Author: Mikhaila
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A Great Canadian Dessert Eh!
Read more: A Great Canadian Dessert Eh!During our year long trip around the world, we have bee staying with many people and we wanted to be able to make something Canadian for them. We got this Nanaimo bar recipe from one of our neighbours back home, Gail, and have been making the bars our whole trip. They have been enjoyed by…
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Emily Carr
Read more: Emily Carr“Dear trees, we don’t stop half enough to love and admire them.” This is a quote by Canadian artist Emily Carr. We learned about her while in Victoria and had the chance to see many of her works of art. Emily Carr was born December 13, 1871 in Victoria, British Columbia. She lived in a…
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Wonderful Whistler!
Read more: Wonderful Whistler!After a great time touring Vancouver, we were ready to move to the resort town of Whistler. Here, we learned many interesting things about the previous Olympics and the history of the town at the Whistler Museum. One of the first settlers, Myrtle and Alex Phillips, arrived in 1911. They built the Rainbow Lodge which became…
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Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!
Read more: Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!“If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys.” – Chief Dan George Chief Dan George was a Native actor, poet,…
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Pineapples, Pineapples, and More Pineapples!
Read more: Pineapples, Pineapples, and More Pineapples!Welcome to Dole, the biggest company to sell the second most popular fruit in the world (bananas are number one), which also comes in a delicious ice cream form known as Dole Whip. You know what I’m talking about…. pineapples of course! James Drummond Dole came to Hawaii in 1899 with a Harvard degree in…