Life is PeAcHy!
Summertime is so wonderful! I LOVE it, I really do! Blue skies, sun shining, warm days getting my tan on, and enjoying all the fresh produce!
Salads and greens and veggies and fruit…like peaches!
Today is a rainy day, we need that too. It doesn’t keep the birds away…
It’s nights like this…
Let’s just keep driving and see where the road takes us!
Beautiful summer evenings at the beach!
Oxford Nova Scotia is the Blueberry Capital of Canada. BUT, you don’t have to go to Oxford to enjoy the tasty, delicious goodness of fresh picked blueberries. They’re in the stores, the markets, my backyard, my Mother’s yard ( she just brought me a whole big bowl full) Yummmm…. I LOVE this time of year!
It’s time for Blueberry EVERYTHING!!
Yummy 💙
Who doesn’t love carnival rides, cotton candy, and candy apples?
Gee, I think just about everyone would agree it’s lots of fun, especially if you have children or grandchildren to enjoy it with. It even brings out “the child” in people as you recall days of excitement from childhood, waiting for that one week in the summer when the carnival would come to town.
We had hoped to get to “The Big Ex” in Bridgewater, however there was just too much happening this weekend! There’s always next year, right?
But this afternoon we did drive to Halifax to catch a couple acts of the International Buskers Festival down on the waterfront, see the newly painted Argyle Street, walk around the Carnival set up for Natal Day weekend and have fish & chips from a food truck. A great end to a wonderful weekend!
I still can’t believe we’re in to August!
If anything interesting or unusual happens today… you can say
“Once in a Blue Moon”
Today there is another full moon, the second full moon for the month of July this summer. When a season has four full moons, the third one is called a blue moon.
The moon isn’t actually blue, although sometimes it is because of smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere but usually it’s the beautiful evening sky that gives it a blueish hue.
I love looking at the sky. I did when we were in foreign countries and I do especially at home. We are blessed to have clear skies that you can enjoy stars and planets and especially the moon. It was full last night. ( officially full at 6:43am this morning)
Hope you were able to get out and enjoy the Blue Moon. It is a rare occurrence and only happens once in blue moon!
Aww… tonight was one of those melty summer evenings. You know the kind that you could just be outside all evening long until late…
It’s Parade night in Bridgewater, if the rain holds off.
It’s South Shore Exhibition Week and the kick off is the Grand Street Parade tonight. Lots of fun.
In 1891 Bridgewater was the home to the first Exhibition. Records indicate that the Lunenburg County Exhibition was to be held in Bridgewater on the 5th & 6th days of October. Lots of changes since then!!
The name has changed from the Lunenburg County Exhibition (1891) to the Lunenburg County Exhibition Commission (1960) the Lunenburg County South Shore Exhibition (1967) and finally in 1973 the name was changed to and still remains The South Shore Exhibition “The Big Ex”
** UPDATE** Well…it doesn’t surprise me. Rain, rain, rain ALL day long… and so the parade is cancelled for today. I think it’s the first time it ever had to be postponed. And now because of a previous appointment out of town, we won’t get to see it.
I can’t help but share this cute little picture, seems fitting the last couple weeks.
I hope the sun is shining in your world!
Update*** Wednesday Night was perfect weather
And Bridgewater Open Bible Church’s float advertising VBS “Off the Map” won 1st place in the community category. Congratulations!
Rainy days are great for reading!!
We are on week #2 of cool, rainy, drizzly days. It’s so easy to feel cooped up! Last week was rainy and most people expect this particular week in July to be rainy because it is the week of the South Shore Exhibition. As history dictates, it’s usually a rainy week.
So…what to do? David & I actually went downstairs to our family room and watched a bit of TV. We haven’t done that in months. We thought it would be a good chance to catch up on some of our favourite shows. I also put some new books on my Kindle for reading now and into the Fall. I figured if they were there , I would be more apt to read if I was “bored” haha.
And speaking of reading…
I have a collection started for future use!
See this guy?
Theodore Too was “the star” of Theodore Tugboat, the Canadian children’s television series (1993-2000) about a tugboat named Theodore who lives in the Big Harbour with all of his friends. The show originated and was set in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
There are lots of cute Theodore story books and since Theodore is such a big part of Halifax’s waterfront and can be seen “motoring around” the harbour on any given summer day, I thought it would fun to start a collection and keep adding.
I like the idea of these books (and toys) for my grandkids…someday…(no rush) and be able to take them onboard Theodore Too for a trip around the harbour!
Haha, talking about my little salad garden.
I planted some lettuce, kale and mixed salad in pots on my deck this year. Just to see if they’d grow. And the actually did pretty good.
So I have enjoyed side salads from MY garden this summer. Baby lettuce and kale. Tastes so delicious.
Just An East Coast Girl 