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Light in the Darkness
January 02, 2021 - 2020 was an incredibly hard one for everyone. Many of us experienced emotionally dark times. By the beginning of Decembe...
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Mini Happy Adventures - Jelly Bean Houses, Newfoundland
November 30, 2018 - One of things I loved most in St. John's, Newfoundland, were all the "Jelly Bean Houses". Parts of the city have very st...
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Mini Happy Adventures - St. John's, Newfoundland
November 15, 2018 - St. John's is a city full of colour both in character and sights. My friend Dave and I explored and he patiently waited...
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Mini Happy Adventures - Cathedral Grove, Vancouver Island
October 27, 2018 - In October, Bruno (the Mini), Arden Gene (my husband), and I headed to the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC. We had pe...
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Mini Happy Adventures - Starting in St. John's
September 16, 2018 - So as strange as this may seem, this past summer, I flew to Newfoundland and bought myself a Mini Cooper. A friend was s...
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Love Stories Project - Over 70 Years of Marriage
July 11, 2017 - Jack and Copie were married July 18, 1946. Their 71st anniversary is approaching fast and I'm so thrilled and honoured t...
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Blossoms and Bags - Basically Babies Mother's Day Luncheon
May 16, 2017 - Last Saturday, I spent the morning photographing the annual Basically Babies Mother's Day Luncheon. The organization is...
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Love Stories Project - Jennifer
April 28, 2017 - Love comes in many forms. To love is part of our humanity. Being open to love takes trust, exposing our vulnerabilities,...
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Love Stories Project - Three Generations
March 23, 2017 - One lovely spring day, while living in Nova Scotia, I had the honor of photographing this wonderful family. Monty, his m...
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Love Stories Project - Love is in the Air
March 15, 2017 - Usually all the photography featured in my blog are my images but today I'm thrilled to share a picture edited by me and...
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Love Stories Project - Kisa
March 07, 2017 - "You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for." Craig Bruce
I recently spent an afternoon with Kisa and...
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Love Stories Project: The Elgot Family
February 14, 2017 - This is the first in a new project called " Love Stories." Our world seems filled with negative posts about prejudice, p...
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About Time Productions - Into the Woods
June 02, 2016 - I was thrilled to document Into the Woods, a recent production of About Time Productions (Camrose). This young group of...
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The Fountain of Youth, What's the Secret?
March 21, 2016 - Meet Ezra. He's 93 years old. In his mid eighties he moved into town, lived in a home, found it hard to get around. Afte...
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An Afternoon in Little Italy
January 27, 2015 - Yesterday we went down to "Little Italy" to pick up some special flour for making pasta. We decided to have lunch in Sor...
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Valley of the Five Lakes - Remembering Brian
August 11, 2014 - On the last day of our trip we stopped in Jasper and hiked the Valley of the Five Lakes. 39 years ago, Brian (my first h...
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Visiting the Ancient Forest in teh Prince George Area
August 10, 2014 - On our journey from Prince George to Jasper we stopped to hike the Ancient Forest. The Ancient Forest is part of the Rai...
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Jet Boat Ride on the Exchamsiks River Near Terrace, BC
August 09, 2014 - My partner's brother-in-law, Michael, has a jet boat and for many years has used it for his work in the Terrace area so...
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Prince Rupert - Terrace Trip Day 4
August 06, 2014 - Today we drove to Prince Rupert. We saw gorgeous scenery along the way. We stopped at the North Pacific Cannery Village...
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From Rain Forest to Sandy Beach - Lakelse Lake Provincial Park
August 03, 2014 - Day three of our Terrace trip was spent walking through a gorgeous rainforest down to a beautiful sandy beach in Lakelse...
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Heading to Terrace - Day Two
August 01, 2014 - Today we had breakfast in Prince George and then started the long drive to Terrace. What incredible scenery there is alo...
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Heading to Terrace, B.C.
July 31, 2014 - Well we made it back to Edmonton, got married, and now we're heading through BC to Terrace and Prince Rupert. Since the...
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Going Home Slowly - All the Wonderful Critters We Saw on Our Trip.
June 27, 2014 - On our trip we saw so many wonderful critters I thought I'd feature them in one blog post. Here they all are...
Moose C...
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Going Home Slowly - Spending Time with Friends in Upsala
June 27, 2014 - I'm sure some people must have wondered why one of our stops on this trip was Upsala. This tiny community in Ontario has...
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Going Home Slowly - Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
June 27, 2014 - On the advice of a friend we drove into Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Unfortunately we did not see the sleeping giant...
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Going Home Slowly - Around Lake Superior to Wawa
June 27, 2014 - Our journey around Lake Superior took us through Mennonite country where we saw quite a few people using horse-drawn veh...
