Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Wolfville, Pizza Lupa and Jen Arrives in NS (June 27, 2026)

Jason is still not feeling well so we had another lazy morning.

Kody, Haylee and the girls set off for Lunenburg and I just chilled with my coffee while Jason slept in.

 

We had a little visitor on the deck this morning.

When Jason did get up, we decided to go for a drive to Wolfville.

It was raining in Mount Uniacke and Halifax, very grey and dreary too but right after we passed Windsor on the way to Wolfville, the sun came out and it was a glorious day over that way.

Our first order of business when we got there was to find a place to eat.
We parked, walked around a little and found this place.

Pizza Lupa

I didn't realize the picture turned out so blurry but you can see that they had a few appetizers, a few salads, several pizzas and then some desserts.

It was really nice inside.

Not very busy at all but it was randomly in the middle of the afternoon so not during lunch or supper.

We ordered two pizzas, one pepperoni with olives.

Then a funghi one.

Jason likes to check the under carriage - this one looks good.

We had dessert too.
It was Torta Caprese which is chocolate almond cake with espresso whipped cream.
It was ok.

We noticed some trails by the Wolfville sign where we'd parked so we headed over there to go for a walk.

This looks out into the Minas Basin which is at the end of the Bay of Fundy.

They were really nice trails made on an old railway track.

I'm so glad we decided to come here - it was a gorgeous day.

There were lots of trees along the path for shade.

But the sun could get in too.
This would be a lovely place to go for a bike ride.
Along the one side, there were some residences and a couple paths that led to wineries.

Then the other side was farm fields and beyond that, the water.

After our walk - we made a stop at Walmart then headed back to the cottage eventually.
As we were approaching Windsor, we could see the dark clouds off in the distance.
I didn't want to leave the sunshine but we kind of had to.

Jason got this little cloche and some fairy lights and put this in a tree for Freya (from Ivy).
She was just thrilled when she found it.

The kids made it back before we did - they really enjoyed their day.
Kody ended up going to Halifax for the evening to visit his friend Derek and took Freya with him.
Eden and Haylee stayed at the cottage.

Jen flew in today and she'd going to spend the evening here at the cottage with us tonight.
She will have to sleep on the couch but it's only for one night as we are all heading to PEI tomorrow.

She is very into princess dresses currently.

Jason got the girls some glow sticks so they went outdoors to play with them.

Glow sticks are cheap and so much fun for the kids.

Caught the glowstick in motion.

Trying it out as a hula hoop.

Here you fix it Papa.

Down the stairs it goes.

Haylee posted some of the pictures she's taken of the trip so far - they've been doing lots.

The big 'wave' on the Halifax waterfront.

Ice cream!

On the dock at the cottage.

Family picture.

On the dock again - this was the first night we got here.

Laughing in the truck.

Then Adrien posted this picture today - he and Hunter went fishing and Hunter caught a fish.
He looks pretty pleased about it.
Way to go buddy!

I did manage to get my steps in today.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Lake Fun, Farmer's Market, Pete's Frootique, On The Wedge - Nova Scotia (June 26, 2026)

 I woke up quite early this morning and I was the first one up for quite a while.

It was an ok day out.

I just sat on the couch, enjoyed my coffee with a view of the lake.

The cottage is small but in a great location.

It was near 11 when everyone else finally got up and we went down to spend some time by the lake.
It wasn't really great weather for swimming but it was still nice out.

The girls picked out some rocks.

Throwing rocks in the lake.

Great lake activity.

I think walking back and forth on the dock and finding rocks made Eden feel like a big girl.

Sissy was helping her.

Dressed in her finest for rock throwing.

She never lets me put a ponytail in her hair but it looks so good when it's back 

and out of her face.

We had this whole beach area to ourselves.
It was rocky but the water was nice and clear.

Freya was trying to find skipping rocks but there weren't many flat ones.

I love seeing them help each other.
Freya is a sweet big sister and Eden loves her so much.
When she's upset, it's Freya that she looks to for comfort.

Off to throw her rock in the lake.

Freya as well.

We noticed a mama duck swimming by with a couple of ducklings.

There they are.

Mama duck and her babies.

Quack, quack, quack.

Hey baby ducks!!!

Eden then found one of the oars from the kayaks.

I think she was off to throw that in the lake too so we had to stop her.

Kody, Haylee in the girls went in to the city to visit his dad and Jason and I just hung around and didn't do much.
Jason wasn't feeling very well at all so he just wanted to rest which was fine with me.
We did eventually go for a drive and we stopped in at a farmer's market in Mount Uniacke - I love a good Farmer's Market.

They had some cute decor.

Pretty flowers - I really miss having a garden - if only I had the weather to actually grow one in Swan Hills.

I used to really love this kind of thing.

HA HA HA - perfect pot for me.

This was cute - it it had been a little cheaper I would have gotten the girls each one for their bikes.

We went to Bedford to check out Pete's Frootique and they had a few good restaurants including this pizza place, On the Wedge.

They had some interesting flavors so we ordered a couple of slices.
This was the MoonPie

It was ok but I think I have realized that I prefer red sauces over anything else.

Then this one was the Pickle Rick.

Also ok - very pickly though and kind of on the salty side.

We looked around the stores in the mall.
I thought this picture would be super cute in the girls room - can't take it home on the plane though so skipped it.

I got a strawberry matcha drink at Second Cup - I didn't really dig it.
Definitely not as good as the matcha latte at Starbucks.

Freya only brought sneakers with her so we stopped at Winners and I was looking for Crocs for her.
I found several options so I sent a picture to see which ones she wanted, she choose the flowered ones.

We stopped in at Thai Express for some supper and also picked up a few groceries and a few treats for the girls before heading back to the cottage.

The kids were back so we gave the girls their treats.

Eden treated us to a candy eating tutorial.

She is such a cutie pie.

Getting ready for bed (kind of).

Jason and Freya were busy doing serious, important things.

Like making faces at each other and obscene gestures.

I did not get all of my steps in today.
Oh well.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!