There is so much rubber and melted sand seal on this road, that the brake burners are basically doing road repair!
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Stonehurst Brake Burns 2007
Always entertaining, the Stonehurst brake burns are back, now with more 'blobs'!!
There is so much rubber and melted sand seal on this road, that the brake burners are basically doing road repair!
There is so much rubber and melted sand seal on this road, that the brake burners are basically doing road repair!
Friday, 11 May 2007
The Morning of Colour!
Maple trees are either plump with red buds/flowers, or have just unfurled their fresh green leaves.
A lone weeping willow had electric lime green leaves this morning.
Soft pink magnolias blossoms share space with cheerful yellow forsythias and daffodils.
This all seemed to happen overnight, hello spring!
A lone weeping willow had electric lime green leaves this morning.
Soft pink magnolias blossoms share space with cheerful yellow forsythias and daffodils.
This all seemed to happen overnight, hello spring!
Monday, 7 May 2007
Maitland Variety Supper
May 5, 2007
Maitland Community Hall
Maitland, NS
It's always nice to go to this supper, it's kind of like coming home after a long trip. Some things never change, and for the most part, neither does this supper.
We drove past the hall around 3:15, a good 45 minutes before it was supposed to start. Sure enough, there were two cars in the parking lot, waiting.......I guess they really wanted to have a slice of that coconut cream pie (we were not so lucky).
We arrived to a packed hall, and as usual, we were the only 'youngsters' there. We started to recognize some faces from the area. The guy taking tickets walks a nearby dirt road every morning. Same guy serving the coffee. Same guy serving the tea. All's right with the world in Maitland.
We found a spot to sit without much trouble and had a bit of a wait till our place setting was cleaned up and our 'orders' were taken. It was more of a: "you guys want a bit of everything that's left?" kind of order, of course we said: "yes"! Fairly quickly, our plates arrived:
Somehow these pictures never really capture how appetizing the food looks when it arrives....no wiener on the plate, to Lisa's dismay, but they were replaced by some delicious cabbage rolls!
We tucked in to the offering: fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, swedish meatballs, cabbage rolls and ham made up the hot portion of the meal.
We each got a spoon full of the delicious broccoli salad that was on the table, as well as: potato salad, cole slaw, pickled beets, bread and butter pickles and an unusual pickled salad that encouraged me to have two helpings.
Oh man, how could i forget the sweets? By the time we got there, the ever popular coconut cream pie was off the desert list (and kraut slaw and weiners were off the dinner menu), so we opted for the delicious 'hole of coconut' cake that was sitting in front of us the whole time. It was made by one of our server's aunts and was delish, of course!
I hope to publish another tidbit to the blog if I can sort it out...stay tuned...
Maitland Community Hall
Maitland, NS
It's always nice to go to this supper, it's kind of like coming home after a long trip. Some things never change, and for the most part, neither does this supper.
We drove past the hall around 3:15, a good 45 minutes before it was supposed to start. Sure enough, there were two cars in the parking lot, waiting.......I guess they really wanted to have a slice of that coconut cream pie (we were not so lucky).
We arrived to a packed hall, and as usual, we were the only 'youngsters' there. We started to recognize some faces from the area. The guy taking tickets walks a nearby dirt road every morning. Same guy serving the coffee. Same guy serving the tea. All's right with the world in Maitland.
We found a spot to sit without much trouble and had a bit of a wait till our place setting was cleaned up and our 'orders' were taken. It was more of a: "you guys want a bit of everything that's left?" kind of order, of course we said: "yes"! Fairly quickly, our plates arrived:
Somehow these pictures never really capture how appetizing the food looks when it arrives....no wiener on the plate, to Lisa's dismay, but they were replaced by some delicious cabbage rolls!We tucked in to the offering: fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, swedish meatballs, cabbage rolls and ham made up the hot portion of the meal.
We each got a spoon full of the delicious broccoli salad that was on the table, as well as: potato salad, cole slaw, pickled beets, bread and butter pickles and an unusual pickled salad that encouraged me to have two helpings.
Oh man, how could i forget the sweets? By the time we got there, the ever popular coconut cream pie was off the desert list (and kraut slaw and weiners were off the dinner menu), so we opted for the delicious 'hole of coconut' cake that was sitting in front of us the whole time. It was made by one of our server's aunts and was delish, of course!
I hope to publish another tidbit to the blog if I can sort it out...stay tuned...
Saturday, 5 May 2007
Where are you from, New Ross?
A clip from this past winter, I finally got up the nerve to stop and talk to this guy about the intersting truck tractor he had built:
Bridgewater Industrial Park Burns
Bridgewater Industrial Park
Bridgewater, NS
Nestled at the end of a nondescript dead end road in the industrial park, I found this spot where the 'plaza peelers' must hang out when they get kicked out of their usual haunts.
I guess that manhole cover has been moved since this start line was painted...
The end of the road....
Give 'er.....
One longgggg strip.
Found this toy car in the ditch right beside the 'strip',
I'm sure it's not the first car to end up in this ditch....
Bridgewater, NS
Nestled at the end of a nondescript dead end road in the industrial park, I found this spot where the 'plaza peelers' must hang out when they get kicked out of their usual haunts.
I guess that manhole cover has been moved since this start line was painted...
The end of the road....
Give 'er.....
One longgggg strip.
Found this toy car in the ditch right beside the 'strip',
I'm sure it's not the first car to end up in this ditch....
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Brake burns, it's brake burn season!
The Northfield Road Collection
Northfield Road, Maitland to Barss Corner
Well, supposedly I have brakeburns.blogspot.com as 'mine', but for the life of me, I can't get it to publish, so I'll give it a shot here.
For the uninitiated....burnouts, brake stands, brodies or brake burns, it's all about rubber on the road! I think that brake burns are like the latent art form of the 'locals' in Lunenburg county.
A lazy drive up the Northfield Road last Sunday allowed me to discover a nice collection of spring time brake burns:
short set of 'fish hooks'
I wonder how much rubber is left on the tire?
close up of the 'strip' on the right from 2 pictures up.
nice 'wavy' set going up the hill onPenny Rd.
the beginnings of a 'double helix' burn
Stay tuned, the brake burn season has just begun ^_^
Northfield Road, Maitland to Barss Corner
Well, supposedly I have brakeburns.blogspot.com as 'mine', but for the life of me, I can't get it to publish, so I'll give it a shot here.
For the uninitiated....burnouts, brake stands, brodies or brake burns, it's all about rubber on the road! I think that brake burns are like the latent art form of the 'locals' in Lunenburg county.
A lazy drive up the Northfield Road last Sunday allowed me to discover a nice collection of spring time brake burns:
short set of 'fish hooks'
I wonder how much rubber is left on the tire?
close up of the 'strip' on the right from 2 pictures up.
nice 'wavy' set going up the hill onPenny Rd.
the beginnings of a 'double helix' burn
Stay tuned, the brake burn season has just begun ^_^
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