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First Bike Rides of 2017! Short chronicle of some cold, spring cycling after recovering from my broken leg. My first time on the Shearwater Flyer Trail out to the Salt Marshes. Read More
Surfin' with the Bunnies at White Point Beach Enjoyed a long weekend at White Point with the bunnies March 24-26 2017. Temperature was around the freezing point the whole time but we kept a fire…
An American Yankee Family Stuck in Nova Scotia We met a family from Massachusetts on a driving tour of Nova Scotia in October of 2016. They ran into the misfortune of breaking down at Blomidon Provincial…
It was great day for a drive from Halifax to Peggy's Cove via Highway 333 and St Margarets Bay. Read More
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Still cheaper than buying a new camera I don't know when it first started happening, but I noticed sometime early January 2016 that I could only take 2 to 3 photos with my Canon EOS…
Another cycle to a waterfall on a hot August day in 2015. Read More
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
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
Fresh Sockeye in Halifax! I was walking through the Costco and noticed that they were selling wild, sockeye salmon that was caught no more than 2 days ago. I asked the fishmonger if I could…
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.…
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…
Fairview Royale Field Just another day when I had no agenda and no where to go, so I cycled "round about". City crews have been busy tearing up a green space off Dunbrack to make…
I love pierogis Having had the wonderful fortune of growing up in a Hungarian tribe, I was exposed to numerous eastern European culinary experiences. Paprikás csirke makes me drool, but pan fried pierogis with sautéed…
A fine day for a cycle Got my summer rims spinning perfectly so I set sights to cycle the Beechville Timberlea Lakeside (BLT) Trail ... I still think of it as the Bayers Lake Trail…
Halifax Downtown and Waterfront Photos I took these photos as I cycled around Halifax and trolling down the Halifax boardwalk on the same day I shot Halterm. Read More