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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Gave up on finding the video I was looking for. My last share for today, definitely not Canadian, but the Scottish mix just hits right. youtu.be/X8LsBxJSYGY?...

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Scotland the Brave India the Bold (Bagpipes) Official Music Video - The Snake Charmer ft. Poczy

YouTube video by TheSnakeCharmer

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Still one of the most patriotic rants, no surprise that it's a beer commercial. 😉 youtu.be/WMxGVfk09lU?...

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I Am Canadian : The Rant

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Later morning trip to the market. My CSA share was mixed greens, swiss chard, radishes, and dill. Other purchases were flank steaks, curried rice salad & a roast beef sandwich, flowers, Gouda cheese curds, new potatoes, haskap berries, and strawberries.

Bagged mixed greens, Swiss chard, radishes, fennel and dill.

Bunch of flowers, wrapped roast beef sandwich, curried rice salad, and flank steaks.

New potatoes, Gouda cheese curds, haskap berries and strawberries.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Spinach salad with red onion, apple, chipotle pecans, dried cranberries, a little leftover chicken and a homemade apple cider vinaigrette.

The text in the post pretty much describes the salad.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Okay, I'm nosy, I admit it. I went out on the deck to read yesterday just as the RCMP and an unmarked car showed up. I did briefly think it would look odd if I retreated. So, instead I watched as they cuffed the guy across the street and later towed a vehicle away. /1

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I admit I'm a bit of a sucker for farm delivery. I've bought from these people before, and moved stuff around in the freezer, so placed an order for tonight. This time I went for the smoked pork collection. Lots of smoked sausage and bacon for the freezer. Well, I opened a package already. 😉

Packaged smoked sausages & bacon from local NS farm.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

1.44 to send a level and now a suggestion that people are okay paying $20 a year for Canada Post? No thanks, why would I pay for junk mail? Cut delivery to twice a week, verify the length of routes (ie. don't pay 8 hours wages for 4 hours of actual delivery). financialpost.com/news/canada-...

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Posthaste: Canadians would pay yearly $20 Canada Post subsidy to support cross-country service, poll finds

Don't want crown corporation sold or privatized but many support changes such cutting daily service to three days a week from five. Read on.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Morning trip to my local market. I actually go for my CSA share. The other items are just a bonus. I got new potatoes from, noodle salad, fudge, oyster mushrooms from steak, jalapeno spread from, eggs, asparagus, tomatoes and strawberries. All NS grown or produced.

Spinach, green onions, spring turnips, Kohlrabi and head lettuce.

New potatoes, asparagus, noodle salad and strawberry rhubarb fudge.

Blue oyster mushrooms, jalapeno spread, sirloin steak.

Eggs, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Ummm... When my parents had a fence put in I remember them letting the concrete cure before actually building the fence. If they start at 7:30 am is 3.5 hours long enough? Of course they'll have to dig, place, then pour. It would be too funny if they fall over while raising the flags.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

So, from my purchases yesterday: I made a beef/kale dish. Brunch was bacon, eggs, strawberries with a piece of brown bread toast with homemade conserve. Made some rhubarb cake. Tonight a salad made with mixed greens, roasted beets & asparagus, Gouda cheese curds and pecans (Ontario grown & made).

Mixed salad greens with marinated vegetables, roasted beets, roasted asparagus, Gouda cheese curds & chipotle pecans.

Ground beef, kale, peppers, onions & tomatoes.

Bacon, eggs, strawberries, brown bread & homemade conserve.

Upside down rhubarb cake, mostly headed for the freezer.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

After a number of weeks, for various reasons, I finally made it to the market. This was actually restrained. I decided to pass by other stands today. All are local NS produced.

My CSA share - beers, radishes, green onions, mixed greens and kale.

Peppers, apples, grape tomatoes, cucumber, asparagus, and strawberries.

Spicy shrimp stir fry, Gouda curds & Jalapeno Gouda spread.

Eggs, bacon, rhubarb & a bunch of flowers.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I don't think @charlieangus104.bsky.social should be doing press conferences from Parliament. I've seen lots of people on here saying it shouldn't be done by Pierre, so what's the difference? Neither holds a seat in Parliament. It shouldn't matter what the message is. Who next, Diagolon?

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Just for fun, adding this as a separate post. This is bedroom #3 in my pre-fab. The shelving, and a lot of the stuff came from my bigger place. I'm not sure if it will ever be better. I've been digitizing some things. This coming winter I may start to get brutal on the other 'stuff'.

This is part of the storage, but has already changed.

Shelving for cookbooks and photo albums are now empty, well kind of...

Some of this stuff needs to eventually go, but not all of it. See, you can be a packrat in smaller spaces.

Top shelf of one side & back. Cooking / canning stuff on top, boxed homemade canning on bottom. Exposure to light affects colour of some home canning.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

So, I tend to have something playing when I'm doing stuff at the computer, or doing nothing. I just finished Republic of Doyle (IYKYK). Played the first episode of The West Wing, and I can't decide if I find it uplifting or depressing. Yes, I know it's fiction, and that the President's lines... /1

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Masks are not okay for protesters, but are allowed for the jackbooted thugs?

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Procrastination is strong today. It's raining, and although I can see the dust on the dresser, the cat and I are watching old Murder, She Wrote episodes.

My lazy white cat companion watches me while I scroll on the phone and watch TV.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

He's just nuts, rambling on about building a ballroom while his country burns. Maybe they didn't need a fucking ballroom. Lots of fun he's having. Sheesh

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I hope they don't mind, but our local Masstown market posted this today. Californian strawberry on the right, locally grown Millen Farms berries on the left. If I don't get any at the market on Saturday I'll take a drive out next week. Not on Saturday though, it's insanely busy.

