Today in extremely Canadian living, I just got some free health care and then bought a Tim Horton's Regular (i.e. coffee with one cream and one sugar; the double double is way too sweet for me) with a "Farmer's Wrap" which is just a breakfast wrap with an added hashbrown and spicy mayo.

Hey Canadian Tire has worms

Dollarama Canadiana shelf

Got my #Halifax library card and some useful reference material.

Fascinating thing about #NovaScotia geology: Halifax sits atop what's called The Meguma Terrane, the remnants of a prehistoric subcontinent that used to be separate from North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguma_terrane — Meguma is joined with the distinct northern Avalon Zone along a nearly horizontal fault line that you can trace from Cobequid to Canso. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguma_terrane

I think one reason #Halifax roads seem so confusing and ill-planned is because (1) the geology of the place is lots of steep, jagged bedrock, expensive and difficult to blast and build straight-line infrastructure upon, and (2) the roadways were laid out at a time when they assumed most people would be out working on fishing boats anyway

Here's the inside of folk artist Maud Lewis's house at the Art Gallery of #NovaScotia in #Halifax. https://flic.kr/p/2etbDYu

We had lunch at Fong’s Chinese, which is in the background of this #TrailerParkBoys scene: https://youtu.be/0eQBsRChMxk — across from Annapoli Pizza on Cole Harbour Road. #halifax #novascotia #baaaaam

Walked around Cole Harbour Heritage Park today and that’s how I learned about the crosses marking the Poor Farm gravesite. https://globalnews.ca/news/2380240/hidden-cemetery-along-cole-harbour-trails-tells-story-of-forgotten-souls/

Artist wife profiled by Argyle Fine Art in #Halifax, where she has paintings up: https://argylefineart.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-amy-ordoveza.html

I just found #NovaScotia milk production regulations: https://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/disch2.htm

I visited #Halifax Public Gardens and the Central Library, whose architecture evokes an impression of haphazardly stacked books. The cantilevered top floor has nice views of the Harbour — and is also home to the SF/Fantasy section.

having some timbits paired with a caesar (made from iceberg vodka and sobey's store-brand clamato-like beverage)

dulse & gabbana

Some shots from Lawrencetown Provincial Beach Park, #NovaScotia; beach turned out to be a bit rocky but it was cool to see surfers in the distance: https://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2019/05/lawrencetown-beach

Just had a #donair pizza. The funny thing is that since donair meat is sweet, it’s a bit like...pineapple

NCL cruise ship Norwegian Dawn is currently docked at #Halifax cruise port. View from 3rd floor of Discovery Centre.