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Blueberries Coming

Blueberries are coming, but at the same time they keep disappearing. I blame birds.

Taylor Head Provincial Park

For Canada Day we went on an adventure to Taylor Head Provincial Park. I had a plan to do the full loop, but when we go there moderate from AllTrails was a bit harder/muddier than I expected. And for 4km for my hiking partner, through a lot of muddy …

This Weekend's Baking

I haven't done any weekend batch cooking/baking in about a month. There were a couple of weekends I planned to do batch cooking based on the weather being crap, and then it wasn't crap.

Does anyone else notice that nearterm weather forecasts are getting tres-mal?

Anyway, what did I …

Beach Finds around Deadmans Island

We went to Deadman's island for snack yesterday, and when I was walking back I noticed this sitting on the beach. If you knwow what it is, let me know.

A Quick Adventure to Chebucto Head

First a short rant.

I think we need to talk about AllTrails. It sucks.

AllTrails Suck!

The last few times that I have set out with a 5yo for an adventure we had to change our plans, on the fly, because the place that the app was sending us had …

Cloudy Day Lighthouse

We took a drive to Chebucto Head for something to do before the rain, that never came.