Tall walls, high ceilings and big windows have been on repeat in my browser search lately. Anyone who saw my last blog post, Hello Sunrise Trail Nova Scotia!, will understand why. Simply put, we’re moving to a house with all these features.
This week’s “Hello” blog post is the counterpoint to last week’s “Goodbye Lake Oconee Georgia!”. I’m thrilled to share that we’ve landed in a new location ― Hello Sunrise Trail on Nova Scotia’s North Shore! After checking out a variety of neighbourhoods and patiently scouring the local real estate listings, we got lucky and found the one! It’s a unique waterfront property on Nova Scotia’s North Shore facing the Northumberland Strait.
The last six months have been a whirlwind of activity here in FanningSparks world. My husband and I have relocated ― not just to another community or across the state ― but 2,790 kilometers (1,733 miles) northeast back to our home country.
Fish and seafood are consumed by the citizens of nearly every country around the globe. In fact, “more than 3 billion people in the world rely on wild-caught and farmed seafood as a significant source of animal protein” according to the World Wildlife Organization’s report on Sustainable Seafood.
There’s never a dull moment on Halifax Harbour! For the last seven weeks, we’ve been perched 20 stories above Halifax Harbour …
Architects, garden designers, photographers, painters and other visual artists often frame a view to present it in the most compelling way. “View framing does not create a new view, rather, it frames it, draws attention to it, and amplifies its beauty” writes the architect/author of Where Is the North website.