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Going Home Slowly - Traveling From Burlington to Sudbury
June 26, 2014 - From Niagara, our next destination of choice was Upsala but as it is such a long drive we took it in stages. After seein...
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Going Home Slowly - A Hot Day in Niagara Falls
June 25, 2014 - From Toronto we drove to Niagara Falls and sauntered along the front. It was hot and humid and the place was very crowde...
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Going Home Slowly - Lunch with Celia
June 25, 2014 - In between visiting the Royal Ontario Museum and Ripley's Canadian Aquarium we had lunch with Celia Moase at 7 West Cafe...
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Going Home Slowly - Toronto: Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
June 25, 2014 - A must see in Toronto is Ripley's Aquarium of Canada. It is located at the base of the CN Tower. Gene and I spent the af...
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Going Home Slowly - Toronto: The Royal Ontario Museum
June 24, 2014 - The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) is a place which we could have spent days exploring. The artifacts found there are extrao...
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Going Home Slowly - An Evening Walk in Toronto
June 23, 2014 - On our first day in Toronto we visited Casa Loma, had a great meal in an Italian Restaurant on Bloor Street and then wal...
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Going Home Slowly - Toronoto: A Visit to Casa Loma
June 23, 2014 - We arrived in Toronto and booked into The Clarion Hotel. It is an old building but all the rooms have been beautifully r...
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Going Home Slowly - Canoodling in Peterborough
June 22, 2014 - June 18th was spent with Gene's good friend Rob. What a joy to watch these two friends interact as we sauntered around t...
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Going Home Slowly - Old Friends United
June 22, 2014 - On June 17th we said farewell to my brother-in-law Milton and left Montreal. We both appreciated his kindness and hospit...
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Going Home Slowly - A Day in Old Montreal
June 21, 2014 - On our second day in Montreal we took Milt's advice and used the transit to visit Old Montreal. There is a lot of roadwo...
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Going Home Slowly - Birthday Celebrations in Montreal
June 21, 2014 - What a fantastic way to celebrate a birthday! My brother-in-law Milt, took us to Pointe-du-Moulin Park for the afternoon...
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Going Home Slowly - A Perfect End to our Stay in Newfoundland
June 20, 2014 - On our way back to the ferry in Port Aux Basques, we stopped in at Cheri's parent's place for one last visit. Her mom ma...
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Going Home Slowly - Along the Harbour in St. John's
June 18, 2014 - After our walk around Bowring Park we drove down to the docks and harbour and saw St. John's from the waterfront. I had...
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Going Home Slowly - Puffins and Jiggs
June 17, 2014 - Our next Newfoundland adventure took us to Elliston the root cellar capital of the world! There are many root cellars sc...
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Going Home Slowly - Icebergs and Snowy Owls
June 17, 2014 - Cheri and her daughter took us to the Bonavista area with hope of seeing some icebergs. Our first encounter was wonderfu...
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Going Home Slowly - Norstead Viking Village, Newfoundland
June 13, 2014 - The other attraction at L'Anse aux Meadows is Norstead Viking Village. Interpreters walk you through life in a viking vi...
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Going Home Slowly - Delicious Surprise!
June 13, 2014 - So here we are in the tiny community of L'Anse aux Meadows and hungry for some lunch. Where on earth can we eat? At The...
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Going Home Slowly - L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site of Canada
June 11, 2014 - What a trip to stand on the same land which Norse People stood hundreds of years ago! We had a fantastic interpreter gui...
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Going Home Slowly - Tablelands, Newfoundland
June 08, 2014 - Between Woody Point and Trout River are The Tablelands (Newfoundland). The rocks and soil are loaded with toxic minerals...
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Christms Baby - Family Portrait Photographer
December 18, 2013 - Last weekend I had the honour of photographing a wonderful family who have just welcomed a new baby girl into their fami...
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HMCS Sackville - Nova Scotia Lifestyle Photographer
August 16, 2013 - Recently we toured the HMCS Sackville which during the summer months has a berth near the Maritime Museum in the Halifax...
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My Neighbours Garden - Halifax Lifestyle Photographer
August 06, 2013 - On my many neighbourhood walks, one yard stands out. From early spring until the late fall the garden is glowing with a...
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Provincial Flower, Provincial Personality - Hants County Photographer
April 23, 2013 - Yesterday the weather was fantastic and so I headed out to see what signs of spring were evident. I enjoyed a wonderful...
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Morning Walk in Lantz, Hantz County
August 23, 2012 - I have been living in Lantz, Hants County for two and a half years now and the beauty of this area continues to mesmeriz...
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