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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: Day to Day Life
Lighten up
Lately in some of my classes we’ve been working with shadows. The top photo is of an India Ink illustration we had to do. The specs were: an object in silhouette, with a shadow that is of something different. 8″ … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts
Tagged illustration, photography, positivity
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Currently
Loving the Internet and hating it at the same time. (So many images! And inspirations! And cool people doing cool stuff, or wearing cool stuff! Or sites to check out! I get all excited about things, click “Like” a bunch … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts
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the island versus the counties
I’m from Baddeck. It’s in Victoria County, one of the four counties on the island. When I told people in Baddeck that I was moving to North Sydney, which is in Cape Breton County, sometimes people would say, “Oh that’s … Continue reading
‘i’ll be bold as well as strong’ – the power of songs
Magpie Girl is a blog I follow. She’s an ordained minister who has been called to be more of a magpie, collecting bits here and there, guiding and leading the Formerly Churched, the Fringe Dwellers, the Hybrids. (If this intrigues … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Leah's thoughts, Uncategorized
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learning my lessons
The images are actually much larger, so if you want to see what my screen looks like when I’m working in these programs (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign), click on the image and it will open in a separate tab. … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Education, Health, Leah's thoughts
Tagged Autumn, back to school at 28, balance, graphic design, Mental health, NSCC, school
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“Food is not a product but a process.”
From one of my very favourite books (and authors): “Who can decide? A sucker for seed-catalog prose, I ordered six varieties and planted about a dozen cloves of each. Buried under the soil with a blanket of straw mulch … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Food + agriculture
Tagged Baddeck, boards, environment, food, Local food, North Sydney
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a leaf and some needles
I’m in Baddeck for the weekend, back at my mother’s for a bit. It’s a nice mix of – things to do and people to see. And also going through old things. That takes so long! Oh my goodness. You’d … Continue reading
