Another day in paradise

South Shore, NS

April 28, 2013

Local ripper spotted this afternoon.  He makes it look easy.

How cold is that water?

Current ocean temp at Hirtle's:

~6 C

She's warmin' up....slowly.

What's on this weekend? Roast Beef! Fried Bologna! Variety!

Another sure sign of spring, more church and fire department food fundraisers.  I'm hoping to hit the Mahone Bay Roast Beef Supper, if only to snag a slice of the ever elusive checkerboard cake!

If fried bologna is your thing, Chester Basin Legion is the place to be this weekend.

Enjoy the sun, everyone!

Breakfasts

April 27
Royal Canadian Legion #23, Lunenburg,

7:30-11:30 a.m. 

Adults $7; ages 5-12, $3. 

Takeout available for pick-up $7.50. 634-4215

Saturday, April 27, 

Newfie Breakfast

Chester Basin Legion. 

7:30-10:30

Menu selections and take-out available.

Saturday, April 27, 

Firemen's Breakfast, United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill. 

8- 11 a.m. 

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

Sunday, April 28, 

Brunch. 

Royal Canadian Legion Br. #49, Mahone Bay.

9 a.m.- 1 p.m. 

Adults $7.00, $3.00 for children, ages 5 and under free. 

Suppers

Saturday, April 27

Casserole and Salad Supper,

Springfield fire hall

4:30- 6 p.m.

Adults $8; ages 6-12, $4; 5 and under free. 

Proceeds Springfield Baptist Church.

Saturday, April 27

Roast Beef Supper.

St. James Anglican Parish Hall, Mahone Bay

4:30-6:30 p.m.

Adults $10, children 5- 12 $5, under 5 free. Takeouts available

Sunday April 28

Variety Dinner, 

Forties Community Centre, Forties, New Ross,

4-6 p.m. 

Adults $10; children 5-12; $5; preschoolers free. 

Entertainment provided by Unity Lodge #4, Lunenburg. Auction to follow dinner. 

Organized by the Brothers of Norwood Lodge #135, New Ross Proceeds for their Special Needs Programs.

First South Variety Supper: Table Cake Staging Area

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

First South, NS

April 21, 2013

I mustered up the nerve to ask permission to take photos of the room where all the desserts were located.  The kind woman guarding the sweets room graciously accommodated my photo request.  After I took one shot she felt the need to tidy up the presentation.  I think she was surprised that I wanted to take a picture of her moving the cakes around.  I told her it was an 'action shot'.

So many delicious cakes.  I enjoyed my slice of carrot cake, though the nearby chocolate cake also looked excellent!

Have satin jacket, will travel

First South, NS

April 21, 2013

I'm glad I snapped this shot, it was a spur of the moment capture.  

I was headed towards the open door, in search of the washroom when I saw this couple heading for the parking lot.  They represented the majority of attendees at the variety supper.  Odds are pretty good they were driving a Buick. ^_^

First South Variety Supper: Squares

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

First South, NS

April 21. 2013

I've written at length about this supper in the past.  Thankfully, nothing has changed since the last time I attended.  

While we were waiting to be seated I overheard a report from a nearby diner:

"No beef tongue."
"No beef tongue?"

"Nope, there ain't no beef tongue this yea-ah"

She's ruin't, I thought.  Somehow we soldiered on without the choice of beef tongue from the meat platter.

Luckily, we got served before the scalloped potatoes ran out.  They were excellent.

I sat across from an elderly gentlemen who polished off a solid 3 - 4 pieces of table cake and as many squares as he could manage.  His daughter kept looking over at him incredulously, he was a sweets eating machine!  

I managed to down a lemon'y square and a piece of carrot cake before my teeth started hurting from the sugar.  As you can see from the image above, there was a wide selection of squares!

More pics to follow from Sunday's event, stay tuned!

The First Five Years: Book Launch

 Middle Lahave, NS

April 22, 2013

The sky was full of gorgeous clouds and the air was warm this past Sunday as we made our way to Nancy Tracey's book launch at the gorgeous St. Mark's Place.  Anyone who's driven down Route 332 in Lunenburg County will instantly recognize this iconic structure.

Once we made our way inside to the packed space, we were treated to songs by Nancy's husband Gregg Tracey, an accomplished local print maker and luthier.  As you can see, the renovation effort on St. Mark's both inside and out spared no expense.  It is truly an amazing space:

 Middle Lahave, NS

April 22, 2013

Nancy gave a very interesting talk about the topics covered in her book, The First Five Years.  If you are interested in early childhood development, I highly recommend picking up a copy.

After numerous cups of delicious coffee and as many great chats, we made our way to the equally excellent variety supper in First South.  Stay tuned for pics from that event!