My friend Eleanor and her cousin Stephanie have been staying in the Carriage House for ten days, but tomorrow they must return home, Eleanor to Bethesda and Stephanie to Miami. Their rental car has served them well. They spent four days in Cape Breton driving around the Cabot Trail and another day to Brier Island to go whale watching. They visited beaches and museums and galleries and did not notice, much, that the sun was not shining all the time. For Stephanie, this a first visit to Canada. Last night they took us for dinner. Eleanor has been to Nova Scotia many times, and she likes the quarterdeck as does the both of us, so by seven 0'clock, we were sitting on the porch of the Quarterdeck which is right over the water, sipping our drinks and enjoying the sounds of the sea. The food was excellent and has gotten better every year. Stephanie ordered scallops. Actually, it was pointed out by Eleanor that Stephanie has eaten scallops ten times this trip. Stephanie retorted that it was only seven times that she ordered Digby scallops in Nova Scotia and she wished she had ordered them every time. The scallops are big and juicy and sweet, so definitely worth ordering for either lunch or dinner. Tonight is their last evening here and to celebrate they are going down to Charlotte Lane in Shelburne, my favorite restaurant in Nova Scotia.
On the way home from the Quarterdeck, I asked if they would like to stop to meet our artist friend Bernie, as he makes wonderful crafts as well as paintings. In addition, he is quite eccentric. As we were driving through his little town of Hunt's Point, they decided to stop for a visit, even though it was past nine thirty. I knocked on the door and he greeted us with open arms, and proceeded to give us a full tour of his whole house and crafts and paintings. Bt ten-thirty we were weary, so we begged off seeing all the paintings, although he did give me a set of prints of his sketches from Nova Scotia and I bought a big crow, which I love and now is hanging in a guest room. We all four enjoyed the tour, and when we left, Stephanie gave Bernie a used pizza box she found in her trunk. Bernie recycles everything he can get his hands on, so he was delighted to acquire this thick box to be used as some future work of art.
The whole evening was a great success, both the dinner and the tour. Ken and I have enjoyed these ladies visiting to Nova Scotia. This modern world is odd. Stephanie had a degree in business who has been a teacher for years and now runs the athletic program at a High School. I have a degree in Physical Education who has been in business for over thirty years. It is a weird and wonderful world.
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