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Blossoms and Blizzard

Blossoms and Blizzards
by Dave Johnstone
Born and raised in Saanich B.C. and my wife from Southern Ontario, decided that the Annapolis Valley was a great place to hang our hats. After twenty five years of wandering about Canada, Europe and the U.S.A. I felt this place had something special to offer a slightly worn Military Photojournalist. Leaving the insanity (which I used fondly refer to as the “hustle and bustle”) of suburban dwelling and city life was a no-brainer. Being almost empty nesters, I hope to focus on a softer brand of Journalism.

Walking on snow.

If you own a snowmobile, if you ski or enjoy ice fishing, you get it. A snowy winter can be a thing of joy and tranquility, or you can be a shut in, and gripe all winter long. Our house tends to shy away from the groups that enjoy these worthy pass times. Not to infer we are snobs or antisocial by a ... click for more

on 02/15/2010 01:34PM

A glass half full.

Hopefully, that is how most of us in the valley will be able to view the coming "storm season". I look at it like 90 days of bad motorcycling. Circling March 1st on the calender with ignorant optimism also helps. Lets face it, we are going to get grumpy and mean soon enough, so lets try and balance ... click for more

on 12/09/2009 11:40AM

Coles notes version

Since the page keeps crashing on me, and I'm too sick and lazy to do this in Word, so I can save/cut and paste, here are the goings on in the valley; Olympic torch shows up. Annual wolfville craftfare begins. TV series still shooting in New Minas. Future Shop loosing ba-gillions of Christmas shopper ... click for more

on 11/20/2009 11:30AM

The silent majority

Now and then, university students make the news for the wrong reasons. I'm sure we have all heard the stories, survived frosh week, and endured the dreaded "freshman 15". The press will scream "students run amok!" or "Drunken rampage on campus!" What you don't read is "Students log hundreds of hours ... click for more

on 10/01/2009 05:54PM

Close one

Well, that was close indeed. Hurricane Bill could not hold a candle to Juan, but that is not a bad thing. We had a few mild, and I do mean mild gusts, a bit of a soaking, but no real damage. The best news is the apple crop is safe. There was considerable concern that it could have come up the valley ... click for more

on 08/24/2009 08:10AM