what $25 will get you at the farmers' market

• A dozen eggs
• One pint of raspberries
• Two pints of cherries
• Snow peas
• Green beans
• Baby carrots
• Potatoes
• Baby turnips
• A head of romaine

And it's all from Nova Scotia!

happy canada day!

We drove out to the beach at Martinique today, and I saw fifteen roadkill:

• 1 chipmunk.


• 1 black and white animal.


• 13 porcupines.

I think it must be hard to be a porcupine in the modern world.

recovered from our vacation

We both had a great time on our trips to BC, but returning home did require a bit of recovery... The jet lag seems to be harder coming east (or maybe it's just that you're going back to work?) and I definitely had a virus in my carry-on which Steve and I have both since defeated. The strangest fallout from the trip has been the after-effects of talking so much to everyone for a week solid: I have nothing more to say! The positive part of that is that I feel re-connected to all of my friends (thanks guys!) so my batteries are full for the summer.

And what a summer am I hoping for! I've been working on a list of fun things to do and see, and hopefully we'll get some of them done and you guys can see the photos. In the short term, here's what we're looking forward to:

• The end of PGY1, aka the end of this ridiculous general surgery rotation*, aka the beginning of all-anesthesia, (almost-)all-the-time.


• BBQ to celebrate the end of PGY1 on Monday (with Steve's co-residents)


• BBQ to celebrate the beginning of the next year next Saturday (with the whole anesthesia department)


• Waves on Tuesday for a Canada Day surf (which is a very traditional way of celebrating Canada Day, as my dad points out...)

* This surgery rotation has been ridiculous (from my non-surgical point of view). They start at 6:30 am, and Steve is never home before me. It's usually after 6 or closer to 7. And if he's on call, he works from 6:30 am until about noon the next day, so his post-call day is basically shot... But there's only one more (long) day of Sunday call.

nothing to say...

I haven't had a lot to say lately, so you haven't had a lot to look at. I'm sure things will get more exciting when it's officially summer. (That'll happen on June 16th in my mind, when Steve and I are both back in Halifax!)

Steve's mom visited for a week from the 17th to the 24th, and these are photos from her visit. We've got: Peggy's Cove, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, and the Eastern Shore.

Steve's in BC right now, surfing on the island, visiting in Kamloops, and shopping in Vancouver. I'm heading out on the 6th, and I'll be doing the exact same, except substitute surfing for a wedding on the island. Definitely looking forward to it!

filming a movie

Last week, the harbour boardwalk outside the Maritime Museum was turned into an old-time working harbour as a movie set. Judging mainly from the menu items available at the 'cafes' and the available 'destinations' on the shipping posters, I think it was San Francisco. Another clue is that the Acadia had a big American flag on the back. (The Acadia is an old navy ship that is permanently moored along the boardwalk, and can be visited as part of the Maritime Museum. My parents checked it out last fall, and got an exceptional tour from someone who had actually served on the ship during the Second World War, I believe.)

Construction began around last Monday, and the first photos were taken on Wednesday.

On Friday morning, the "Ghost" had arrived. The Acadia is to the left.

The "Macedonia" was also arriving on Friday morning (and was docked like this in the afternoon).

The storefronts were completed and the cargo was ready for shipping on Friday morning.

And on Friday afternoon - it was chaos! There were hundreds of extras, including a team of two horses. The wind was blowing the American flag straight out from the stern of the Acadia, people were getting ready to load things on and off of the ship, and a bunch of guys were rowing around in dinghys.

The movie is a remake of Seawolf, which I understand is a novel by Jack London and has been made into a film previously. Of course there are some stars in it, but I didn't see them....

And of course there were green screens to block out the skyline!

spring!

Things are starting to green-up around here, and I have faith that there will be official leaves on the trees by the time Steve's mom arrives next weekend. (Jan - better bring a variety of clothes: something warm, something waterproof, something summery!)

(I took these photos with my phone. Not awesome,

but I'm happy enough with the quality.)

canada 5 vs usa 4

Yesterday, Steve and I stopped by the Metro Centre to see if there were any tickets available to the IIHF games. Although the game had been advertised as sold out, we got two seats in the upper bowl for today's game of Canada vs USA! The game was very exciting: a little too close perhaps, with Canada winning by one goal scored in the last minute, but very, very fun!

(Cute super-fan in front of us. He had a Huet t-shirt on under his Canada jersey.)

(Cam Ward was our MVP, and he definitely earned it.)