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I got my hands on a very nice curio cabinet! Great price, Canadian made, and already wired and lighted! Now I have a nice home for my precious'ss'ssssssess.. Sweet! Nice spot to display my shinies I.. guess I need more goodies! Now its not empty anymore =) Looks great and for the price, I couldn't pass by the opportunity. Thanks Craig for spotting it! - Keenan

During my vacation, I made a day trip to Clifton, in northern New Brunswick. I've been to that location last year and made some interesting finds, including some nice ferns. This trip wasn't as fruitful as I had hoped, but I managed to take photos of the numerous trees in situ (surprised by the number present) and the drive in itself was nice. Always be mindful of the tides when you venture down these beaches as you could get trapped with not many ways out. Getting my stuff together Where most of the trees are found Tree #1 - Bottom section (walking stick for scale, 1 meter long) Tree #2 - Tree with roots going through various layers Close-up of 'Tree #2' Tree #3 Tree #4 (zoomed in on right) What would have been 'Tree #5' One of the very few plants I've come across (sparse this year) Tree #6 with broken section on the beach Close-up of 'Tree #6' Tree segments Tree #7 Photo of 'Tree #7' taken the previous year It ended up to...

I had planned to go back to Blue Beach in the Avonpart area for a while now. The site and other neighboring lcoations have always yielded wonderful specimens and I was itching to get back on the beaches and under the warm Nova Scotia Sun. I hadn't had the chance to hit the road for weeks due to some illness, but seeing the opportunity to go on a day trip, I took it. 1st stop Cheverie ( red ), 2nd stop Hantsport ( red ) 3rd and final stop Parrsboro ( blue ) ( red path - from Moncton to stop #2 in Nova Scotia ) ( blue path - from stop #2 to #3 in Parrsboro, then back to New Brunswick) I had planned to make a few stops in the Windsor area along the coast. I'd decided to check the white beaches of Cheverie and its gypsum cliffs. These evaporites were left from an ancient body of water, the Windor Sea. Gypsum makes up big sections the area, and is intermixed with very fossiliferous limestones and shales, from Cheverie to across the bay at Blue Beach, which would be my second...