Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty years ago, it described most of the activities of our whole family. Now that most of our children have flown the coop, it is mostly about what Ann and I (Dave) have been up to. I update it most weekends. We save all the messages over the past year in an Archive along with links to what we were doing ten and twenty years ago.
You can click on the pictures above to get a bit more information about each of us.
Monday September 15
The three churches in Mahone Bay
Last summer, when we had the heat pump installed, we also had the electrical service upgraded to 200 amps. That required a larger electrical panel which meant cutting out some of the gyproc. We were left with a large hole in the wall of our downstairs guest bedroom with the electrical panel uncovered. Back in July, we finally had someone fix up the wall and make a door to cover the panel. This week Ann and I got around to painting it, which meant painting the whole room. It took several days to do the preparation and apply two coats. We still have to paint the back of the panel door, then I can rehang the doors, curtain rods and pictures and reattach the headboard of the bed to the wall.
Late on Thursday evening, our good friend Nancy and her daughter Lauren arrived from Ontario for a visit. Lauren stayed until Saturday then drove to Cape Breton to see her sister Josie and some of their paternal relations. Nancy is till staying with us.
A week ago Saturday was the annual Ramblers barbecue held at our friends Catherine and Paul's place in Hubley. They have a large back yard going down to Lizard Lake: a perfect spot for about 70 Ramblers to gather and eat hamburgers, hot dogs, salads and cake. Since I am on the Executive, I was on the set-up and take-down committee; Ann also came along to help out.
Last Saturday, we drove to Mahone Bay to join the Rambler ride from Mahone Bay to Indian Point then out to Bachman's Beach at the end of 2nd Peninsula. It is a very pretty ride with most of the route along open shoreline. The weather was lovely in the morning but clouded over on our way back from the beach. Nancy came to Mahone Bay with us but spent the day with Jocelyn and Lokman including a visit to The Sweaty Panda, a new year-round sauna on Oakland Road close to Jocelyn and Lokman's house.
The three of us returned to Halifax going directly to Kim and Glen's house where Ann and I had quick showers and changed into non-biking attire. The five of us then went to see the premiere screening of Dancing on the Elephant, starring Sheila McCarthy and Mary Walsh, at the Atlantic International Film Festival. It is about two women confronting the realities of living in a nursing home: both funny and sad. We all enjoyed it. Afterwards we stopped in at Quinn's Arms for dinner.
One of the women who volunteers at the food bank with Ann is training to be a nail technician and was looking for people to practice on, so Ann arranged for her to come and give her and Nancy a manicure this morning. Meanwhile, since it was a gorgeous day, I joined the Railers for their regular ride out to Lawrencetown Beach. For a change, since I had taken my e-bike, I continued further to Fishermen's Reserve Road and then, on the way back, went out to Montague Mines so that I wouldn't have to bike back along Pleasant Street.
We are now into eggplant and tomato harvesting season which requires turning my crop into dinners or dishes that can be frozen. So far I have made two moussakas and three batches of Moroccan eggplant stew, both of which use both eggplants and tomatoes but there are still several eggplants waiting to be picked and the window sill in the kitchen is covered in tomatoes. Meanwhile our fridge is still awash with cucumbers.