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Hi there! I'm Leah Noble, and from 2012 to 2014 this was my blog, "Dream Big Cape Breton." I used this space to share my thoughts, my photographs, and my take on life in Cape Breton.
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Category Archives: Art
Brenna MacNeil: Graphic Design and I Love Cape Breton
What do you do if you find out that someone else is doing a similar-but-different product as you, on the other side of the island, and not only that, but that they’ve actually been doing it longer? Well, you support … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business ideas, Community, Design, Love
Tagged Brenna MacNeil, Cape Breton, graphic design
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Q+A with Emily Chafe and Steve Rankin
1. Name, age, where you live? Emily Chafe, 27, Glencoe. Steve Rankin, 30, Glencoe. 2. CB born and raised? Or recent transplants? (And however much biographical info you feel like giving.) I (Emily) was raised in Port Hawkesbury and Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Business ideas, Community, Design, Outdoors, Q+A, Sustainability, Towns + communities, Work
Tagged Cape Breton, Emily Chafe, graphic design, Inverness County, photography, Port Hawkesbury, Port Hood, Q+A, Small business, Steve Rankin
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multitude monday / sep 29
My friend and former design classmate Katie MacLennan writes a great blog called Polka Dot Soup. On it she writes a post some Mondays called “Multitude Monday.” She writes, “Mondays are about documenting the little (or big!) things in life that make me oh-so-happy. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Day to Day Life, Towns + communities
Tagged Cape Breton, family, Lumiere Cape Breton, Multitude Mondays
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links loved special edition: Lumiere!
This is the glamourous life of a blogger: taking multiple selfies on a street while people drive by and think you’re a weirdo, in search of the perfect “casually reading the Lumiere guide” shot for posting to Instagram. I say, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Design, For Fun, Towns + communities
Tagged art, Cape Breton, Downtown Sydney, Lumiere Cape Breton
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links loved / sept 20
This is the sunflower that I grew in my garden this summer. It’s in a little bed at the back of the house, which is in between the back staircase, and the wall of the house. I also have lavender, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Day to Day Life, Design, Food + agriculture, For Fun
Tagged Links Loved
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Sacred Sundays: getting off my butt and out of my comfort zone
OK, so I’ve talked before here about how my Sundays are sacred. (And also here, about the hiking aspect of Sacred Sundays.) They’re my and Adam’s day. They’re the one day a week that is just out. I don’t do stuff outside … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Art, Community, Education, Environment, Health, Leah's thoughts, Mi'kmaq communities, Outdoors, Sustainability
Tagged Cape Breton, Climate change, community, sacred sundays
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links loved / sep 6
Yesterday morning’s sunrise was spectacular! Rising at 6:30 isn’t so bad when you get to see things like that from your porch step in your PJs. I’m off to the Annapolis Valley for a gal’s weekend, but first, some Links … Continue reading
