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A Knight To Remember – Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

Close-up of the left shoulder of a medieval breastplate

When it comes to carefree escapism Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament holds the crown.

Published June 7, 2016
Categorised as Blog, Life in Canada Tagged entertainment, Family, Food, Medieval Times, review

The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something

Yonge Street, downtown Toronto

They said on the radio today this was the coldest February since eighteen-something. After a certain point cold is cold is cold.

Published February 25, 2015
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canadian Winter, coldest February, Food, pancakes, photography, snowmageddon

Butterflies in the Canadian Classroom

Boy with Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch butterfly’s migration is one of the most amazing in the insect world – which makes for a fascinating school science project.

Published October 9, 2014
Categorised as Life in Canada Tagged butterflies, Canada, Education, school, Wildlife

Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm

Navigating Snowdrifts

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…

Published January 27, 2014
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, Family life, photography, Weather

Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

flash freeze in Ontario, Canada

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…

Published January 6, 2014
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, flash freeze, photography, Weather

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…

Published December 30, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Icestorm, photography, Places to visit, Polar Plunge, Weather, Whitby, Whitby Rotary Sunrise Club Polar Plunge

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…

Published December 23, 2013
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged Canada, Canadian Winter, Expat Experience, Icestorm, photography, Weather

Christmas, You’ve Changed!

Christmas in another country brings a curious reminder of the diversity to be found in the universal…

Published December 20, 2013
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, Canada Goose, Christmas, Expat Experience, Weather

Childhood Is A Foreign Country

At five I played ‘Ring-O-Ring-O-Roses’ and ‘What’s The Time Mr Wolf’. I went to birthday parties, passed the parcel, ate cubes of pineapple and cheese off cocktail sticks without ever wondering why, and danced unabashedly to ‘The Birdie Song’…

Published September 12, 2013
Categorised as Expat Life, Life in Canada Tagged Canada, childhood memories, Cultural Differences, Culture, Expat Experience, school, TCK's, the expat family

Back-To-School With A Snowbird Fly-Past

snowbirds-over-falls

For the students of Captain Michael VandenBos Public School here in Whitby, the first day back after summer break holds an extra frisson of excitement…

Published September 2, 2013
Categorised as Blog, Expat Life, Life in Canada, Photography Tagged back-to-school, Canada, Captain Michael VandenBos, Snowbirds

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