Weekends in our house are all about the food (this is, after all, home of the #epicbreakfast) so be prepared for shameless foodporn photography. You have been warned…
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Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm
Our weekends generally follow a familiar pattern: breakfast like kings, lounge around in PJ's until the afternoon, then get out and do something with the remainder of the day...
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Expats Are Born Not Made. Discuss
When life doesn’t promise anything except possibility it seems a shame to turn your back on such a generous gift. What have you done, or planned to do, to embrace the unknown?
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Start The Day With A Good Breakfast
Traditionalists claim porridge must contain nothing more than oats, water and salt so that should be all the provocation you need to shake things up a little...
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We Hunkered Down & Pressed On…
This current freeze reminded me of our first Canadian winter, four years ago. UK southern softies fresh from London life, we had none of the protective, insulating clothing most Canadians take for granted ...
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Heating A Canadian Home
Being cosy warm indoors while the weather hurls all the winter it can lay its hands on at you is a wonderful feeling, but it doesn't come without a downside...
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Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze
I'm starting to think I should get my own map and ten minute slot as everything I post recently revolves around the weather, but it's unavoidably the big story here in Canada right now. After a couple of years of unseasonably warm winters, this 'mutha' has left us reeling...
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Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge
I skipped breakfast, grabbed my camera and jumped in the jeep. The Polar Plunge started at 11am and I knew from past experience a couple of minutes delay would mean missing the whole thing...
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Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh
I fell asleep to the sound of ice pellets tapping the window while blue-white flashes from exploding transformers and arcing power lines lit up the sky. In the early hours of the morning the power finally failed...
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Christmas, You’ve Changed!
Christmas in another country brings a curious reminder of the diversity to be found in the universal...
