Fun Things to Do – Page 37 – Just An East Coast Girl

Grab your shovel and your pail…

…it’s time for ART!

Or rather, grab the camera and lets take some photos of the art!

Today is the Annual Clam Harbour Beach Sandcastle Competition. 37th year this year. Just 2hours from home, a drive to Clam Harbour Beach on a lovely Sunday afternoon sounded perfect!

We’ve seen some amazing sand sculptures and art in Rio when we lived in Brazil, so it was fun to see what the creative, artsy people of Nova Scotia could do. Let’s just say…there’s skill!

The competition opened at 9am and I am sure the beach was packed!! There is a 10km road down to the beach and when we arrived at 4pm, there was still a lot of cars parked along this stretch of road and no parking at the beach parking lot. There were so many people.

There were so many amazing creations. How to choose? After all, it is a competition.

…and if the wind is right you can sail away…

…Sailing…take me away ⛵

It’s race weekend!

This has been the biggest week of the summer for sailing enthusiasts in Nova Scotia.

Chester Race Week is Canada’s largest annual keel boat regatta and the little South Shore village of Chester is bursting with thousands of participants and onlookers from all along the Eastern seaboard and Europe.

Pictures in the local paper and on news links for the event are amazing!!! Of course, you NEED to be in a boat and on the water if you want to capture these kind of photos. Here are two from Tim Wilkes the event photographer. I even think you can purchase prints of various event photos and particular boats if you’re wanting to add to a collection.(Photos here used from local media)

Even though we weren’t on the water sailing we enjoyed a lovely lunch on the waterfront at the yacht club. It was a perfect day for the event.

Ahhh….summer!

VBS sure is fun 🎵

…bring your friends in one by one 🎵🎵

Summertime is packed full of kids programs…soccer, swimming lessons, learn to sail, kids clubs, church camps and VBS ( Vacation Bible school)…SO MUCH for kids to do these days!!

This week I have been helping out in the kitchen during “Journey Off The Map” VBS. We’re making and providing fun and interesting snacks each night. 72 kids the first night and 90 by the end of the week. It was lots and lots of fun!!!

Thursday night was a real favorite…

Tomorrow night is the closing with a BBQ. What a great WEEK it’s been!!

JuSt Peachy 🍊

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…

Let’s keep driving

It’s nights like this…

Let’s just keep driving and see where the road takes us!

Beach Nights

Beautiful summer evenings at the beach!

The Carnival’s in TOWN

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!

Don’t rain on the Parade!

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!

It’s little…but it’s mine… AND it was delicious!

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 overnight…

It’s a short stay. L’Hermione the replica French frigate was in Lunenburg overnight and will sail out this morning to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon on her way back to France.

I love our Nova Scotia ambassador ship The Bluenose, she’s a beauty but to see this ship…up close…WOW!!!! She’s something else.

Saturday morning, one of the largest tall ship replicas ever built sailed into Lunenburg and lots of people were on the dock ready to greet her. The ship was led into the harbour by The Bluenose! I would have loved to been there ( totally forgot) A few photos( not mine) of her arrival…

L’Hermione is a replica of General Lafayette’s 18th century ship that carried him to the United States from France to announce his country’s support in the fight for independence in the War of 1812. The 65-metre long ship was completed in 2014, after 17 years of construction. The project cost $34 million dollars and was built using 18th century materials and tools.

Our youngest son James works at one of the restaurants at the Port of Lunenburg and got to serve the lunch, and dinner event on board the L’Hermione yesterday. This morning there is a brunch and then this beautiful French ship…one that you imagine from stories of old…will sail out of Lunenburg again ( it’s only stop this tour in Canada) and be just another wonderful memory for the people along the East Coast of Canada!

We did go see L’Hermione and Here are a few photos…