Community Centre Parking Lot
Wow, nice panorama
Friday, 27 June 2008
Lun. Community Centre Brake Burn Panorama
Lunenburg, NS
Community Centre Parking Lot
Wow, nice panoramaPM Moodyp!
Community Centre Parking Lot
Wow, nice panorama
Upcoming Suppers and Brekkies this weekend
It's a big Canada Day weekend for suppers and breakfasts, here's a run-down of what's on offer:
Breakfasts
Saturday, June 28th,
Fireman's Breakfast, United Communities Hall, Cherry Hill, 8-11am.
--A popular choice, worth the drive to Cherry Hill!
June 28, 7:30-11:30
Breakfast at Royal Canadian Legion #23, Lunenburg
Adults $6; ages 5-12, $3.00; $6.50 for take-out,
delivery available until 9 a.m. 634-4215
---If you like tater tots, this is the brekkie for you!
Saturday, June 28,
A Full Meal Breakfast, 8AM-12PM.
Adults $5.50, 5-12yrs. $2.75 and under 5 FREE.
Menu: Bacon, scrambled or fried eggs, hash browns, beans, toast, muffins and beverages.
St. Luke's Church Hall, Rhodes Corner.
---This one is my pick for breakfast this weekend, if it's half as good as their turkey suppers (which are amazing), it should be a winner!
Supppers
June 28, 3-5 p.m.
Firefighter's Chicken BBQ and Auxiliary Flea Market, Cornwall Fire Hall, Middle Cornwall
--This one offers a heaping amount of BBQ'd chicken, you can split a portion with your buddy!
Saturday, June 28, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Roast Beef Supper at St. Barnabas' Anglican Church Hall, Blue Rocks
Adults $10; children 12 and under, $5; under 5 free
June 29th. 4 pm- 6 pm.
Strawberry Supper, Hebb's Cross Fire Hall, $7.50.
Potato salad, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, ham, strawberry shortcakes, strawberry & cream & cakes.
July 1 Canada Day. 4:30 p.m
Strawberry Supper, .
Baker Settlement & District Fire Centre #5092 on Hwy #325.
Serving: Ham, baked beans, salads, etc. Dessert: Either strawberry shortcake or strawberries in cream, homemade cakes. Sponsored by the auxiliary
--expect an INSANE wait for this one, but the strawberry shortcake for dessert will be your sweet reward....
Breakfasts
Saturday, June 28th,
Fireman's Breakfast, United Communities Hall, Cherry Hill, 8-11am.
--A popular choice, worth the drive to Cherry Hill!
June 28, 7:30-11:30
Breakfast at Royal Canadian Legion #23, Lunenburg
Adults $6; ages 5-12, $3.00; $6.50 for take-out,
delivery available until 9 a.m. 634-4215
---If you like tater tots, this is the brekkie for you!
Saturday, June 28,
A Full Meal Breakfast, 8AM-12PM.
Adults $5.50, 5-12yrs. $2.75 and under 5 FREE.
Menu: Bacon, scrambled or fried eggs, hash browns, beans, toast, muffins and beverages.
St. Luke's Church Hall, Rhodes Corner.
---This one is my pick for breakfast this weekend, if it's half as good as their turkey suppers (which are amazing), it should be a winner!
Supppers
June 28, 3-5 p.m.
Firefighter's Chicken BBQ and Auxiliary Flea Market, Cornwall Fire Hall, Middle Cornwall
--This one offers a heaping amount of BBQ'd chicken, you can split a portion with your buddy!
Saturday, June 28, beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Roast Beef Supper at St. Barnabas' Anglican Church Hall, Blue Rocks
Adults $10; children 12 and under, $5; under 5 free
June 29th. 4 pm- 6 pm.
Strawberry Supper, Hebb's Cross Fire Hall, $7.50.
Potato salad, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, ham, strawberry shortcakes, strawberry & cream & cakes.
July 1 Canada Day. 4:30 p.m
Strawberry Supper, .
Baker Settlement & District Fire Centre #5092 on Hwy #325.
Serving: Ham, baked beans, salads, etc. Dessert: Either strawberry shortcake or strawberries in cream, homemade cakes. Sponsored by the auxiliary
--expect an INSANE wait for this one, but the strawberry shortcake for dessert will be your sweet reward....
St. Andrew's Cold Plate Lunch
June 26th, 2008
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Ladies Auxillary
"No need to pack your lunch on Thursday"
I'm glad I didn't, a hefty container of goodness awaited me in the staff lounge fridge yesterday, take a look!
