part Quatro (Cottage…
Succulent Crimson Crustaceans Having now arrived back to the cottage, it was time to cook up the lobster to enjoy for dinner. One small hiccup... navigate the long stretch of rocks at Flour Cove to…
Victoria Day Long Weekend 2016: Part Troika (Brier…
Did You Know Your Lobsters Have Been Woken From A Very Deep Sleep? Chances are, you've consumed lobster that was seduced into an induced coma, folded neatly into suspended animation "cocoons", and... then gently woken…
Victoria Day Long Weekend 2016: Part Deux (Brier…
Brier Island Driving Tour: Don't Blink For those of you playing along at home, this gallery is a continuation of the brief stopover in Cambridge. After traveling through Digby and taking the Tiverton ferry to Long…
Victoria Day Long Weekend 2016: Part One
Why is it always hotter in the valley? Finally the May 24 long weekend has arrived to offer respite from the dreary post-Easter blahs. Canada participates in the Victoria Day long weekend (as far as…
BLT Rails to Trails Near Timberlea Nova Scotia
Another cycle to a waterfall on a hot August day in 2015. Read More
Clyde the Baby Bird
Survival of the Fittest is the rule of the jungle. It took me a couple of years to document this story as the ending is sad. Read More
Queen Mary 2 Visits Halifax Harbour
Cycling around Halifax with a camera I had the good fortune of being downtown on a sunny day while the Queen Mary 2 was in port off Pier 21 and Georges Island. Read More
Fire Station #5 Halifax
Not much brass in a fire station After hanging out at the rotunda on the basin, I cycled into Fairview and saw the firefighters cleaning trucks and gear at Fire Station #5 on Bayers Road.…
The Rotunda on Bedford Basin
Prince's Lodge Round House Tucked away on the shore of Bedford Basin is a structure built in the 1790s by Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent as part of the estate built during Prince Edward's…
Dartmouth Bike Day
A bright, clear day to scoot around Dartmouth after taking the ferry from Halifax. This would have been the last trip with my "too small for me" Trekkie which was replaced by my Marin Muirwoods…