Home.

Home should be an anchor,

a port in a storm,

a refuge,

a happy place in which to dwell,

a place where we are loved,

and where we can love.

- Marvin J. Ashton -

Tradition.

Last week, my Dad called Mark and I to see if we wanted to go look at squarenets...

Neither of us had any idea what squarenets were but our curiosity kicked in and we hit the open road to the picturesque Gaspereau Valley!

We ran into someone that my father knows through a family connections - really, there is no one that he doesn't know around here - and Mark and I were given a demonstration of how the squarenets work.

We were told that squarenets are a form of fishing that started in the late 1800s to gather a large amount of fish at once and involve (somewhat) less attention than that of with a fishing rod. There is a platform built about 15 feet from the ground where the fisherman with jump off of, pushing down the pole that raises the net in which the fish - in this case, Gaspereau - will swim into. The use of squarenets and the fishing of Gaspereau is a short season of 1 month long. 

In this particular case, the fish gathered from this squarenet were being sent to Haiti!

The family was nice enough to send us home with a few Gaspereau that we watched them catch just moments prior (I may have cried a little). I am not a huge seafood fan but I will say that Gaspereau - besides the annoying amount of small bones - were pretty tasty! 

If you ever find yourself in the Gaspereau Valley of Nova Scotia during the month of May, you should definitely try to find a squarenet and the extremely friendly people that manage these rad contraptions!

Again and again and again.

Here's to all the places we went, 

And here's to all the places we'll go. 

And here's to me, 

 whispering again and again 

and again and again: 

I love you.

-John Green-

*All of these photos were taken along the coast of Digby and the Digby Neck in Nova Scotia*

I am thankful.

I woke up.

I have clothes to wear.

I have running water.

I have food to eat.

I have family to love.

Life is good.

God is great.

I am thankful.

- Unknown -

*Photos were taken in Mahone Bay and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia*

Huntington Point, Nova Scotia.

Took a drive up the "mountain" - just a steep hill - with one of my greatest friends, Megan, for a little "beach shoot" to bid farewell to the month of April.

Here is to the new month!

:)