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Backyard Haskap Pie We finally finished the haskap harvest from the 4 haskap plants we planted in the backyard and ended up with about 4 cups of the berries! It’s been about 4 years since we planted them in the backyard beside the compost bin and they have been doing better and better, giving more fruit every year, and this was one of ...

Finding My Biological Father: Money, Science and Determination with a Bit of Luck On my birth certificate my father’s name is “Unknown”. When I was a child I felt so different from all the other children. I was the only one I knew in school who didn’t know her father and who was raised by a single mother. As I grew up I met more people who were raised by single moms but ...

Hollow Notes Some shows are better left unseen… In early June, we had bought VIP tickets with front row seats for the Darryl hall and John Oates concert in Montreal, and the fact that we were able to purchase them so close to the Concert day should have been a red flag. On June 18th, I received and email from Ticketmaster saying the ...

Ottawa May 2018 OTTAWA in May is famous for its tulips. Although we missed the Tulip Festival, there were still plenty to admire with a tad less tourists. It was our first visit to Ottawa together, Mama D and I. I took the train to Montreal and we took 2 days to visit with family while staying at The Bonaventure Hotel, one of our favorite ...

Once Upon A Time in Vancouver : The 2018 Creation Entertainment OUAT Conference You probably all know the show that started in 2011 but we hadn’t heard of the ABC TV show “Once Upon A Time” until 2017 when we started watching it on Netflix. We were hooked from the beginning and started binge-watching 3 or 4 episodes every day once we started. It was in February 2018 when we were at season ...

Kejimkujik National Park Nova Scotia With the summer coming to an end DD and I decided to go on a road trip from Quebec to Nova Scotia. We didn’t really have the resources or time to take any long-term official vacation this year so decided to take advantage of the Labour Day weekend and take 10 days off to visit Nova Scotia. Neither of us had ...

Touring the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia This was Dami and DD’s 3rd tour of the Cabot Trail. We took the Englishtown Ferry to cut down some driving time and we stopped at most interesting lookouts. At the first lookout, DD aka mama bear got to pick a handful of wild blueberries! In Cape North we visited the North Highlands Museum where we bought lots of souvenirs including an ...

DD in YYZ! (Toronto) The last time I was in Toronto was with my mother when I was very little and I don’t remember anything. At the time we didn’t take many pictures so there was nothing to bring back the memories. This time around though, there are plenty of pictures although just before I left my Canon G7 broke and I had to ...

Beebe Spur’n Spin Bike Trail, Newport, Vermont We discovered this new bike trail in Newport today, The Beebe Spur’n Spin. We happened to have this map, Biking in Kingdom, Routes for Road Biking in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. We followed the directions but ended up parking at the hospital because there was a sign at the IRS parking lot saying not to park there. Guess too many people ...

Cats of Bermuda There are lots of churches in Bermuda and unfortunately we didn’t have time to visit any. Not being religious, we still have our own system: we’re “Catolics”! We saw so many cats it’s unbelievable! Many of them were ginger color and they all seemed pretty clean though I must admit some looked a little rough. We saw them everywhere, from our ...

Museum of the Fjord, Saguenay We are going to The Museum of the Fjord in Saguenay which is in La Baie, Saguenay. I was looking for a museum to visit and stopped at the information center in Chicoutimi and this looked like a must-see attraction. It is right on the edge of the Fjord at La Baie and I am already excited about seeing whales ...

Springhill Miners Museum Springhill Miners Museum : We went for a tour underground at the Springhill Miners Museum. http://www.tripsister.com/springhill-mining-museum/ More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Sepentine Boardwalk Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Sepentine Boardwalk : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

The smell of coal I am finally in Kostelec Nad Cernymi Lesy and I didn’t get here by the means of transportation I thought I would. I was supposed to be coming by train and bus but I was too tired and wasn’t feeling too well. My chauffeur picked me up at the hotel in a mini Mercedes Benz van. It was a little ...

5 Days to Walt Disney World! Only one hand left of fingers to count until we leave for Orlando, Florida to Walt Disney World. I just came back from Sobey’s with bags of snack packs and nuts and dried bananas: I’m nuts and bananas for dried bananas! It’s true! I just love them! And I also bought a bagful of Jello for airmiles! Crazy I know ...

A Mother and Daughter trip to Bermuda, On a Budget Bermuda is not only for couples and honeymooners, it’s for everyone! It was on my list of places to visit after reading Mark Twain was quoted as saying everybody can all go to heaven if they wanted, he would rather stay in Bermuda. It was also on the list for the caves which Mark Twain also visited. Mama D made ...

Amherst Shore Provincial Park – Dami walking on the Beach Amherst Shore Provincial Park – Dami walking on the Beach : This was our first visit to the Amherst Shore Provincial Park. On April 25th, the park was closed, we were the only visitors and the place looked like it got hit pretty bad by this winter's storms. The erosion was very serious. Let's hope the park will be able ...

Walt Disney World Rides – Hollywood Studios On my last Trip to Walt Disney World I visited Hollywood Studios on the third day. I got there at 8:30 am and loved the little welcome show. In this one it wasn’t Mickey and friends but a crazy Director and at the end made us all say “Lights, Camera, Action!” and off we were to our favorite rides. I ...

Sunday in Kostelec Nad Cernymi Lesy The sun was finally shining this morning! For the first time, I had a good night sleep of maybe 8.5 hours which is still not enough for me, still jet lagged. My eyes were so red! There are no facecloth in my room here so guess what I am using…a sock! A woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do! ...

On my way to Saguenay It’s awesome to be able to discover a new place and see new things and when my friend told me he had rented an apartment for the summer in Chicoutimi, Quebec to spend his summer vacation I was happy to suggest I come for a visit. I have heard about the Saguenay region of Quebec many times; recently because our ...

Homewood Suites at Orlando Airport: Sweet Home Away from Home Day 1 We got to Homewood Suites in the evening after our flight. We couldn’t have chosen a better hotel. It was like coming home after a long day and it was so comfortable. The bed was clean and the shower was hot. We were too late for a trip to Publix and had no choice but to go to Wawa ...

Toronto In September September, 2017 – Mama D had always wanted to go back to Toronto. We had been when I was 9, coming back from a visit with my uncle friends in Rochester NY but didn’t spend much time. This time we had 7 full days of visit. We met in Montreal where we stayed at our now favorite hotel; Hotel Bonaventure. While ...

Jsem v Praze! (I am in Prague!) I can’t believe I am in Prague finally! What a crazy set of flights this was. From Moncton, NB to Toronto ON, to London, England and finally to Prague, Czech Republic. As I am writing, I am fighting the urge to lay down on the bed and sleep until forever. The British Airways flight attendants were just outstanding, especially David, ...