Thursday, 29 October 2015

Louisbourg and Halloween

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NSCAD students create ghost-inspired art after visit to Fortress Louisbourg Looking to history for inspiration By Peggy MacDonald, ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Grand Pre search for original village

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Archeologists searching for Grand-Pré Acadian church site Researchers measure magnetism of soil to uncover Acadian villages at Grand-...
Friday, 23 October 2015

My RAFM minatures have been found

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My father found them in his shop, so I shall be collecting them next week. I have British line troops, American Colonial, Rangers, Militia, ...
Monday, 19 October 2015

Canada Votes today

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Today, the Federal election takes place. This means the national government. This is the first election I have been able to vote in since th...
Friday, 16 October 2015

Ah the joys of working night and graveyard shifts

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As a new Security officer, most of my postings are in the late evenings or past midnight until the morning. It sure helps with getting back ...
Saturday, 10 October 2015

Grand Pre October, 1755

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A map showing the areas the Acadians were deported to Ian dressed as an Acadian boy circa 1755 in front of the exhibit showing children ...
Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Pirates attack a Ghost Castle

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The night before last, prior to my departure for work, Ian and I played a game with his castle and pirate ship He was really happy that ...

basing basing and more basing

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I'm still sorting out what I had here in storage in Canada, and what I sent back from Japan. With the cold weather coming, and my work ...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Man cave update

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My themed storage begins, under my table. At least I have my little boxes out of the shipping parcels My military history library, up of...
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

WOW 30,000 hits!

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I just noticed that this blog has hit the 30,000 hit mark. Now I know that's not much in the blogging world, but for me, it's nice t...