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    Butterflies in the Canadian Classroom

    October 9, 2014 /
    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.

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    The first ever Whitby Ribfest

    The Ribfest Comes to Whitby

    July 16, 2012
    Maple Leaf on wooden boards

    15 Clues you’re in Canada

    May 2, 2012
    the-spirit-of-giving

    The Spirit of Giving

    December 22, 2011
  • Photography

    Point & Shoot: Family life – everyday, like no other

    September 22, 2014 /
    Union Pacific freight car on an over-road bridge

    "Good weekend?" ...and you stand there vacant as a sixties flowerchild - mind scrabbling for a trace, a scrap, a glistening nugget of memory that will bring the two-day void back into focus. 'What DID we do?'

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    Window on our world

    Fish’n’Chips

    August 16, 2013

    The Great Outdoors

    February 22, 2012
    Window on our world

    Toronto Harbour Cruise

    August 14, 2013
  • Expat Life,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: The scramble to school

    September 2, 2014 /

    The weather has steadily grown more humid in the past week, as if to taunt us. The first day of school dawned a sticky 30 degrees on the humidex...

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    hockey night

    Pucks and Punch-Ups

    January 22, 2013
    Donuts at Tim Hortons

    Point & Shoot: foodporn

    March 17, 2014

    Now where did I put my Chihuahua?

    August 16, 2011
  • Expat Life,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: This American Life

    August 11, 2014 /

    It’s funny, when I was fifteen I was convinced I was born in the wrong time. I should have existed in 1950’s New York ... as James Dean

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    Water Wonder – our trip to Niagara

    September 7, 2011
    Different Tree

    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013

    Autism and Friendship – Flying Into The Windowpane

    October 24, 2017
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Shopping in a snowstorm

    January 27, 2014 /
    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...

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    Point & Shoot: The scramble to school

    September 2, 2014
    Homemade Shepherd's Pie

    Winter Warmer – Homemade Shepherd’s Pie

    November 27, 2013

    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze

    January 6, 2014 /
    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...

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    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013
    CANSPELL winner

    S-p-e-l-l-i-n-g B-e-e

    February 23, 2012
    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013 /

    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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    Wicked weather

    August 25, 2011

    Dog Days Of Summer

    September 9, 2011
    Calm, Lake Ontario

    Freedom & Fear – two sides of the same coin

    August 30, 2013
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: The Icestorm Cometh

    December 23, 2013 /

    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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    Car Insurance In Canada – 5 Tips For Expats

    May 7, 2012
    relocating

    7 things to remember when moving to Canada

    March 7, 2012
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    Top expats on Twitter: Aisha Ashraf – Telegraph

    July 6, 2012
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    Christmas, You’ve Changed!

    December 20, 2013 /

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

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    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013
    Whitby Ribfest 2013

    Ever been to a rib-eating contest?

    July 17, 2013
    crime in canada

    Crime in Canada

    November 28, 2011
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013 /

    What is it about getting spooked that makes you giggle?

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    Insulation by Cadburys

    “Life is like a box of chocolates…”

    January 17, 2013
    woman jumping from window

    Understanding Suicide

    August 23, 2012
    Close-up of the left shoulder of a medieval breastplate

    A Knight To Remember – Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

    June 7, 2016
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