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My sister moved to Pictou Nova Scotia a few years ago and we decided that we would take a week this summer to go visit her and explore some of the other interesting places in Eastern Canada. Here is a slide show of my pictures from the trip along with a few of my favourites. Along the way we stopped at Edmundston, Moncton, Pictou, Charlottetown, Summerside, Quebec City and Montreal.

Pictou NS harbour, view towards the Hector replica

From Our Great East Coast Adventure

The beach at Caribou/Munroes Island Provincial Park

From Our Great East Coast Adventure

The Hector replica in Pictou Nova Scotia

From Our Great East Coast Adventure

Chelton Beach Provincial Park in Prince Edward Island, note the Confederation Bridge in the background

From Our Great East Coast Adventure

Notre Dame de Quebec Cathedral alter

From Our Great East Coast Adventure

Unlike the 2010 Men's Soccer Word Cup where CBC is offered Canadian soccer fans free live streaming TSN has let Canadian football fans down when it comes to free live streaming of the UEFA 2012 European cup. Though all the Euro 2012 games are available for free to TSN and/or TSN2 viewers if you want live game streaming it will cost you. If you want to watch the UEFA 2012 Euro tournament on your Windows or Mac computer you have to pay. Single-Day soccer streaming is $4.99, the playoffs are $9.99 and complete tournament streaming can be purchased for $19.99. Further details and links to order the live football streaming can be found at http://www.tsn.ca/euro2012/feature/?id=68392. If you are a Bell Mobility or Virgin Mobile subscriber you can also watch the games on TSN Mobile TV. You can also get an app for your tablet that offers replays of goals, penalties, shots, saves don't expect to be stream soccer to your tablet unless you are a Bell Mobility or Virgin Moble customer who can take advantage of TSN's mobile streaming offerings. Links to the tablet apps can also be found at http://www.tsn.ca/euro2012/feature/?id=68392.

If you don't want to pay and audio is good enough you can listen to live audio streams on TSN Radio.

Of course Canadian Linux soccer (or football) fans are out of luck, the EUFA 2012 Euro streaming is only offered for Windows and Mac users.

I was sitting around with a couple of people and we got to chatting about classic Canadian Cartoons from the NFB. We ended up watching not so good versions off Youtube on my tablet. A bit of research on the National Film Board of Canada webiste turned up these beautiful versions.

The Cat Came Back made by Cordell Baker in 1988.

This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little yellow cat that just won't stay away... Also won the 1989 Genie Award for best animated short film. (text shamelessly taken from the http://nfb.ca page http://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back )

The Log Drivers Waltz made by John Weldon in 1979

This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth. Easily one of the most often-requested films in the NFB collection, Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing along to the tale of a young girl who loves to dance and chooses to marry a log driver over his more well-to-do competitor. Driving logs down the river has made the young man the best dancing partner to be found. (from http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/ )

I haven't blogged for a while and I suspect you are wondering why I am blogging about women's lingerie and bras. A friend of mine recently open a lingerie and bra store in Richmond Hill and I thought I should throw a little blog love her way to help along. She calls her store Coup de Foudre and specializes in top of the line luxury lingerie and bras. Her store is located at 1285 Elgin Mills Road East in Richmond Hill which is right across the street from Richmond Green and about 2 minutes from the 404 which makes it convenient for lingerie shoppers in York Region. If you know if anyone looking for top quality ladies lingerie and bras why not give Coup de Foudre a try. If you drop by tell them Wayne sent you and maybe my friend will give me a good price on a pair of fancy mens underwear.

Lying on my deck enjoying the great Thanksgiving weather and listening to the Sunday Edition. http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/ http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2149705842 http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=15329089