Travels by CAML

Today, Saturday August 28th, we had a TBAG sale at the Tidnish Community Centre and in the evening a reading of Harry Thurston's new book. In the afternoon at 4:30 there was a memorial service on the beach with scattering of ashes for Amos Dixon. Sunday 10 to 4 the TBAG sale will continue  Weather has been spectacular, ir cooled down Friday night and the forecast looks good -  Weather - Amherst Shore . Here's a shot of the sunset through our screen porch. Saturday morning we took a stroll around the house, barn yard, and nearby fields - lot of work to do to get everything put away for the winter and ready for gardening in the spring. I'm going to get someone to mow the fields and maybe plow the garden though I may give it a shot with the tiller which I hope to bring home from Arnold Macewan's (Pugwash) next week, after we get the trailer licensed and the Hyundai inspected. David McKillop stopped by Friday afternoon, had a nice chat over GnTs. His mother just had her 100

It's been quite a week, settling in and reconnecting. Some ways it seems we've never been away, others it's like we had a 'gap year' and missed a lot; things have changed - things are just like they've always been. Monday we went in to Amherst, mostly busy work - both ordered new eyeglasses at Roy's, stopped by RBC to check on some credit card issues, get a new kitchen faucet, shop for groceries and household stuff, and pick up 10 lbs of blueberries on Rte 6 in Truemanville. Monday evening Melanie went to yoga class at the Tidnish Community Centre. Tuesday we drove down to Pugwash, and along the way stopped by Arnold MacEwan's to check on our lawnmower and garden tiller which he had in his shop - since October 2019. All is well and we'll pick them up next week after getting Melanie's car inspected and my utility trailer licensed - both will take a bit of work in Ted Embry's shop beforehand. We also stopped by the liquor store and Co-op in Pug

Partly this past week seemed like waiting to leave New Orleans and head for the Canadian border, and partly it was actually doing some shopping and packing to get ready to leave. There was also the daily feast of watching the Olympics which doesn't feel quite the same without the crowds and non-olympic activities in and around Tokyo.  In addition to all that, Monday was my birthday #82 which we celebrated with lunch at the Maple St Cafe .  Melanie is continuing her Zoom exercise classes on Mondays & Wednesdays and I've been pushing my walking, trying to get in my five miles at least three times a week. This week I pushed it a bit too hard, two days in a row, and have had to slow down the last few days. We've also been trying to spend more time in local museums. Having visited the WW II Museum and the Museum of Modern Art we decided on Tuesday to see what the new Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience , which opened a few months ago, had to offer; it is a very nice,