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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: Outdoors
summer 2014: i want to remember
And just like that, it’s autumn again! Holy cats, time really does speed up the older you get. The adults from when I was a kid were not lying. To be honest, I’m really pumped for Fall. I love cooler weather. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Day to Day Life, Education, Leah's thoughts, Love, Outdoors
Tagged Cape Breton, i want to remember, summer
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quick post Friday: love in a time of Sedum
This is the season of Sedum. If you look, you’ll see it in so many yards and gardens, starting to turn pink this time of year. It will eventually turn burgundy-brown. Fun fact! There are many different varieties of Sedum, … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Life, Outdoors
Tagged Autumn, Cape Breton, gardening, quick post Friday
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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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a meal at The Bite House
Back in August I was invited to a birthday party for my rad friend Adele LeBlanc, to be held at the Bite House Restaurant. The Bite House is the new venture of chef Bryan Picard. (Read here where I interviewed … Continue reading
Posted in Business ideas, Community, Food + agriculture, Love, Outdoors, Sustainability
Tagged Big Baddeck, Cape Breton, Eat Local, food, friends, summer, The Bite House
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a gals’ wine-tasting trip in the Annapolis Valley
Seriously, how is it Friday again already!? Answer: because life is good, and busy, and full. But not in an “over-stuffed” way, just in a “filling it out in all the right places” way. There has been time for gardening. … Continue reading
Posted in Active living, Community, Food + agriculture, For Fun, Outdoors
Tagged Annapolis Valley, celebrations, eating local, friends, wine
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name that plant! (the Leah’s-yard edition)
In the last edition of Name That Plant!, all the plants were pink. This time around, the theme is that they were all in my yard when I went around taking a bunch of pictures yesterday evening. (Which was for … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Day to Day Life, For Fun, Outdoors
Tagged Cape Breton, gardening, Name That Plant
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multitude monday / august 25
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
