It’s been a fabulous week of weather for our first week of summer But a busy week of work for my sweetie. He works so hard and at the end of a busy week it’s so nice to go for a ride on his bike. We have some very picturesque places in Nova Scotia. Tonight’s ride took him to Lunenburg.
It was PERFECT, and just what he needed!
Have a great weekend!
It’s that time of year! Schools almost out for the summer and it’s the last weekend of June and that means that this Saturday is the Annual Community Fun Day at Shipyard’s Landing!
Bring your kids, your neighbour’s kids, the grandkids, your friend’s kids…it’s a FREE event ( EVERYTHING FREE) and LOTS and LOTS of Fun for the family! A wonderful way to spend Saturday afternoon. TIME: 1-4pm Shipyard’s Landing in Bridgewater.
See you there!
What a beauty of a day along the South Shore! We had to get out and enjoy it. It helped that we had friends visiting from New Brunswick that used to live here 27 years ago!
Our friends had a great day seeing some familiar spots and we had fun being tour guides.
A beautiful Saturday and what are we doing? My sweet husband is helping our son build a deck around the pool we put up last Sunday. He loves that we are home and can help the kids with projects and this year we don’t have a lot of projects of our own. We have some, but they can wait.
And me…I am just enjoying this nice day in our backyard. I could have gone to help with the deck, BUT some times it’s nice to have a Saturday just to do a couple chores and then relax in the nice space that we are creating in our backyard. After all, what is the purpose if you don’t enjoy it, right? Besides, I still have this nasty cold. 😦
The last two Summer seasons I did a blog post about the best fish & chips places in Nova Scotia ( at least the local ones that we went to).This summer I thought I would switch it up to include all kinds of local food…East Coast food!
From fish cakes to food trucks to fish & chips to maybe even baked bean and salad suppers haha, we’ll see about that one. So starting now until the end of Summer when we are out and about and have chance to stop at interesting places, I’ll be sure to order something fun, East Coast style, and at the end of August, I’ll show you some of my favourites!
Here’s one to start:
Fishcakes & Salad at the Kiwi Cafe In Chester…delicious! ( and no matter what you order it come with a piece of kiwi)
Why not have your own fun? Order something different you haven’t tried…something very East Coast Style!
Enjoy the weekend!
David shakes his head and laughs at me!
Yesterday when we were at Andrew & Kristina’s house they said I should take their CAN AM for a drive. I laughed because I don’t drive a standard ( but is not a standard) and also because that’s their expensive little toy and they want to let me drive it? haha… They said it’s easy, take it!
So…
I did!!!! And I loved it! And it goes REALLY fast! lol
So whenever David decides that he needs a change from his Honda Fury…maybe then it will be time to get a CAN AM. I could be convinced, But then I guess I could always ask Andrew if I can drive his 😛
Goode Times!
It’s a rainy Monday. Nice for downtime and so wonderful since we haven’t had to water our new grass or plants. Everything is looking so beautiful and lush and green because of the rain. Have a great week!
Who would have thought 15 years later we would be doing the very same thing? It may be a different place and different people but the procedure is still the same. 15 years ago it was our pool in Pleasantville for our kids. ( I dug these oldies out to see what we did. The kids were so little) Andrew was there every step of the way…
I think Andrew enjoyed it so much that he decided to do the same at his and Kristina’s home. It’s NOT Pleasantville BUT it’s Pleasant River. 😀
Today is “Putting Up A Pool” Party! And you’re invited. lol
Pool is up!!! Now to get it filtered and clean and the deck built. And…they’ll be swimming in no time!!!
I know you guys will have so much fun with your pool Andrew & Kristina especially when you get off night shifts this summer and can go for a refreshing dip 😛
My flowering crab apple tree is at it’s peak and so here are a few pictures because by this time next week it will be done and the trees will be green.
I LOVE LOVE weekends that are warm and we can enjoy eating outside ❤
That was quite a thunder and lightning storm we had in the wee hours this morning. It was one of those crash, bang, light up the whole sky storms, and it woke me up with a start. We don’t tend to have those kinda storms in these parts of the country so it was cool and… I guess I must have fell back to sleep.
This weekend is Apple Blossom Weekend in Nova Scotia, especially in the Annapolis Valley. Lots of events and activities and the Annual Apple Blossom Parade. While I really wanted to go, I also wanted to stay home and just do a couple things in my back yard. It’s getting just the way I want it so it’s fun to spend time there. I did manage to get to an Apple Orchard though, one more local, and walk down the path and smell that wonderful smell of the blossoms. There’s nothing like it!! I also picked up some rhubarb and apples so I could make a tasty treat to enjoy when we are relaxing tonight.
It was a fun day!
We NEED to reinvent or revamp a backyard project we did last year…
David came home from work this afternoon with this.
The PROJECT…
Reinvent the fire pit!
Who doesn’t enjoy sitting outside around a campfire in the summer? I love it! And last weekend on the long weekend I wanted to have a fire and David said we couldn’t because there was a ban on fires. We live in town and there are many restrictions so it makes the amount of time and opportunity to use our fire pit very limited. So…I did some research and convinced David to make an investment and revamp our fire pit.
Revamp it to fit a propane fire bowl.
It only came with a little lava rock, so off to Canadian Tire to get a couple more bags.
This is the finished project
It’s not quite like a beautiful “real” wood burning camp fire, BUT it will have to satisfy… I actually love it!
It even comes with a cover. 
Not too bad for a Friday after work project 🙂 Have a good weekend!
Just An East Coast Girl 