Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty-five years ago, it described most of the activities of our whole family. Now that most of our children have flown the coop, it is mostly about what Ann and I (Dave) have been up to. I update it most weekends. We save all the messages over the past year in an Archive along with links to what we were doing ten and twenty years ago.
You can click on the pictures above to get a bit more information about each of us.
Monday August 3
Andrew and Alex at Rainbow Haven Beach
As advertised last time, Katy, Ben, Andrew and Alex stayed with us all last week. The boys slept in the upstairs bedroom where they could easily bother Nana and Grandad when they woke up, usually around 6 am. Katy and Ben slept two storeys below in the downstairs guest bedroom.
On Monday morning, I went with Katy, Ben and the boys to play disc golf on Dartmouth Common where there is a nine-basket course. We had a spirited game with no-one keeping score. After lunch, Ann, Katy and the boys went to Rainbow Haven beach for a while then came home via Fisherman's Cove in Eastern Passage where they acquired lobsters for dinner. That evening I harvested this year's garlic crop with Alex's help.
On Tuesday, we all returned to Rainbow Haven to spend the afternoon making sandcastles. We returned via the Cow Bay moose with a stop at Fisherman's Cove for ice cream.
On Wednesday, Katy dropped Ben off at his mum's place then took the boys to the Waegwoltic Club to meet Ingrid and play in the swimming pools. Ann and I took the opportunity to go for a bike ride. We followed the Roadents from the 5k Café to the Bike & Bean but, since we didn't start until half and hour after them, we were riding on our own though we did cross paths with them close to the Bike & Bean. The BLT trail has recently been widened to accommodate larger ATVs so we were interested to see the result: not an enhancement in our opinions. We had a coffee before returning.
Thursday was a wet day so we all stayed at home and played quietly.
Friday was a lovely day, so we all went to the Citadel in Halifax where we watched the noon gun being fired, then walked down to the waterfront where we got pizza for lunch at the Boston Pizza kiosk. We then went for a tour around the harbour on the JFarwell II, a 45-foot sailing yacht. After a break so that the boys could play on the submarine playground and the rest of us could take in a performance at the Buskers Festival, we went to Cows to get ice cream so that we had the energy to climb the hill back up to the Citadel. When we got home, Mark, Shirley and Margaret, and Jim and Valerie came for a visit on our back deck.
On Saturday, I rode my bike to Bissett Lake Park in Cole Harbour to join the Ramblers on the ride around the Cow Bay Loop. On the way home again, I met Ann, Katy and Alex at Graham's Grove for ice cream cones. They had been playing at the playground by the Banook Canoe Club. When we returned, Katy & co. packed up and decamped to Mona's where they will spend this week.
Ann at Ingram River Bridge yesterday
Since the forecast for today was rain (correct), we took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to go for a ride. We dropped David off at Will and Anneke's where he'll spend this week looking after their pets, then drove to the Bike & Bean to ride the trail to Cleveland Beach and back. As we approached the beach we could see the fog rolling up the bay and, when we arrived, we found all the beach-goers sitting in deck chairs as the fog swirled around them. However, it stayed along the water so the trail was clear on the way back. We tried our friend Norm's favourite ice cream flavour, Coyote Canyon, at Cavicchi's before driving home.
My garden is now producing well. As well as the garlic mentioned above, I've harvested three types of lettuce, beets, peas (just about done), green beans, onions, spring onions, dill, tarragon, chives, parsley, oregano, basil and today I noticed that there are zucchinis ready for picking. The tomatoes are coming along but none is ripe enough yet, as are the eggplants, cucumbers, carrots and parsnips.