More Grimm Rd. burnage to come this week:
Monday, 26 October 2009
Grimm Rd. burn
I went on a drive on my lunch hour to snap some brake burn pics for ya'll.
More Grimm Rd. burnage to come this week:
More Grimm Rd. burnage to come this week:
Friday, 23 October 2009
What's on This Weekend?
Wow...LOTS going on this weekend, even on Sunday...take your pick! The Cherry Hill breakfast, Petite Riviere Harvest Tea and Mahone Bay Roast Beef suppers are all safe bets, though I am intrigued by that Kohl Canon Supper...
Breakfasts
October 24,
Royal Canadian Legion Bridgewater Branch #24
Halloween Breakfast,
7:30- 11:30 a.m.
Everyone welcome.
Adults $6, children 5- 12 $4, under 5 years free.
Proceeds to Veterans' Benevolent Fund or other groups that may need financial assistance. Please come out in support of the Veterans.
October 24,
7:30-10:30
Newfie Breakfast,
Chester Basin Legion.
Various menu selections.
Take-outs available.
October 24,
Firemen's Breakfast and Yard Sale,
United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill,
8-11 a.m.
Adults $6; 5-12 years $3.25; under 5 free.
Teas/Luncheons
October 24.
Harvest Tea and Sale,
Wesley United Church, Petite Riviere,
2 - 4 p.m.
Adults $7, children $3, under 5 free.
Sandwiches and pie with ice cream, bake and white elephant tables, petite boutique.
Sponsored by U.C.W.
Suppers
October 24,
Kohl Canon Supper,
ham, baked beans, brown bread and rolls, pies for dessert.
Basement of St. John's Anglican Church, Chester Basin.
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Adults $10; children 5-12 $3; under 5 free.
October 24,
Roast Beef Supper.
4:30- 6:30 p.m.
St. James Anglican Parish Hall, Mahone Bay.
Adults $10, children 5- 12 $5, under 5 free.
Takeouts available.
October 25,
St. James Lutheran Church Annual Soup, Chowder and Chili Supper.
4- 6 p.m.
Branch LaHave community hall.
Apple crisp with ice cream for dessert.
Adults $7, 5- 12 years $2, under 5 free
October 25.
Corned Beef and Cabbage Supper,
Hebbs Cross fire hall, Desserts, strawberry shortcakes and apple and lemon pie.
Adults $9; 5-12 years, $4.50; under 5 years free
Breakfasts
October 24,
Royal Canadian Legion Bridgewater Branch #24
Halloween Breakfast,
7:30- 11:30 a.m.
Everyone welcome.
Adults $6, children 5- 12 $4, under 5 years free.
Proceeds to Veterans' Benevolent Fund or other groups that may need financial assistance. Please come out in support of the Veterans.
October 24,
7:30-10:30
Newfie Breakfast,
Chester Basin Legion.
Various menu selections.
Take-outs available.
October 24,
Firemen's Breakfast and Yard Sale,
United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill,
8-11 a.m.
Adults $6; 5-12 years $3.25; under 5 free.
Teas/Luncheons
October 24.
Harvest Tea and Sale,
Wesley United Church, Petite Riviere,
2 - 4 p.m.
Adults $7, children $3, under 5 free.
Sandwiches and pie with ice cream, bake and white elephant tables, petite boutique.
Sponsored by U.C.W.
Suppers
October 24,
Kohl Canon Supper,
ham, baked beans, brown bread and rolls, pies for dessert.
Basement of St. John's Anglican Church, Chester Basin.
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Adults $10; children 5-12 $3; under 5 free.
October 24,
Roast Beef Supper.
4:30- 6:30 p.m.
St. James Anglican Parish Hall, Mahone Bay.
Adults $10, children 5- 12 $5, under 5 free.
Takeouts available.
October 25,
St. James Lutheran Church Annual Soup, Chowder and Chili Supper.
4- 6 p.m.
Branch LaHave community hall.
Apple crisp with ice cream for dessert.
Adults $7, 5- 12 years $2, under 5 free
October 25.
Corned Beef and Cabbage Supper,
Hebbs Cross fire hall, Desserts, strawberry shortcakes and apple and lemon pie.
Adults $9; 5-12 years, $4.50; under 5 years free
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Guest Post: Wind and Light
Here's another guest post from Jeff Doran, enjoy!
What are whirligigs without wind? There was no shortage of either at the 10th annual Whirligig and Weathervane Festival in Shelburne, NS, September 19. In fact, the exhibits had to be moved into the lee on Dock Street so they wouldn't take off.
I may have contributed to the gusts since I had come from breakfast at the Sandy Point Lighthouse Community Centre. It was also the 10th annual Lighthouse Festival.
I've always said September is the best part of summer.
I started at Sandy Point light just down the coast from Shelburne.
There were whitecaps in the harbour. The community centre has monthly
meals and a view which would cost you twice as much at a restaurant.
Rain showers cleared to a rainbow in the direction I was headed.
Baccaro light is stuck out at the end of a point of land past Port La Tour, next to the giant volleyball of the coastal radar station. It was windy and lonely out there. I saw one car leaving as I arrived and one car arriving as I left. The location blew us away.
