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It's that time of year...

You guessed it! It's time for Brussels Sprouts! Check this beauty out...

Yup, they're back. Now, here's what I want to know, out of all of you out there how many people are still Brussels Sprout haters, how many love them (like me!), and how many are not so sure about that green thing I rave about.

Speak up, guys!

Settling in

Well, it's my second full day on the island and its been a tough transition. It's hard to go from being with everyone you love to being on an Island with only a few people you know. I have lived in 3 different places in the last year and my life changes constantly, you'd think I'd get used to up and leaving! But I don't. It's still a bit of a struggle.

I was on a walk this evening and I began to notice the things that don't change. The things that are they always. Things like the ocean, the red, red dirt, and the sun setting. And I was comforted.

When I was younger I craved change. When returning from being away from home I would hope that something new had happened, some new change. But these days what I look for when I come home, where ever that is, is constancy.

So, thank you ocean, soil, and sun for your steady presence.

I've left the province....and I've got the goodbye pictures to prove it.

Yup, that's right. I had to leave almost a month early to complete a course that I missed when I went to Italy. I figured this out last Friday...and here it is one week later and I'm back on the Island.

I squished as much as I could into 6 days.

And as many good byes as I could. (Sorry to those I missed...)

It was sad.

But lucky for you all I'll be back to some regular blogging!

Firsts

I grew up in the country, eating from the garden and having homemade everything, so occasionally there a food items that I've never tried. An example being pop tarts. I had my first pop tart 2 years ago, my cousins and I sat down with two boxes of pop tarts (one strawberry and one smores) and we had a taste test. While I haven't eaten them since, and don't plan to, it was still fun to add another thing to my "What I've eaten" list. And today I got to add something else. McCain Deep and Delicious frozen chocolate cake. It was with Stacey and I was about to bring my camera but she protested so I was going to leave it behind, but then changed her mind as she realized this was one of those big moments.

Mmmhmmm...

So, while I am the creator and eater of many things that have nothing to do with a freezer or hydrogenated products I have no problem admitting that I enjoyed my first ever frozen chocolate cake.

Can you see my enjoyment in my chocolate smothered teeth?

The Labyrinth

On Sunday, what a beautiful Sunday it was, my Ma, my cousin, my Ant (this is not a spelling mistake), and I went and took a walk at the Carol Shields labyrinth in Kings Park. It was such a gorgeous day (and gorgeous women) that I had to take some pictures.

It is a beautiful park and a beautiful labyrinth. If you've never checked it out before try and go before the leaves fall and the frost comes. Speaking of leaves...

they're a'changin'!
Have you all been noticing the leaves? Are you excited about fall? Back to school? Sweaters? Soup?

Dang! We missed it! Who's up for next year?

Check this out.

Weekend in the Country

I spent the last couple of days out in the country visiting Brenda, Larry, Isabelle, and Duncan. They're my family and I love them. Especially when the play "Follow the Leader" down the lane.

I love being in the country (as you may know by now) and it was so wonderful to relax and be away from the big city.

One thing I particularly love about going to the country and to this house especially is that there is usually a suprise visitor or two...And its usually the same suprise visitors...Brad and Sherry, more of my extended family!