How cold is that ocean?

FREAKING COLD!

Current temp @ Hirtle's Beach:

A frigid and at times painful, 10 C.  

BOOOOO!

What's on this weekend? Planked halibut!! Roast Pork! HAND MOWING CHAMPIONSHIPS!!!!

This year, I am determined to make it to Ross Farm to take in the hand mowing championships.  Looks like a lot of fun.  

Check out these posts of previous Conquerall Bank Planked Halibut suppers.  Don't forget to head behind the hall to see the halibut being cooked before open flames.

Have a great weekend everyone, wherever you are!

Breakfasts

Saturday, August 24

Newfie Breakfast,

Chester Basin Legion

7:30-10:30,

Menu selections and take-out available.

Saturday, August 24, 

Firemen's Breakfast, 

United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill. 

8- 11 a.m. 

Adults $7, 5- 12 years $3.25, under 5 free.

Community Events

Aug. 24 & 25th

10th Anniversary Maritime Hand Mowing Championships

Ross Farm

New Ross, NS

More info available on Ross Farm's site and this one page from ACORN.  This article from Atlantic Farmer has some great images from previous competitions

Suppers

Saturday, August 24

Pork Roast Supper,

Midville & district fire hall

4- 6 p.m.

Adults $10; 12 years and under $5; under 5 free. 

Tickets sold at door. 

Blueberry grunt and sweets for dessert.

August 25
Planked Halibut Supper; 

Conquerall Bank fire hall.

4:30-6:30 p.m. 

$15 adults, $6 children and under 5 free. 

Seating area inside while you wait. Wheelchair accessible.

Sappyfest 8: So many loafers

Sackville, NS

Aug. 4, 2013

Living outside of 'the city', I am blissfully unaware of the latest fashion trends.  Here's what the hipster set seem to dig:

• Loafers for the gents
• High waisted short shorts for the ladies.

Best twitter comment of the weekend courtesy of @dropthebeat, an accurate summary:  

"Sappyfest fashion tip.  My mom in 1992"

If we regress any further it's going to be stirrup pants and gummy shoes for everyone!  *shudders*

Sappyfest 8: It's only a flesh wound!

Sappyfest 8

Sackville, NS

Aug. 4, 2013

Sappyfest 8

Sackville, NS

Aug. 4, 2013

Cardboard knight battles and bicycle jousting were on offer at this free patch of grass off the Bridge St..  The bicycle jousting was very fun, I'm sure the paper horse head on the bike improved my performance. ;-)

I'm glad we took Andrew up on his offer to "suit up".  I wonder if the young onlookers enjoyed the show as much as those who participated?  Too cool for school, I guess.

My God, it's full of clouds...

Rose Bay, NS

Aug. 5, 2013

One of those special shots, no filters, no adjustments.  I'm so glad I took 3 minutes to pull over and snap a shot of this scene, simply luverly.

What's on this weekend? Horse & ox pulls! Sailboats! Eco fair! Blueberries!!

Several festivals on this weekend, if you are anywhere in the Bridgewater to Chester area, there's something happening this weekend. ^_^

For those who have been searching for the date of the upcoming Conquerall Bank planked halibut supper, it's next Sunday (Aug. 25th).

Breakfasts

August 17 

Firemen's Breakfast 

Petite Riviere Fire Department Hall

$7 per person

Community Events

August 16 & 17

New Ross Community Fair

Schedule of events here

Aug 14 - 17

Chester Race Week

Official site

Aug 13- 17

Growing Green Festival

Bridgewater, NS

Official site

Suppers

Saturday, August 17

Blueberry Supper, 

St. Jerome's Church Hall, West Caledonia,

4:30- 7 p.m. 

Adults $10; under 12 $5; under 5 free.

August 25

Planked Halibut Supper; 

Conquerall Bank fire hall.

4:30-6:30 p.m. 

$15 adults, $6 children and under 5 free. 

Seating area inside while you wait. Wheelchair accessible.

Construction & Destruction || Klarka Weinwurm || COUSINS - Broad Cove Hall Show - Aug. 7

Lahave River Sunset

Aug. 7, 2013

The evening started with a glorious sunset as we crossed the Lahave river.  As we neared the Lahave side, the light was shining through the staff cabin, time to snap another shot:

Lahave Ferry

Aug. 7, 2013

True to the organizers' word, the bands started at 8 pm.  None of the usually silly 'show starts at 10 (but really starts at midnight) business' that happens in the big city!  We caught the tail end of the first set, by Port Greville natives: Construction & Destruction.  A raucous affair with plenty of screams straight from the diaphragm. I missed their set at Sappyfest the previous weekend, knowing that they would be in my neck of the woods the following week. The recently released a split with COUSINS, available through noyes records.  I feel silly that I just realized the name of the label is no|yes, not one word that I was failing to pronounce correctly:

Construction & Destruction

Broad Cove Hall

Aug. 7, 2013

Sadly, none of my shots of Klarka's set turned out very well.  She played a quieter set, backed up by none other than Jon McKiel on drums.  There were some funny moments, mostly after how does this one go questions from Jon.  Klarka's voice drifted out of the hall over the wild rose bushes like a cool summer breeze.  Klarka was also joined by her friend, songwriter and fellow South Shore resident, Rebecca Zolkower for a couple of songs.  I couldn't hear her very well, but when her voice did waft through the p.a. system, the harmonies were a nice addition to Klarka's songs.

Last up for the evening were COUSINS, back for another South Shore rampage.  The crowd were warmed up at that point...party from the bevvies, partly from the smoke breaks and the constant moving in the hall to keep them durn skeeters at bay (there were LOTS)!  By the end of their set folks finally started dancing.  Most of their songs were new to me, a departure from some of their earlier work but enjoyable nonetheless.  Aaron's falsetto and reverb drenched guitar riffs were matched by Leigh Dotey's rock steady drum pounding.  This shot captures some of her enthusiasm for that ride cymbal, BRING IT LEIGH!:

COUSINS

Broad Cove Hall

Aug. 7, 2013

Sadly, the ferry schedule and bedtime were calling so we ran off before the very last song of the night. Our  minds and souls were full of good music and friends.  Thanks to Klarka and all organizers for hosting the event and to the visiting bands for making the trek down the shore.  It is much appreciated!