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Midnight Snow
A former owner had this streetlight installed on our property. I’m glad he did because otherwise it’s awfully dark coming from the car to the house, especially on moonless nights. I snapped this last...
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Saturday Snapshot: On The Rock
The Saturday Snapshot meme is hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. Visit her blog to see more great photos or add your own. My husband was on a business trip near Gros Morne National Park in...
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Oh, Happy Day: Snow in April
Our late winter storm: I don’t think there’s quite the 15 cm (6 in) they forecast, but there’s sure the ice pellets mixed with it, as they warned. The bright side is, it’s been too cold (expected of...
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Snapshot Saturday: SAND, SEA & SKY
The Saturday Snapshot meme is hosted by Alyce of At Home With Books. Visit her blog to see more great photos or add your own. I took this on Wednesday in beautiful Malagash Nova Scotia. The water of...
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Snapshot Saturday
Lobster fishing season opens Tuesday! Last week the boats in Toney River, Nova Scotia were lined up ready to take on their traps (seen piled on the wharf in the background). The meme Snapshot Saturday...
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Saturday Snapshot: The Lavender Fields of Nova Scotia
We’ve been having a warm, sunny summer, conducive to the growing of lavender. The plants at Seafoam Lavender Farm 20 minutes from here are thriving (although I’m told they could soon use some rain)....
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Beautiful, Beautiful Rain
I’m sitting here by my office window drinking in the smells and sounds of the first rain in several weeks. I remember learning the word petrichor several years ago. It’s said to be the only English...
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Tonight’s the Night!
One of the percs of country living is being able to see the stars. Countless nights, we have arrived home and stood outside our vehicles, head back and jaws open in awe. In the city, such viewing was...
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My STATE OF THE WORDLE – January 2013
I don’t know who is the genius behind Wordle but I’m sending out a big THANK YOU! At Wordle, it’s free to create your own word clouds – and then you can change the orientation, colour, and font. It’s a...
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Thursday Afternoon: View from My Window 25Apr13
A year or so ago, I ran a series of pictures with the view from my office window every Friday afternoon. I stopped because I thought there wasn’t enough change week to week to bear recording. What I’ve...
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Friday Afternoon: The View from My Window 29Apr16
A few years ago, I ran a series of pictures with the view from my office window every Friday afternoon. I stopped because I thought there wasn’t enough change week to week to bear recording. What I’ve...
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The View from My Office Window – 02Jun16
In April I decided to post a view from my office window on the last Friday afternoon of each month. I was half-way across the continent last Friday afternoon (the last one in May) so I’m posting a...
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The View from My Window – 30Jun16
Time for the monthly update on the view from my office window. In the photo, there doesn’t seem to have been much change since the beginning of June. But when you’re here, you can tell that the wild...
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The View from my Window – 29Jul16
Time for the monthly update on the view from my office window. The past three weeks have been sunny and hot, as many other places have been. It was beginning to look as if we would have a...
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The View from My Window: Early September 2016
We were on a road trip to Ontario during the last week of August, so I missed getting my end-of-August photo. Here’s one from earlier this week. I’ve heard dozens of flocks of geese pass overhead since...
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The View from my Window: Early October 2016
Last week when I made the trip to town I saw only a branch or two turned colour. This week, entire hillsides are red and gold. The trees I see from my window are late performers, I guess, although the...
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The View from My Window: Early November 2016
I was wrong about all the leaves being gone by now. On sunny days (becoming fewer after a beautiful October), there’s still some gold in them thar hills. I expect to see a drastic difference–and little...
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The View from My Window: Early December 2016
The last day of November was beautiful with our first major snow, heavy & fluffy and clinging to to branches. December 1st was a bleak, chill day with a rain-like snow that the photo didn’t...
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My STATE OF THE WORDLE – January 2013
I don’t know who is the genius behind Wordle but I’m sending out a big THANK YOU! At Wordle, it’s free to create your own word clouds – and then you can change the orientation, colour, and font. It’s a...
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Thursday Afternoon: View from My Window 25Apr13
A year or so ago, I ran a series of pictures with the view from my office window every Friday afternoon. I stopped because I thought there wasn’t enough change week to week to bear recording. What I’ve...
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