September 22, 2008. Western Head, N.S. Night Sky.

Texas is not the only place where the stars at night are big and bright. On a clear night, with the absence of light here at the shore, the Milky Way feels as if you can reach up and touch it, it is so bright. The stars and planets are so bright and numerous that I feel stupid not to know every constellation. For the past several evenings we have gone out to the hot tub just at sunset and I must say that it a spectacular sight looking out at sea while watching the sunset from the hot tub. But tonight we took a hot tub in the dark and what a sight it was. No moon and no lights make for a very dark night. The stars were spectacular. There are a lot of things we like about our home here, but one of the best is the hot tub looking out at the sea and hearing the waves. We are very fortunate indeed.

Walt and Mary are our friends. They are also real estate agents here in Liverpool. They are unfailingly helpful to us here in Liverpool. They know everyone and everything. Mary is the Broker of their company and Walt and another agent constitutes their office. Mary looks after all the details of the case and keeps their web site current. She has also been active in the Nova Scotia Association of Realtors, was the President a few years ago and right now is the Chairman of the Real Estate Commission. So we have a lot in common. They are very hard workers too and always have a project or two on the go. Mary was born and raised in Chicago, so she is very direct and outspoken in her remarks. She calls a spade a spade. Walt's family over the generations has shuttled between Connecticut and Nova Scotia, so he has family in both places. When they first moved here from Chicago twenty five years ago they bought and ran The Quarterdeck, which is a motel and restaurant. Mary did all the cooking. The doubled the size of the motel portion, than sold them both and went into the Real Estate business, opening their own firm almost twenty years ago. Their business is such a different type of business than mine. Walt specializes in water front property so he has listings all over the Province. He is always in his car. They think nothing of driving to Wolfville for lunch and to check their flyer's. But they do well and we are grateful to be their friends.