Welcome to Our Web Page
When this web page began more than twenty 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.
Sunday May 11
A farm in Stewiacke
Now that tax season is over, Ann has had more time to get out biking. Last weekend we rode with the Ramblers from Stewiacke, up to Brookfield and down a back road past Shortt's Lake. Unfortunately the ride was not without incident as we had to cross several railway tracks and the rails were wet and very slippery. Four of us slipped and fell; three were merely bruised but Lynn broke a bone in her upper arm. Luckily Colette had had a flat tire she couldn't fix, so Sylvain had gone back to get his car to pick her up. He and Colette came by shortly after Lynn fell and Colette took Lynn to the hospital in Truro while Sylvain rode back to get Lynn's car. The rest of us finished the ride.
We have also been out to Lawrencetown Beach with the Railers, from Laurie Park to Monte Vista with the Roadents, and around town with just the two of us.
I have spent a fair amount of time in the garden recently. The daffodils and tulips are out but so are the weeds. Out front, the garlic, dill, lettuce, kale, beets, carrots and parsnips are are well underway with more to be planted in the coming weeks as it warms up.
On Friday, we went to see the East Pointers with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn. We both enjoyed it. I had not realized that so much of there material was fiddle-based instrumentals; when they are played on the radio it is invariably one of their songs.
Riding in the Gaspereau Valley
Today we were out with the Ramblers again. I led a ride up and down the Gaspereau Valley then a loop through Hantsport and Avonport. The original route called for us to climb to the ridge along the South Mountain (the ridge that separates the Annapolis Valley from the Gaspereau Valley) but there was a strong westerly wind so we decided to make it easier for ourselves by staying on the valley floor. We did climb up another big hill through West Brooklyn, with the wind at our backs, from whose summit you can look out over Blomidon, the Minas Basin, and Grand Pré.