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Crypto for Capers as Bitcoin Approaches $100,000 USD

This post is to let people in my area (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) know about the major increase in Bitcoin's (BTC) value now that nation-states and large corpora...

Crypto for Capers as Bitcoin Approaches $100,000 USD

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Nursing Sister Jessie MacDonald, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Canada

While walking with my wife past one of the town's many graveyards, we went in to examine the eagle's nest that we could see from the road. Once I got close to t...

Crypto for Seniors (or newbs)

Welcome to my second update on cryptocurrency from a senior citizen's perspective. Just like my first post, I wrote this not as investment advice (because I am ...

First Painting Attempts Following James Juliet Art Tutorials

Finally made the move from attempting cartoons to trying some brush strokes while following along with James Julier’s art tutorials. https://youtube.com/c/James...

Lady Duck April Drawing

Days are getting longer, and Spring is creeping in over Nova Scotia, but after the warm sun, the cooler evenings are perfect to be inside on quiet pursuits whil...

Tasmanian Devil Easter Weekend drawing

Miserable and damp weekend in Cape Breton, so it was a great opportunity to draw while visiting friends....

Donald Duck

It’s been over a year since I tired any drawing on my ipad. Still working on the cartoons before trying something more challenging....

Walk with me in Chilly Downtown Dartmouth

Yesterday was a decent day for keeping ice sculptures after the artists had finished carving. The temperature was around zero Celsius but with the wind whipping...

Cooking with THC Part II

My first attempt after making the butter was a delicious batch of easy-to-make caramels, shown here with the recipe from the MagicButter.com recipies. In Part I...

THC Cooking: First Attempts (Part I)

Previous Encounters Were Not Pretty Like many boomers who have tried marijuana in the past, I did not try it again until summer 2019 after it was legalized in C...

My Actifit Report Card: March 29 2019

A grey walk along the harbour on the Dartmouth side. 10358 Walking...

My Actifit Report Card: March 28 2019

Walking Halifax on a sunny but cool spring day. Still, I saw about ten people wearing shorts, although it did not get any warmer than 2 degrees Celsius. Also sa...

My Actifit Report Card: March 26 2019

Walked to and from work via the MacDonald Bridge. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngusL.MacdonaldBridge/media/File%3AAngusL.MacdonaldBridgeinHalifax%2CNovaScot...

My Actifit Report Card: March 10 2019

A great sunny afternoon cross country skiing with my son Anthony @thebrassdoor in Truro’s Victoria Park. Likely not many days left to do this. https://www.truro...

My Actifit Report Card: February 19 2019

Mostly cycling today so only the steps count from my Fitbit. Minus twenty Celsius wind chill but thankfully the wind is not blowing in from the ocean. 7503 Cycl...

My Actifit Report Card: February 18 2019

I was able to get in about 15 km on my bike today and 31 laps around the Halifax Emera Oval, but I for got to wear my Fitbit so this is just from the phone in m...

Halifax Emera Oval February 17 2019

Temperature hit just above 0 C today in the sun, so it was a great day to make the trek from the Dark Side (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to the Emera Oval on the Hal...

My Actifit Report Card: January 10 2019

Walking and skating in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Did 20 laps on the Oval before heading back across the ferry to Dartmouth. I pictures tonight because we started ba...

Walk with me in Wintery Halifax

The sun came out in Halifax on Friday, January 4th, and it actually felt warm on my face as I was walking home to Dartmouth through Downtown Halifax. I stopped ...