The cold plate lunch consisted of an amazing home made chicken salad as well as pasta and potato salad and roll. To cap it off, some incredible homemade gingerbread and lemon sauce with a raspberry compote drizzled on top.
To all my co-workers who ignored the forum post advertising this upcoming lunch, ya'll ah suckahz!
Thanks again to the hard working women of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church for another fine cold plate lunch, can't wait for the next one!
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Ladies Auxillary
"No need to pack your lunch on Thursday"
I'm glad I didn't, a hefty container of goodness awaited me in the staff lounge fridge yesterday, take a look!
The cold plate lunch consisted of an amazing home made chicken salad as well as pasta and potato salad and roll. To cap it off, some incredible homemade gingerbread and lemon sauce with a raspberry compote drizzled on top.
To all my co-workers who ignored the forum post advertising this upcoming lunch, ya'll ah suckahz!
Thanks again to the hard working women of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church for another fine cold plate lunch, can't wait for the next one!
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Conquerall Mills Variety Supper
June 21, 2008
Conquerall Mills, NS
I've waxed poetic about this supper before, so I'll probably be repeating myself with this one. What can I say, there is little to say other than: "wow". This supper is an elbow macaroni, ground beef comfort food celebration! If you don't eat beef or sugar...uh...this isn't the place for you.
Like the seasoned pro's we are, we lined up ~10 minutes before the doors opened. Not as steamy and hot as in recent years, intermittent rain was a nice relief from the heat. As we waited, the medium class team pulls carried on in the background. Finally, the line started to move.
Hmmm, how to describe what awaited us on the buffet table, lemme see what I can remember: potato salad, egg salad sammiches with crusts cut off, lunenburg pudding (blood pudding), rolled up deli meats, scalloped potatoes, various meat casseroles, swedish meatballs, chili, one amazing ham (dang, it was smokey and GOOD), mac 'n' cheese, more beef concoctions and apparently some spectacular baked beans. For some reason, I didn't put them on my plate!?
The ever popular pitchers of red Kool aid were present, as well as the urns of tea and coffee. The desert table had rhubarb pie, incredible looking apple pie, cheesecake (looked like mostly dream whip) and other delectables I can't recall.
Oh, and good 'ole molasses brown bread, biscuits and rolls:
For once I neglected to tuck in to the enticing table cake located every 4 or so place settings, though the brownies topped with sliced almonds down the table had me rethinking that decision..
Tomorrow, stay tuned for the church cold plate luncheon review and this weekend's upcoming suppers and breakfasts (hint: fresh strawberries and long lineups are involved)
Conquerall Mills, NS
I've waxed poetic about this supper before, so I'll probably be repeating myself with this one. What can I say, there is little to say other than: "wow". This supper is an elbow macaroni, ground beef comfort food celebration! If you don't eat beef or sugar...uh...this isn't the place for you.
Like the seasoned pro's we are, we lined up ~10 minutes before the doors opened. Not as steamy and hot as in recent years, intermittent rain was a nice relief from the heat. As we waited, the medium class team pulls carried on in the background. Finally, the line started to move.
Hmmm, how to describe what awaited us on the buffet table, lemme see what I can remember: potato salad, egg salad sammiches with crusts cut off, lunenburg pudding (blood pudding), rolled up deli meats, scalloped potatoes, various meat casseroles, swedish meatballs, chili, one amazing ham (dang, it was smokey and GOOD), mac 'n' cheese, more beef concoctions and apparently some spectacular baked beans. For some reason, I didn't put them on my plate!?
The ever popular pitchers of red Kool aid were present, as well as the urns of tea and coffee. The desert table had rhubarb pie, incredible looking apple pie, cheesecake (looked like mostly dream whip) and other delectables I can't recall.
Oh, and good 'ole molasses brown bread, biscuits and rolls:
For once I neglected to tuck in to the enticing table cake located every 4 or so place settings, though the brownies topped with sliced almonds down the table had me rethinking that decision..
Tomorrow, stay tuned for the church cold plate luncheon review and this weekend's upcoming suppers and breakfasts (hint: fresh strawberries and long lineups are involved)
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Conquerall Mills Horse/Ox Pull---Medium weight team class
June 21, 2008 Conquerall Mills, NS Horse teams are usually more exciting to watch than single horses and this day was no exception. The 'old fullers' in attendance liked what they saw:
It wasn't all work for the guys who stack the weights on the sled:
Finally the teams started pulling, action!:
And then, 'the kid' arrived. Pretty impressive and inspiring to see this young boy drive ~2,800 lbs of horse, pulling ~7,000 lbs. of weight.
