Cooking blog from Berwick

Jenny Osburn of the Union St. Café in Berwick has a great new blog, Kitchen Witch – the secret ingredient is love.  She’s interesting, funny, and has a great recipe in every post. Don’t just visit her blog, though.  Go eat!  The restaurant which she started with her mother, sister and aunt a decade ago [...]

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It’s an early spring

Apple blossoms were blooming in Lunenburg last Thursday, which means they’re past their prime in the Annapolis Valley already.  The Apple Blossom Festival will apparently be blossom-less.  Usually the organizers hit the blossoms right on with their timing, but this year it is generally agreed that spring is 2 to 3 weeks ahead of schedule. [...]

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Lake country is cottage country

Nova Scotia has so many beautiful lakes.  Some of them are lined with cottages.  In Cape Breton family cottages are called “bungalows”.  Other lakes are in wilderness areas and may hide traditional camping spots known to a few fishermen, hunters and back-country campers. I camped out last weekend next to the cottage of friends on [...]

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Marauding pirate

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Annapolis Valley Panoramas

I was in the Annapolis Valley last week on a beautiful spring day, and have added some panoramas to the Photo Album. Share and Enjoy:

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Ruby Throated Hummingbirds have arrived

Dennis writes, from the Valley: “The first one arrived yesterday, buzzed right up to my face and looked in the window as if to say, ‘Where is the feeder?’   Within 10 minutes it was prepped and hanging outside the door. By 6 p.m. one male was giving another a feisty seminar on real estate [...]

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