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.
Sunday May 31
Returning from the Bike & Bean on the St. Margaret's Bay Trail a couple of weeks ago.
Friday was Ann's birthday and this year she decided she wanted a music party, so we invited our friends Sandy and Thomas, the other members of the Dave Brothers Band (Brendan wasn't able to come), the members of Ann's church choir, all our Rambler friends who either play or like to listen to music, neighbours, Ann's book club members, her Mahjong group, as well as a few additional hangers on. Everyone was invited for 5pm and the music began shortly afterwards and continued until about 9:30 when it all wound down. We managed to get through 12 large pizzas as well as cake, chips, nuts and other nibblies. From the feedback we have received, everyone had a good time. I know I did since I got to play music for four hours straight. After everyone had gone home, we watched some of the hockey game but gave up after the second period when it was clear that Montreal was going down in flames.
Last Sunday, Ann, David and I went to Ingrid and Mike's for dinner along with Alex, Kim, Glen, Will and Anneke to celebrate Ann's, Ingrid's, David' and Alex's birthdays. Ingrid provided lasagna, Kim and Glen brought salad, and we brought cakes.
I have been trying to get the rest of my vegetables planted but it has been so cold recently that I still haven't been able to transplant the tomatoes, eggplant and basil. There is another frost warning for tonight for most of Nova Scotia though here on the coast it should only go down to about 5°. The forecast has it warming up a bit on Wednesday so I should finally be able to get them in then.
We also planted a rhododendron on the rock garden in the corner of the back yard and a blue spruce a bit in front of where the maple tree was that came down in the fall of 2023. It is only about 40cms tall but in a few years in should fill in some of the gap between the trees so our back yard neighbours can't look into our kitchen.
Of course, there has been quite a lot of biking recently. We've been out twice with the Ramblers: on a new route circumnavigating the airport and ending in Oakfield park where we had a picnic lunch; and across the Cole Harbour Salt Marsh to Lawrencetown Beach and on to Grand Desert where we had lunch at the Rose & Rooster Café. On Tuesday, while Ann was volunteering at the food bank, I also rode with the Roadents from Laurie Park to Monte Vista.
Our biking friend Kimmie is a long term health worker who has been on strike for the past seven weeks trying to get the Nova Scotia government to pay them a living wage. On Monday, while Premier Houston was speaking inside, CUPE held a rally outside the convention centre in downtown Halifax. Ann, Kim and I went along to provide our support.