Trip to Nova Scotia

In October, Garney and I went to Halifax to visit Marjorie and Don, my sister and brother-in-law, both of whom are writers. They gave us a marvelous tour of Nova Scotia. We saw three Celtic Colours concerts, and went to a kitchen racket with Ashley MacIsacc! Just loved Cape Breton. We went around the Cabot Trail and encountered snow, sleet, fog, driving rain, sunshine, hail and a great windstorm. And a bit more sun! Plus autumn colours, not the best this year, they told us, but hey, we're from BC, we're easily impressed with dreamy yellow, reds, oranges, pinks in our forests.

Autumn 09 photographs of our house on Pender

Our camera died and we had to get a new one. Easy to get behind with posting photos! But the new one is easier to use, so that's nice. We took advantage of a nice day in September to take these photographs.

Garney wanted to get undercoat on vulnerable areas of the trim like rafter tails. He got it done before the rains came. It will be next spring before we can get the whole of the house done. The concrete siding is prepainted. It's not the actual final colour, but pretty close to. With getting it prepainted and then putting on a coat of paint after that, the finish is supposed to last for twenty-five years. I'm okay with that.