Inland at Barrington, Seal Island light has been partially relocated and partially replicated. In 1979 the lantern was removed by helicopter from the island off the coast of Clark's Harbour. The lighthouse was recreated by the Cape Sable Historical Society and has been open as a museum since 1985. You can climb five stories to the Fresnel lens made in Paris.
The Whirligig Festival was a frenzy of twirling, jigging, cranking and clattering works of art. Anyone interested in wind energy should consider the possibility of using whirligigs to saw dowels and churn shotglasses of butter. In addition to the usual miniature industrial applications, there were complicated cog and wheel inventions which spun dancers and circuses. Traditional rural life was represented by blacksmithing, wood chopping, milking, ox driving, hunting and fishing, not without modern humour. An angler baited a humpbacked whale. A brace of ducks took aim with shotguns at a hunter distracted by a bathing beauty removing her top. Domestic violence was represented by husbands getting thwacked and pummeled. Folk art seems to bring underlying feelings to the surface, perhaps a result of extended solitary hours in the workshop.
When I left, rigging was slapping a tattoo on masts in the marina. I had planned to stop at three more lighthouses on the way home, but I ended up pulling into the parking lot at Summerville Beach for a nap.
Must have been the big breakfast.
What are whirligigs without wind? There was no shortage of either at the 10th annual Whirligig and Weathervane Festival in Shelburne, NS, September 19. In fact, the exhibits had to be moved into the lee on Dock Street so they wouldn't take off.
I may have contributed to the gusts since I had come from breakfast at the Sandy Point Lighthouse Community Centre. It was also the 10th annual Lighthouse Festival.
I've always said September is the best part of summer.
I started at Sandy Point light just down the coast from Shelburne.
There were whitecaps in the harbour. The community centre has monthly
meals and a view which would cost you twice as much at a restaurant.
Rain showers cleared to a rainbow in the direction I was headed.
Baccaro light is stuck out at the end of a point of land past Port La Tour, next to the giant volleyball of the coastal radar station. It was windy and lonely out there. I saw one car leaving as I arrived and one car arriving as I left. The location blew us away.
Inland at Barrington, Seal Island light has been partially relocated and partially replicated. In 1979 the lantern was removed by helicopter from the island off the coast of Clark's Harbour. The lighthouse was recreated by the Cape Sable Historical Society and has been open as a museum since 1985. You can climb five stories to the Fresnel lens made in Paris.
The Whirligig Festival was a frenzy of twirling, jigging, cranking and clattering works of art. Anyone interested in wind energy should consider the possibility of using whirligigs to saw dowels and churn shotglasses of butter. In addition to the usual miniature industrial applications, there were complicated cog and wheel inventions which spun dancers and circuses. Traditional rural life was represented by blacksmithing, wood chopping, milking, ox driving, hunting and fishing, not without modern humour. An angler baited a humpbacked whale. A brace of ducks took aim with shotguns at a hunter distracted by a bathing beauty removing her top. Domestic violence was represented by husbands getting thwacked and pummeled. Folk art seems to bring underlying feelings to the surface, perhaps a result of extended solitary hours in the workshop.
When I left, rigging was slapping a tattoo on masts in the marina. I had planned to stop at three more lighthouses on the way home, but I ended up pulling into the parking lot at Summerville Beach for a nap.
Must have been the big breakfast.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
No waves, but a nice hole in the sky....
Even when there aren't waves to ride, it's worth a trip to the beach to take shots like this:
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Midville Branch Burns
I guess brake burns are like leaves, they start to fade in the Fall....spotted this small strip in Midville Branch last night:
Monday, 19 October 2009
Birds gotta eat too..
The back side of Crescent Beach at low tide is a great place to do some bird watching:
Friday, 16 October 2009
What's on This Weekend?
Mmmm, that harvest luncheon has me hungry for chili.....
Breakfasts
Saturday, October 17,
Fireman's breakfast.
Petite Riviere Fire Hall,
8 -11 a.m.
Full menu, adults $6, under 12 $3, under 5 free.
Information call 688-1174
Teas/Luncheons
October 18, Sunday,
Harvest Luncheon,
Italy Cross, Middlewood and District fire hall,
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Menu: soups, chowders, chili, cakes and pies.
Adults $6; children (5-12) $3.
Proceeds for ladies auxiliary
Suppers
Saturday, October 17.
Cod Fish Supper,
4:30- 6 p.m.
Adults $12, youth 512 $6, under 5 free.
District #1 Community Centre, Blandford
Breakfasts
Saturday, October 17,
Fireman's breakfast.
Petite Riviere Fire Hall,
8 -11 a.m.
Full menu, adults $6, under 12 $3, under 5 free.
Information call 688-1174
Teas/Luncheons
October 18, Sunday,
Harvest Luncheon,
Italy Cross, Middlewood and District fire hall,
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Menu: soups, chowders, chili, cakes and pies.
Adults $6; children (5-12) $3.
Proceeds for ladies auxiliary
Suppers
Saturday, October 17.
Cod Fish Supper,
4:30- 6 p.m.
Adults $12, youth 512 $6, under 5 free.
District #1 Community Centre, Blandford
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