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Camping in Fairbank Provincial Park
Last week we decided to take advantage of the long weekend, pack the tent in the truck and head ‘up North’ to a campground in Fairbank Provincial Park, Ontario. The journey itself took about 6 hours,...
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Hidden Gems – Cascade Ponds, Banff, Alberta.
The great folks over at Tuscany Now are running a competition called Hidden Gems. Why not pop over and take a look or consider sharing a hidden gem you have found on your travels? As soon as I heard...
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Reasons to be Cheerful #23
It’s been a week of preparation this week as I busy myself getting ready for our next camping trip on Saturday and, as that will be the last week of the summer holidays, getting the boys ready for...
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Back to School Road Safety
As the long summer holidays draw to a close government road safety campaigns begin here in Canada reminding motorists that soon the roads will be full of commuting kids again, which got me thinking...
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Camping in Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
We have camped in various countries in Europe and Africa but this is our first summer camping in Canada, so far we have been to Canisbay Lake in Algonquin and Fairbank Provincial Park. As we had a...
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What’s the Story? – Photobomb
This is one of those photos that always makes me smile, it’s one of the best photobombs I’ve seen eventhough it was taken well before the word even existed! Mid-air photobomb This was Boxing Day 2006...
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The Gallery – Halloween
This is the front of my house, all decorated and ready for Halloween. Halloween in Canada is completely different to the ones we experienced in England. Like most holidays here, Halloween is a...
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Preparing for Winter
One of the big draws Canada held for us was the weather. We have four proper seasons, spring is quite brief, the autumn colours are spectacular, the summer is hot and sultry and the winter is cold and...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Winter arrived in Canada this week. When I posted my Silent Sunday at the weekend, I used this picture taken a few days earlier. It was autumnal, bright sunshine and about 10C. Then on Sunday we...
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The Gallery – Morning
Last Wednesday morning started much like any other, up by 6 to get Hubbie and the kids out of the door along with copious amounts of tea to get me going and then out for a walk with my camera to kick...
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Niagara on the Lake Candlelight Stroll 2013
The historic town of Niagara on the Lake holds it’s annual Candlelight stroll on the first Friday in December every year. I first heard about the event about 10 years ago but only this year did we...
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The Gallery – Feeling Festive
‘Feeling festive’ is not easy when you live on a different continent from your loved ones. The Christmas season is, in my humble opinion, the most difficult time of year for an expat. Every media...
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Ice Storm 2013
Saturday December 21st 2013 The weather forecasters have been reporting an incoming ‘Texas low” for a few days now. Apparently it’s a huge system but its impact is largely unknown due to the fact...
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A Real Canadian Winter
It turns out that our first two winters in Canada were just mother nature lulling us into a false sense of security. Our first winter here 2011/2012 was nicknamed “the winter that never was” and was...
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Discovering Ottawa – Part 1
The classic shot of Ottawa- Parliament Hill of the left, Chateau Laurier on the right and the frozen Rideau Canal in the middle. This year, 2014, is the year our family applies for Canadian...
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The Gallery – Something Beautiful
Tara wants to see something beautiful for this weeks Gallery, well that shouldn’t be too hard because one thing Canada has in abundance, even in the depths of winter, is natural beauty. This is the...
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Discovering Ottawa – Part 2
Alexandra Bridge Across the Ottawa River via the Alexandra Bridge in Gatineau, Quebec is the best museum I have ever been to, the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It charts Canadian history from the...
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Discovering Ottawa Part 3 – Skating on the Rideau Canal
Have you ever done one of those quizzes on Facebook about where you have travelled or what you have done, you know the ones designed to make yourself feel superior to your friends because you have...
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A Favourite Place – The Gallery
I’m so glad Tara gave us ‘A Favourite Place’ as our theme for this weeks Gallery post rather than ‘My favourite place’ which would imply I would have to make an impossible decision. How could I...
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