Californian strawberry on the right, local NS ones on the left.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Lovely dinner tonight with Ontario turkey meatballs, local NS asparagus, homemade cranberry orange compote. Followed it with a NZ golden kiwi. Four months in and still not buying anything from the US. Although I managed on stored crops over the winter it's nice to see the asparagus starting.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Christmas & New Years, 1961. I'm not quite finished with the pictures, but almost. I was having a little trouble getting sharp scans from some small printed ones, so I pulled ahead the ones I was going to buy for the slides. The last pic is the scan setup without the phone.

My mother opening a Christmas gift, 1961.

When people talk about having their own place, well this was my mother's shared room in Toronto, 1961.

New Years dinner, 1961. This was the dining room of the rooming house.

The set-up for scanning of the slides (without the phone). Thank goodness the scanning software straightens it out!

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Security petition, you know, so it would require it for little pp.

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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Anyone who witnessed the debacle that is Pierre Poilievre refusing to get a national security clearance should sign this petition. ALL public servants are required to go through a security clearance, our MP's should be doing the same. #cdnpoli www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Sign this Petition - Petitions

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

There I am, year unknown, but probably the mid 70s. I'm third from the front, on the left. At the time I would have preferred playing hockey, but there wasn't a girl's team. Instead, here I am, a Raindrop Carrying a Pole. 🤪

Figure skaters getting ready to enter the rink.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Spain, 1994 - the end of the trip. Well, she spent some time in Scotland before heading back to Canada. That was mostly a family visit with just pictures of meals out.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Morocco, 1994 - this was a trip my mother took after spending, I think, 6 weeks in Portugal. It was the trip where she made a new friend from Argentina, who she visited a number of times. I visited once at the end of a cruise. She came to NY, then Canada a couple of times.

Cobblestone street with donkeys in Fez, Morocco.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Portugal, 1994 - I remember my mother calling home complaining about it being a little chilly in the morning. In Ontario it was - 40 and we had a couple of feet of snow. It was unusual to have both, but it was a fun winter.

Beach scene, Senora de Rocha, Algarve, Portugal

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

So, after lots of procrastination, I finally dealt with the first of the fruit infused liquor. I basically made blueberry vodka with a touch of citrus. It started with a big box of blueberries last year from a local farm. To make it into a liqueur I'm supposed to mix with sugar syrup... /1

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

England, 1993 - this was the last stop before flying home, however, there was a side trip to Scotland first. Unless there are some pictures in another album I only took video footage. Although I have lots of pictures of Scotland.

Mass of daffodils along the riverbank, England

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

China, 1993 - the sixth stop on the journey. The next stop was to be India, however, there was a travel warning issued because of bombs. The people we were going to meet told us not to come as there was so much security that travel was impossible.

My mother on the Great Wall section at Badaling, China

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Hong Kong, 1993 - Stop 5 on the trip was in Hong Kong. We had a trip booked into China and needed to apply for our visas. At the time you usually had to book with a travel agency. When we returned to China in 2007 it was much more relaxed.

View of Buddha through the entrance gate of Lantau Monastery

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Australia, 1993 - this was the fourth stop. We did the typical tourist stops - Sydney, Alice Springs and Cairns. The picture of my mother is on top of Uluru (Ayers Rock) which they eventually closed in 2019.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

New Zealand, 1993 - third stop on the trip. The scenic shots are Mount Cook, sunrise at Queenstown and Milford Sound.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Our second stop was Fiji. The hotel has changed, and the area is very built up, but this was on Denaru Island. It was a hotel built into the jungle making a point to fit into the landscape. It eventually became a Sheraton. The best shots (lost) were video, although my mind remembers.

Entrance gates to hotel (can't remember the name, but was bought out by Sheraton and remodeled).

Rooms were nestled in the jungle with thatched huts on the property.

Evening show at the hotel with local troupe.

Audience participation in the show. My mother in the middle in a blue mumu bought in Hawaii.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

So, I never did find the video compilation, but I did find a book of pictures! This was an around the world Trip done in 1993. Canadian Airlines did a fare that you could travel in one direction for a single fee. This was the first stop - Honolulu, Hawaii.

Picture from hotel, Sheraton Waikiki I believe.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The few pictures in the back of the album had a few scribbles on the back. This was me on my 3rd birthday. It looks like someone tried to straighten my hair a bit but it's winning at the ends. The chair there I still have, recovered of course, but over 55 years old and still going strong.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

These are scans of very old pictures in an album that are from 1964. The first three were taken at the Ontario School of Horticulture. My mother and father are with my mother's parents. The final one is a picture of the falls from Oneida Tower.

My father (left) with my mother's parents.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

So, I'm scanning these in no particular order. Although, not the same exact angle it is a good before and after shot of the patio. Yes, it was indoor outdoor carpeting. It was definitely an upgrade to the mosaic tile.

Before shot of patio, with green indoor / outdoor carpet.

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Sometimes doom scrolling brings you a good thing. I follow on Instagram, but I find the YouTube links work better. The whole series of songs, sung to animals, and their reactions are wonderful. youtube.com/shorts/1Aw1D...

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Didn’t think she would come this close 🥹🥰

YouTube video by Plumes

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William Deno @williamdeno.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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Anne 🇨🇦 NS (my family 🇺🇦&🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) @acs2468.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Los Cabos, 1987. I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I might be a little over halfway there. Although I think there's a box of slides somewhere that I'm not sure what I'll do with them. Okay, I'll buy a light box and continue...

Picture in Los Cabos, showing the hotels on the cliffs.

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