Category: Nova Scotia

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Weekend Morning Coffee Drive – Tim Hortons

Getting up in the morning on the weekends in going to get coffee with my boyfriend or my boyfriend and the kids is one of my favorite things to do! I find it relaxing, I live in a beautiful area and I love the sights just in our area. I honestly don’t really like coffee I find it makes me extremely anxious so I get decaf mostly, but I still like the drive the mornings, the evenings. This is a picture we took on one of the coffee runs this is actually at night.

This is all the harbor right by the Tim Hortons that we go to, I really do live in a beautiful town Yarmouth Nova Scotia is a nice place and I’m thankful that I can make a 10-15 minute drive and see scenes like this.

Something else I like to do on the morning that I have time on the weekends or even money I like to go to the Yarmouth Farmers Market it while at the farmers market this year I noticed some homemade pasta so I thought I would try it, I’m not a huge pasta person but it was actually really good it does have flavoring so that’s what made it different but I found that pasta sauce I made over power the flavoring. It is still very good and something that you should try. I am going to try another flavor someday when I’m there.

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Farmville Cake | Hello Kitty Cake | Monster Cookies

I am not a huge baker however, I do like to bake sometimes. My mom and step dad love Farmville, my step dads Birthday was coming up and I decided to create him a Farmville cake! My friend Lena who owns Goodies bakery in Yarmouth, NS (facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003110516320 ) sold me some fondant to make the animals and house(which she now sells marshmellow fondant in Yarmouth at her store, call for availability).  My pigs were so cute! 🙂 PS I am not a cake maker, so if you want to purchase this cake, contact Goodies Bakery in Yarmouth, NS.
 Another great idea for a cute cookies is monster cookies, take any drop sugar cookies recipe and add blue food coloring or green before baking and when he cookies first come out add the chocolate chip eyes quickly, then later the icing mouth, I just slapped them together but the kids seemed to love them!



Also to show off a cake that Goodies made for me, my Hello Kitty Birthday cake! AWESOME

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Stone Fisherman – Shelburne County Nova Scotia – Rock Creation

I have never shared this and I thought I would, this past summer I went to my families house in Shelburne, NS. This is my a stone fisherman on a relatives lawn, you can see it from the road, but it’s in the middle of nowhere, but it’s so cool! 🙂 PS this is me and the bf Mike<3

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Digby Neck Nova Scotia | Long Island, Balancing Rock | Hiking Trails NS

Over the past few years I have made many trips to Digby and specifically Digby Neck.  My boyfriend and his family lives on the neck and the views there are unbelievable, want a full day of awesome views, try Mount Shubel and the balancing rock hike. I will have better pictures of Mount Shubel soon! Here are a few of the images from my many trips there.

This is taken off the wharf this winter in Centerville, NS… I think that was the name of the area. This was taken in January of this year!
 This one was taken where the Digby Neck ferry to Long Island comes in 🙂 This January as well.

The next few pictures were taken one a day in 2010 when me and Mike and the kids spent the day on Long Island geocaching! It was the most beautiful hiking trail in Nova Scotia. The balancing rock is a tall basalt stack located on the coasts of Digby County. (more info below)

Lots of stairs ahhhh.

The Balancing Rock Trail is a 2.4 km trail through forest and with nice trails and board walks for easy walking in some parts. This rock is a part of North Mountain which forms the cliffs along St. Mary’s Bay and the Bay of Fundy.

The rock  has been standing an estimated 200 years and it is attached by two small sections only; you can look through open space under it. Local people tell of several fishermen who tried to pull it over with fishing boats with no success.

I love this hike and I want to go again soon me, Mike, Maddy and Riley made the hike there, and back, there is a geocache there just before the cliffs of the balancing rock. It was a great day!

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Winter Yarmouth Nova Scotia, Hebron | Snow photography | Snow Covered Grass

Quick hello, been busy working!  We had a coating of snow here the other day and this is my back yard! No ducks but wow it was pretty. Nice pink clouds in the back and a white crust on everything else. Prettier in person:)



Also here are my new globe earrings($10.00, purchase here http://amandamackay.com/earrings.html ):