Jeff is out on the lake this morning with 2 of his co-workers. They volunteer themselves and their work boats once a year to a Big Brothers & Sisters fishing…
Read MoreWood Stove
Last week we had the wood stove guy out to check-out our chimney to see if we can get the wood stove he recommended. He said he was here to…
Read MoreOther weekend catchups
We went to the auction sale on Saturday morning at a 180 year old farm house near here. There were soooo many blackflies out that we checked out the items…
Read MoreServer Outage
So I promised I’d tell you why my websites were offline for a couple days. My server is a leased server that lives in a data centre in Houston, Texas…
Read MoreOur Walk for Dog Guides
A special thank-you to our last sponsor, my cousin Meaghen Stock!! On Sunday it was a rainy dark day, but the rain held off for our walk! There weren’t too…
Read MoreAhhhhh
9:59pm. The alarm just went silent. 😀
Read MoreSecurity Alarm?
When I got home from work at 4:30 there was a security siren going off across the lake. It was still going off when we went to town at 5:30….
Read MoreThe Terry Fox Van
Jeff and I headed back into town after work today to see the van that Terry Fox lived in for 4.5 months in 1980 during his Marathon of Hope. If…
Read MoreUpdates Forthcoming
I have so many blog posts coming up for you. Stay tuned for: -why all my sites were offline for 34 hours -Indiana Jones review -auction sale at the 180…
Read MoreMy Thoughts of the Day
We’re waiting for the chimney/woodstove guy to show up to assess our house/chimney/wood burning needs. I think he’s a couple of hours late now, although he didn’t give a specific…
Read Moreooooo we’re so stuffed
Jeff and I had a great morning outside doing yard work. I cut the grass while Jeff cleaned out the shed and burned stuff. The Evening Grosbeak came back, and…
Read MoreToday’s Adventure – Backroads and a Waterfall!
It’s a cold dark misty day today. We were up early to go to the season’s opening farmers market in town. We bought some fiddleheads to try to see if…
Read MorePurina Walk for Guide Dogs
Monty and I have registered to walk in the Antigonish Lions Foundation of Canada Purina Walk for Dog Guides next weekend – Sunday June 1st. The goal of the walk…
Read MoreFemale Downy Woodpecker
I believe this is a female downy woodpecker. It was eating from one of the hanging suet feeders when I got home from work:
Read MoreNew Bird! Evening Grosbeak?
There is a new bird outside RIGHT now! He’s way bigger than the finches, he’s yellow white and black, and has a huge thick beak. He’s eating sunflower seeds. Here…
Read MoreThe sun actually came out!
It’s been dark and rainy for days.. weeks? And today seemed no different, but around 10:30am the sun started poking through the clouds! We took out the solar lights Mom…
Read MoreConversation that could have been overheard in our living room 2 minutes ago
Jeff: “Can you update your blog some time? Gaaaaawd this is boring.” Lisa: “But I twittered!” Jeff: “Twitter’s boring.”
Read MoreMAY 11th SNOWSTORM
It is snowing outside – A LOT! It isn’t staying on the ground, but it is building up a layer of slush on the porch and garbage cans we have…
Read MoreJulie’s New Blog
Be sure to bookmark my sister Julie’s new Blog – http://jadventures.blogspot.com/ She was the first blogger in the family and is looking for a fresh start on a new blog…
Read MoreNew Birds this Spring
Here’s an update on the birds we’ve seen here in Nova Scotia. I’m no ornithologist, but the Nova Scotia bird book we bought is pretty good. We’ve had some new…
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