When Janne and I were just a couple of weeks away from moving the twins into their new home last November, we decided - jointly - to go insane.Not really - but as I was recently mentioning on Bob's blog, (listed on the right, under Links) my wife and I spent the last two available weekends before the move getting pictures taken of the babies to put into our Christmas cards. Actually, we rationalized doing this by telling each other that we knew there would be no time to do it once we were in the new house, because unpacking into a new house can take MUCH longer than packing up an old one - and we are currently proving that rationalization, with a stack of boxes in our basement which remain sealed with packing tape.
So, since Sandi - one of my best friends in the world, who is pictured in the Real Friends Last Forever post with her family on this blog, dated July 27/06 - had given us Nova Scotia tartan outfits for the babies when she came to visit, Janne and I decided that we'd get the first not-going-to-pack-this-weekend's pictures of the twins taken in those, since Liam and Morgan had finally grown big enough to fit into them.
I've previously posted the Christmas pictures - which were taken on the following not-going-to-pack-now-either weekend - December 24/06 - so this post is just for posting a couple of my favourites from the Nova Scotia tartan shoot - for the following reasons:
a) Because I meant to post them long ago, and forgot. (I'm old and getting forgetful, and the twins take up most of my memory cells.)
b) Because - just recently - while blogging on Bob's blog, I found another Nova Scotian among us. 'Misster Kitty', (who I actually first saw post on Nat's blog, who's also listed on the right), is from Cole Harbour. Although my family's house was in Eastern Passage, I went to Junior High at Sir Robert Borden in Cole Harbour, and two of my best friends, John and Joe, lived on Estate Drive and Beaver Crescent, respectively, both in Cole Harbour. It's good to know you here in blogland, M.K., and I should introduce you to a member of our extended family, Ken. You can read him at www.fey.ca.
c) I am a die-hard Nova Scotian. It's where I will always feel totally at home. I love the ocean. I love the air. I love the people. Don't get me wrong. Inside this house in our little community of Brantford, with Janne - and the two incredibly cute people pictured here - is where I want to be. Of course, wherever the three of them are is where I want to be - I just wish we could live in Nova Scotia for at least half the year.
d) These shots were never made into prints, and although they aren't perfectly 'posed', I love the natural expressions on Liam's and Morgan's faces.
e) …and, for a couple of Ontario-born kids, they look pretty good in Nova Scotia tartan.
...and this just in!April 24, 2007 - Source: Broadcast News
NS Tourism Campaign
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is turning to high-profile online tools such as Google Earth and YouTube to win over fickle tourists. Tourism Minister Len Goucher says the new strategy, unveiled today, is aimed at taking the province's online marketing to a new level. Goucher says research shows 70 per cent of tourists use the Internet for travel planning. Google Earth, an online world map that meshes satellite photos with regular road maps, will be used to show tourists 100 points of interest, represented by tartan dots. The dots will link to information about tourism highlights, including cycling the Cabot Trail, touring vineyards in the Annapolis Valley and seeing the schooner Bluenose II in Lunenburg. YouTube will be used to show video vignettes that will include samples of Celtic music, wine and cuisine, motorcycling and surfing.
NS Tourism Campaign
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is turning to high-profile online tools such as Google Earth and YouTube to win over fickle tourists. Tourism Minister Len Goucher says the new strategy, unveiled today, is aimed at taking the province's online marketing to a new level. Goucher says research shows 70 per cent of tourists use the Internet for travel planning. Google Earth, an online world map that meshes satellite photos with regular road maps, will be used to show tourists 100 points of interest, represented by tartan dots. The dots will link to information about tourism highlights, including cycling the Cabot Trail, touring vineyards in the Annapolis Valley and seeing the schooner Bluenose II in Lunenburg. YouTube will be used to show video vignettes that will include samples of Celtic music, wine and cuisine, motorcycling and surfing.
(ed.)...Maybe the Minister got the idea after reading my page. ;-)
