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Fall Foliage Cruise — Lunch at the Old Triangle Irish Ale House

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Everything’s just ducky on the Waterfront Boardwalk

After walking the Sydney Waterfront Boardwalk, Ursula and I headed north a short way before crossing to Charlotte Street via Townsend Street. We were getting a bit peckish, and I recalled seeing from the boardwalk an Irish Alehouse, so that’s where we headed. But before we do a lunch review, have you ever considered snapping a shot of the local license plates? It can be a fun addition to your photo library for any trip.

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Nova Scotia license...

Fall Foliage Cruise — Return to Sydney, Nova Scotia

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Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas in Sydney, Nova Scotia

In today’s article title you’ll note the words, “Return to Sydney, Nova Scotia.” That’s because it is a return, and sort of a sequel to 2014’s No, Not THAT Sydney; The OTHER Sydney. But this time we’ve landed during a chilly October morning, and this day in Sydney, Nova Scotia, was much more dismal than our previous visit.

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Lobsters, Free Advice, Marriage Tips, and Directions

We didn’t have a tour planned this day, so Ursula and I...

Fun Photo Friday — Prince Edward Island Favorites Part 2

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Covehead Peeking Above the Dunes

This past Monday I took you to the House of Green Gables. What you have not seen yet is the post office in Cavendish where author Lucy Maud Montgomery worked. Here it is:

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Cavendish Post Office

In three weeks’ time we move on to Sydney, Nova Scotia. But over the next two weeks I’ll be rerunning several Christmas Season articles, including tips on photographing Christmas lights and a couple of my Christmas humor stories.

Until then, our final look at Prince...

Fall Foliage Cruise — Prince Edward Island; Carr’s Oyster Bar

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Carr’s Oyster Bar

It was time to break for lunch, so Cyril Arsenault drove us to one of his favorite places — Carr’s Oyster Bar, located at the mouth of the Stanley River where it flows into New London Bay. Looking across the river you’ll see this scene:

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Across Stanley River from Carr’s

Stepping inside and walking toward the back, you’re greeted by another welcoming sign in the main seating area:

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Welcome to Carr’s

The interior of this rather busy establishment:

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Carr’s Oyster Bar seating

Make...

Fall Foliage Cruise — Prince Edward Island; Green Gables Heritage Place

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The House of Green Gables

On our tour with Cyril Arsenault (Cyril’s Tours and Tales) we stopped at two places of significance for fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery. If that name is unfamiliar, perhaps you know her body of semi-biographical literary works starting with Anne of Green Gables. Yep, that L.M. Montgomery. But before we made it to the House of Green Gables Heritage Place, fans in our tour group wanted to stop first at the Cavendish Post Office at which Ms. Montgomery worked, and upon...

The Christmas Lights of Eastridge — Part 1

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In my December 16 article, I gave tips on how to photograph Christmas lights. Today and tomorrow we’re going to put all those lessons to use. Every year, the Eastwood neighborhood in El Paso decorates like no other. The following photos of Eastridge Christmas lighting decorations were taken in 2012. I hope you enjoy the show:

Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings to One and All

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Merry Christmas and Holiday Greetings

My Annual Christmas Movies:

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969); Die Hard (1988)

A Spillane Christmas Carol (Humor)

Time for a repeat of a little more Christmas humor. Below is the investigation into the murder portrayed in yesterday’s poem. A little inside joke contained therein: this story was originally written for a contest that had a 1,500 word-count limit. That was up from a 1,000-word limit the preceding year. So, here is:

A Spillane Interpretation of A Dickens Christmas

It was the best of times, Christmas. It was the worst of crimes, murder. She was a store clerk at the Old Curiosity Shoppe. Her...

If Edgar Allan Poe Had Written A Christmas Carol (Humor)

Now time for a repeat of a little Christmas humor (tune in tomorrow for the sequel on the subsequent murder investigation, written in the style of Mickey Spillane):

A Poe Christmas

Once upon a snowstorm dreary, through which I trudged all weak and weary,
Past many a quaint and curious number of advertisement lore
I saw the ad, above some wrapping; on the door I started tapping
At first it was a gentle tapping, tapping at the storefront door
I must gain entry to this store, as there was...