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Happy Earth Day!
It’s going to take me at least 7 ½ lifetimes to see and do everything I want to on this enormous, beautiful planet. My Bucket List includes every last bit of its incredible diversity. From mountains to deserts. From coral … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Canada, Caribbean, Environment, Europe, History, Jaspa's Journey, Mexico, Photography, The World, Travel, USA
Tagged A Word In Your Ear, Adventure, Adventure books, Alaska, Alberta, Big Island, Black bear, British Columbia, bucket list, California, Canada, Cancun, Death Valley, Earth Day, Estonia, Florida, Greenland, Hawaii, Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins, I Think I Need A Bigger Bucket, Israel, Jasper, Jerusalem, Manatee State Park, Maui, Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Prairie Dog, redwoods, round, Taku Glacier, Tallinn, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Where's My Backpack?, Yoho National Park
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Sun Dog Days
In Southern Ontario, this time of year is characterised by wild weather swings. The day before yesterday it got up to 20ºC (68ºF) and everyone was out in their gardens in shorts. Then this morning we woke to heavy, wet, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Jaspa's Journey, Photography, Travel
Tagged Canada, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, clean, cold, environment, giraffe, halo, ice crystals, Jaspa, Kitchener, Ontario, photography, shiny objects, sun dog, Waterloo, weather, Where's My Backpack?, wind chill, winter
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The World’s Biggest Flag!
Despite still suffering from a mild but lingering case of Jet Lag, having flown back from the UK on Monday, on Friday evening I headed down to the Rogers Centre (aka Skydome) in Toronto for the Blue Jays Home Opener … Continue reading
Wait A Minute… Yellow Figure?… That’s Me!
I don’t normally do multiple posts on a single day. And I certainly don’t normally do multiple posts on a single topic. But as soon as I hit the ‘Publish’ button on ‘Yellow(ish) Figure Selfie’ earlier, I suddenly had a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Canada, Environment, Europe, Jaspa's Journey, Photography, The World, Travel, USA
Tagged A Word A Week Challenge, A Word In Your Ear, Adventure, Adventure books, Alaska, Atlantis, Austin, Bath, Berlin, Bonanza Mine, California, Canada, Checkpoint Charlie, Children's books, Children's literature, Circuit of the Americas, Columbia Icefield, Egypt, environment, figure, Florida, Formula 1, friends, Germany, Geysir, giraffe, Giza, Helsinki, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jaspa, Jaspa's Journey, Jaspa's Waterloo, Jasper National Park, Jerusalem, Kennecott, Kennedy Space Center, New York, photography, Roman Baths, San Francisco, Slieve League, Space Shuttle Launch, Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, The Great Migration, The Pride of London, The Pyramids, travel, travel books, UK, Vesuvius, Weekly Photo Challenge, Where's My Backpack?, yellow
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Ice Storm
As you can imagine, after three weeks in Hawaii (more blogs about that to follow, I promise!), coming home to a Canadian winter was quite a shock to the system. Especially when the weather had an extra treat for us … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Environment, Jaspa's Journey, Photography
Tagged A to Z Challenge, Canada, Children's books, Children's literature, environment, freezing rain, giraffe, ice, ice storm, Jaspa, Jaspa's Journey, Ontario, photography, Tagged I, The Great Migration, The Pride of London, travel, weather
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Winter One-derland
Another week, another tenuous combination of travel themed photo challenges. Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack? theme this week is ‘Winter‘, whereas the Daily Post’s word is ‘One‘. Here’s what I came up with…. And please don’t forget to follow me on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Canada, Environment, Europe, Jaspa's Journey, Photography, The World, Travel, USA
Tagged Adventure, Berlin, buffalo, Canada, Children's books, Children's literature, Christmas Market, Cologne, Daily Post, Devil's Tower, environment, Germany, giraffe, Jaspa, Jaspa's Journey, Kennebec River, Maine, Monschau, Mount Rushmore, New Dundee, Old Faithful, One, Ontario, photo challenge, photography, postaday, Postdamer Platz, South Dakota, The Great Migration, The Pride of London, travel, weather, Where's My Backpack?, winter, Wyoming, Yellowstone
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I wish I was in… Austin
This time last year I was in Austin, Texas. To be honest, I didn’t see as much of the weird capital of the south as I’d have liked. And most of what I did see was thanks to one of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Canada, Europe, Formula 1, Jaspa's Journey, Photography, Travel, USA
Tagged Adventure, Austin, Canada, Children's books, Children's literature, Circuit of the Americas, F1, Formula 1, friends, geocaching, Germany, giraffe, Hockenheim, Jaspa, Jaspa's Journey, Montreal, photography, Texas, The Great Migration, The Pride of London
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