Tag: Ontario
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Tips for Enjoying Canada’s Wonderland as a Family
As a kid I might have gone to Canada’s Wonderland maybe ten times. It was far away, and a long, hot day. As an adult I’ve been more times than I ever went as a kid. This season, in fact, I’ve been 3 times, and we have plans to fit in at least one more. …
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7 Things I’ve Learned Packing for a Family Camping Trip
When I was a kid, my family went camping every year. We had bins of camping equipment that lived in the basement, and my favourite thing was when we’d pitch the tent in the backyard ahead of time and we could play in it! Of course, the camping was awesome too – beaches all day, campfires…
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Ghosts of the Fort: A Haunted Walk
*I was provided with a free Ghosts of the Fort tour for myself and my husband in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.* The Haunted Walk has been operating in Kingston for 20 years. That’s a long time! They have been so successful they now do tours in Ottawa and…
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How to find native plants for easy gardening in Kingston, Ontario
*Note – I know lilacs are not considered plants for native plant gardening. However, they are everywhere here in eastern Ontario. And they are so beautiful and fragrant that I have a bunch of photos of them and thought it would make a nice header image… Spring is my favourite time of year. The snow…
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5 Reasons I Love Kingston Ontario
I have lived in Kingston, Ontario for most of my life. And I’m not just saying that because I’m old now and more than half of my life has happened after highschool, though that is a factor. I was born here, at Kingston General Hospital. At the time my parents lived in Amherstview, which is…