To all the kids out there, put down your 360/PS3/Wii controllers, go join 4-H and drive a team of horses. Talk about a real thrill!:
Stay tuned for the review of the variety supper that followed the horse pull (hint, it involves LOTS of ground beef)
It wasn't all work for the guys who stack the weights on the sled:
Finally the teams started pulling, action!:
And then, 'the kid' arrived. Pretty impressive and inspiring to see this young boy drive ~2,800 lbs of horse, pulling ~7,000 lbs. of weight.
To all the kids out there, put down your 360/PS3/Wii controllers, go join 4-H and drive a team of horses. Talk about a real thrill!:
Stay tuned for the review of the variety supper that followed the horse pull (hint, it involves LOTS of ground beef)
Monday, 23 June 2008
Horse/Ox pull & Variety Supper--single horse class
Horse/Ox pull--Single horse
Conquerall Mills, NS
June 21, 2008
I look forward to this event every year, and with good reason. An afternoon of free entertainment, followed by an elbow macaroni and ground beef comfort food extravaganza, what's not to love?!
We watched the single horse and medium team horse pulls for about an hour. The air was muggy and thick with the smell of horses, hay, manure and cigarette smoke. Lots of men sporting 'muffin top' bellies in attendance, thank god for belts!
It was interesting to watch the various styles of driving horses. Some guys like to shout, snap the reigns and push on the horses:
One senior teamster simply whistled and the horse did his bidding:
Hehe, that horse looks like it knows it did a good job, eh?
I've worked with both, young/fiery horses and older/calm horses and believe me, slow and steady gets way more accomplished in a day than a young 'hot' horse.
Tomorrow, pictures from the medium class teams. Keep your eyes peeled for 'the kid'.
Conquerall Mills, NS
June 21, 2008
I look forward to this event every year, and with good reason. An afternoon of free entertainment, followed by an elbow macaroni and ground beef comfort food extravaganza, what's not to love?!
We watched the single horse and medium team horse pulls for about an hour. The air was muggy and thick with the smell of horses, hay, manure and cigarette smoke. Lots of men sporting 'muffin top' bellies in attendance, thank god for belts!
It was interesting to watch the various styles of driving horses. Some guys like to shout, snap the reigns and push on the horses:
One senior teamster simply whistled and the horse did his bidding:
Hehe, that horse looks like it knows it did a good job, eh?
I've worked with both, young/fiery horses and older/calm horses and believe me, slow and steady gets way more accomplished in a day than a young 'hot' horse.
Tomorrow, pictures from the medium class teams. Keep your eyes peeled for 'the kid'.
Friday, 20 June 2008
This is how we deal with problems 'down home'
http://www.southshorenow.ca/newsnow/newsnow3564.php
I've been following this story since I saw the headline in the Bulletin, "Chainsaw chase leads to charges".
Reminds me of fights that break out at the Lounge in Bridgewater, fought with shovels and hammers. Who needs gun control? We need chainsaw, shovel and hammer control! (O_o)
I've been following this story since I saw the headline in the Bulletin, "Chainsaw chase leads to charges".
Reminds me of fights that break out at the Lounge in Bridgewater, fought with shovels and hammers. Who needs gun control? We need chainsaw, shovel and hammer control! (O_o)
What's on this weekend for suppers
Suppers
June 21
Variety Supper & Horse Pull/Ox Pull
Conquerall Mills Community Hall,
Conquerall Mills, NS
4:30 - 6:00?
Adults $7, Children 5 - 12 $4, Under 5 free.
This is a 'must attend' in the community supper circuit. It is a cavalcade of comfort food, hope you like ground beef and sugar! ^_^ Also, the horse and ox pull that takes place earlier in the afternoon is good fun and a great way to people watch.
June 22, 2008
Strawberry Supper
Conquerall Bank Fire Hall
Conquerall Bank, NS
Baked Beans,Ham,Brown Bread,Cole Slaw & Strawberries
4pm-6pm
$7 Adults, $3 Children, Under 5 free
Wheel Chair Accessible
902-543-1948
cbfdfire@eastlink.ca
I've seen the first batch of strawberries at the local farmer's market, so hopefully they use fresh berries at this one and not frozen! Ask before you buy your tickets!
