Digging for crystals

Last week, I was hiking with a friend near Bancroft (the gemstone capital of the world) at a site we had read about that had lots of minerals (apat...

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The Slashpile Story

The Slashpile Story

In 2006, we went treeplanting for the first time. Treeplanting is known to be an extremely difficult summer job. When we first arrived in the bu...

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Birthstones!

Today's Etsy newsletter started off with a blurb about how citrine, November's birthstone, is said to emit feelings of happiness, joy and optimism....

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Inspiration

Well, we've now been back from our trip for over a week! I figure it's about time to post some photos from our amazing adventures in Europe. Here's...

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Euro Trip!

  Courtney and I are getting pretty excited for our big trip to Europe! We will be travelling to Glasgow, London, Paris and Zurich, finishing...

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Mid-week Muskoka Mission

We left Toronto at 3:00pm on Wednesday, after a busy morning in the crazy-hot city (there were heat warnings!) We drove 2 and a half hours to get t...

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Day Twenty Four - The last leg!

We got home at 3:00am this morning, so I am just posting this now. We got up at 7:00 am yesterday (impressive considering we went to bed after 2:00...

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Day Twenty Two - Two time zones

It is currently 3:00am in Kenora, Ontario, where we're staying in a cabin just outside the city. We had a great breakfast with Lisa's family in Reg...

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