Oh, poor neglected blog! I'm sorry I've been so busy. I spent much of August travelling through New England and the Maritime provinces and I'd love to share some photos (as soon as I have some more time and can get them from my husband's computer, where we dumped the data while on the road). After that, it's been non-stop Etsy: Made in Canada ( Read more... )

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We got as far as Québec and spent the night in Ste Foy. I was reminded, driving through Gaspé, how most places seem to be named after really specific saints. In California, for instance, you can guess what day a place was 'discovered' by Spanish explorers. It is always the saint's day (San Francisco, San Jose, San this-and-that). In Québec, most ( Read more... )

I was tempted to call this "the rest of New Brunswick, but I know that's not fair. There are places we didn't visit or drive through. But, we did visit Saint John, Saint Andrew, camp on Deer Island, and visit Fredericton, and then drive from Woodstock to Québec, passing through a lot of the province. It was pretty thorough for a short trip. All my ( Read more... )

We stayed at the cottage for a few days, which was a nice escape. In New Brunswick, as in Northern Ontario, they call it the camp, not the cottage. We couldn't even get cell service there (which was, frankly, a treat grumble, grumble, newspapers which call or email journalists at all hours grumble), though we did have a weird assortment of ( Read more... )

So the next morning we drove to Bar Harbor. It was bright and sunny and lovely. Though the town was quite touristy, it was at its summery best. Parking the car was a challenge, but a lot manager waved us into a full lot since RJH owns a small car (buying criterion: large enough for one hockey bag). We wandered around town, took more ironic photos ( Read more... )

We left late, delayed by our roofers, and only made it to the border near Gananoque the first night. We crossed first thing in the morning and drove on smaller roads, through northern New York state and the Adirondacks, to Mount Placid. We stopped to take ironic photos with giant wooden lobsters, mysteriously far from the coast, and of pretty ( Read more... )

July

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sparkle_debacle always reviews his year, and it seems to me a good idea.

January

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