Breakfasts
June 21
Firemen's Breakfast,
Petite Riviere fire hall,
8 - 11 a.m.
Full menu.
Adults $5.50; under 12, $2.75; under 5 free.
Information call 688-2356
"Bring your appetite!"
For those that don't know, "usual menu" for breakfast includes: eggs, bacon, beans, toast, tea/coffee and assorted goodies on the table like muffins.
June 21
Variety Supper & Horse Pull/Ox Pull
Conquerall Mills Community Hall,
Conquerall Mills, NS
4:30 - 6:00?
Adults $7, Children 5 - 12 $4, Under 5 free.
This is a 'must attend' in the community supper circuit. It is a cavalcade of comfort food, hope you like ground beef and sugar! ^_^ Also, the horse and ox pull that takes place earlier in the afternoon is good fun and a great way to people watch.
June 22, 2008
Strawberry Supper
Conquerall Bank Fire Hall
Conquerall Bank, NS
Baked Beans,Ham,Brown Bread,Cole Slaw & Strawberries
4pm-6pm
$7 Adults, $3 Children, Under 5 free
Wheel Chair Accessible
902-543-1948
cbfdfire@eastlink.ca
I've seen the first batch of strawberries at the local farmer's market, so hopefully they use fresh berries at this one and not frozen! Ask before you buy your tickets!
Breakfasts
June 21
Firemen's Breakfast,
Petite Riviere fire hall,
8 - 11 a.m.
Full menu.
Adults $5.50; under 12, $2.75; under 5 free.
Information call 688-2356
"Bring your appetite!"
| June 21 Riverport and District Firemen's Breakfast, 7:30- 11:30 a.m., usual menu, $6.00 adults; $3.00 children 612; children 5 and under free. | |
For those that don't know, "usual menu" for breakfast includes: eggs, bacon, beans, toast, tea/coffee and assorted goodies on the table like muffins.
Those were the days?
Hemford, NS
I can remember driving past this convenience store thinking "I'd never pay THAT much for gas!"....
Now, paying 87.9 cents/litre for supreme seems like a dream come true. As you can see, the store has long since closed. I'm just glad I got a picture of these old gas prices before the signs were removed!
I can remember driving past this convenience store thinking "I'd never pay THAT much for gas!"....
Now, paying 87.9 cents/litre for supreme seems like a dream come true. As you can see, the store has long since closed. I'm just glad I got a picture of these old gas prices before the signs were removed!
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Books that changed my life
(Jan. 5, '08) Greetings Cool Tools readers! I owe Kevin Kelly for all the traffic this post and link on Cool Tools has garnered over the months.
While here, please check out my pictures of:
brake burns (aka burnouts, brodies, brake stands, etc.)
truck tractors
surfing
and, my church supper/fireman's breakfast/luncheon and tea reviews
Here's the original post, enjoy!:
Inspired by Kevin Kelly's recent blog post about books that changed his life, here is my list:
While here, please check out my pictures of:
brake burns (aka burnouts, brodies, brake stands, etc.)
truck tractors
surfing
and, my church supper/fireman's breakfast/luncheon and tea reviews
Here's the original post, enjoy!:
Inspired by Kevin Kelly's recent blog post about books that changed his life, here is my list:
- Total Loss Farm (and eventually everything by Raymond Mungo)--helped me get in touch with my folks' Back to the Land roots
- Living the Good Life--see above, can't remember which one I read first...inspired me to keep living in the sticks!
- Earth by David Brin--amazing. how come all the sci fi i read is coming true?
- Mother of Storms by John Barnes--see above, it's coming true....made me feel like i knew what was coming...
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson--pretty much everything by him as well. it's like he's the voice of my times....made me feel 'at home' in this modern world.
- Forest Primeval by Chris Maser--gave me a new understanding for forest ecology
- Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler--what can i say, she is a genius, also expanded my mind when it came to gender
- The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou--shocked me at times, and...you know.
- The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson--made me realize i was not the only weirdo out there
- T.A.Z. and Immediatism by Hakim Bey--One of the first books I read as an adult that really resonated with me politically and socially
- Soft Tech by Co-Evolution Quarterly--because it just made sense!
