Category Archives: Saint John NB

A silver lining

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Arthur

This Saturday, we ended up in Uptown SJ to look at the cruiseship, Silver Whisper (Silversea Cruises). Compared to ships that normally sail in, the Silver Whisper is a small ship and appears to be a fairly luxury cruise-liner. From … Continue reading →

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Round here

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Arthur

The last 48 hours it was storming so much that at times it reminded me of Hurricane Juan back in 2003. This morning I found out that apparently the wind was so strong that it had blown the BBQ upside … Continue reading →

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Local observations

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Arthur

Yesterday, we drove into town. The night before it had snowed and the roads were somewhat cleared, that is, depending where you were. Unsurprisingly, the closer we came to SJ, the better the roads. If only NB’s Department of Transportation … Continue reading →

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Oh, so that’s what that is?

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Arthur

For the longest time it looked like the mild temperatures of the last weeks of November were going to keep the snowstorms away, but yeah, we finally had our very first snowstorms this month. Later than usual: same old shoveling … Continue reading →

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Mauer

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Arthur

I‘ve been fairly busy recently and at the height of the H1N1 drama in Canada (‘H1N1 overplayed in Canada’), I ended up catching a cold too. A normal cold, that is, of the house and garden variety kind (@rebelalfons): It … Continue reading →

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The odds?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Arthur

I discovered a couple of coincidences the other day: 1. Hurricanes: I noticed that they (the hurricanes) always seem to hit during the weekend. Bill did so last week and (the remnants of) Danny did this weekend (oh, that was … Continue reading →

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The sound of the season

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Arthur

Now that Summer is almost over and the weather is bringing us more of the wet stuff (I look at you hurricane Bill): the last couple of nights, I noticed that the crickets (Wikipedia) were out in full force doing … Continue reading →

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There’s a deer in your yard

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Arthur

No really, there’s one right there.. Besides deer there are fawns, Cardinals, hummingbirds and cats. Every morning I let the oldest cat out: it wasn’t until yesterday I found out that the first thing she apparently does is head to … Continue reading →

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Blocks

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Arthur

We were in Saint John the other day and ran in a couple who attracted attention because they were strolling around with their (6 month) twins. One woman (after telling the couple that she was fascinated with twins because her … Continue reading →

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Saint John, Blues

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Arthur

Yesterday, I saw a drunk man hailing a cab. Eventually, he ran towards the other side of the road trying to get his two pals who were also drunk. One of them fell to the ground while trying to walk … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Arthur

We lost our faithful companion last Wednesday: Katy the Wunderdog was put down and life got a lot quieter around the house. If she had lasted a couple of weeks, she would have been 18 which is an excellent age … Continue reading →

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Yard.works.

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Arthur

Yard work season has finally started and the routine of mowing the lawn can be described like: Start lawn mower. Decide which part of the yard to do first. Stop lawn mower. Calculate the cut height: I use a simple … Continue reading →

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Onst–mig

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Arthur

The weather has been fairly mixed the last couple of weeks and the only word that correctly describes it is the Dutch word ‘onstuimig’. At least I find there is some consistency: the weather is fairly unpredictable. Last week, I … Continue reading →

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