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Canaan Roast Turkey Supper
Canaan, NS
June 08, 2008
Home to one of the cutest lil' churches and church halls on the South Shore, Canaan is at the end of a dead end road off the Windsor Rd..As luck would have it, we ended up following a mini convoy of cars off the 103 highway, all heading to the turkey supper. Apparently we're not the only ones who knew 'it's worth the drive to Canaan'.
We arrived to a full parking lot:
After a brief wait to be served, we received our delicious plates of food! After adding some awesome mustard pickles and bread and butter pickles, we tucked in to our dinner.
I'm not sure why I love carrots cut with those 'zig zag' blades, but I do. Frozen peas, delish. Mashed taters and stuffing were great. My turkey was good, but there were a few dry and tough bits. My nearby diners were complaining their turkey was tough, so I think I got one of the better plates:
Unfortunately, when it came time to order our dessert, they had run out of the rhubarb custard pie which I was dying to try! My coconut cream pie had a weird dried up topping, not sure what was going on there...Lisa's lemon meringue pie wasn't as dayglo yellow as usual, but just as delicious.
Afterwards, we perused the bake sale table, picked up some brownies, delicious molasses cookies and some brown bread. I'm kicking myself for not buying the carrot cake on the table that was only 9 BUCKS!!!
Next time this supper rolls around, I'm stocking up on more baked goods.
June 08, 2008
Home to one of the cutest lil' churches and church halls on the South Shore, Canaan is at the end of a dead end road off the Windsor Rd..As luck would have it, we ended up following a mini convoy of cars off the 103 highway, all heading to the turkey supper. Apparently we're not the only ones who knew 'it's worth the drive to Canaan'.
We arrived to a full parking lot:
After a brief wait to be served, we received our delicious plates of food! After adding some awesome mustard pickles and bread and butter pickles, we tucked in to our dinner.
I'm not sure why I love carrots cut with those 'zig zag' blades, but I do. Frozen peas, delish. Mashed taters and stuffing were great. My turkey was good, but there were a few dry and tough bits. My nearby diners were complaining their turkey was tough, so I think I got one of the better plates:
Unfortunately, when it came time to order our dessert, they had run out of the rhubarb custard pie which I was dying to try! My coconut cream pie had a weird dried up topping, not sure what was going on there...Lisa's lemon meringue pie wasn't as dayglo yellow as usual, but just as delicious.
Afterwards, we perused the bake sale table, picked up some brownies, delicious molasses cookies and some brown bread. I'm kicking myself for not buying the carrot cake on the table that was only 9 BUCKS!!!
Next time this supper rolls around, I'm stocking up on more baked goods.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Blast from the past: Simpson's Corner 'Fish Hooks'
Simpson's Corner, NS
Hwy. 208
File under "oldie, but a goodie", this set of 'fish hook' burns is pretty creative, looking more like a 'y' than your usual fish hook burns.
Never underestimate a brake burner's ingenuity when provided with a slight incline, an old set of 'puddin' skin tieyahs' and the desire to burn rubber:
Hwy. 208
File under "oldie, but a goodie", this set of 'fish hook' burns is pretty creative, looking more like a 'y' than your usual fish hook burns.
Never underestimate a brake burner's ingenuity when provided with a slight incline, an old set of 'puddin' skin tieyahs' and the desire to burn rubber:
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
First South Burnage
First South, Hwy. 3 (Lighthouse Route)
June 2, 2008
En route to Hirtle's for some after work surf action, I spotted this thick 'n' black patch:
June 2, 2008
En route to Hirtle's for some after work surf action, I spotted this thick 'n' black patch:
Monday, 2 June 2008
More Nineveh/Colpton brake burn action!
Hwy. 325 & Hwy. 208
Colpton, NS
May 31, 2008
I have been referring to these as Nineveh burns, when in reality this spot is in Colpton. I guess the absence of road signs got me confused where I was. It'll be hard for the locals to saw down the new road signs since they been replaced with metal posts.
In case you're wondering, folks cut down these signs for: A) good times/kicks and B) big hunks of metal to fix the holes in their vehicles' floors and body panels. To quote one of my neighbours, "that's good metal!"
Colpton, NS
May 31, 2008
I have been referring to these as Nineveh burns, when in reality this spot is in Colpton. I guess the absence of road signs got me confused where I was. It'll be hard for the locals to saw down the new road signs since they been replaced with metal posts.
In case you're wondering, folks cut down these signs for: A) good times/kicks and B) big hunks of metal to fix the holes in their vehicles' floors and body panels. To quote one of my neighbours, "that's good metal!"
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