August 21, 2009. Western Head, N.S. Fish Cakes.

This dinner could have been served one hundred years ago or perhaps three hundred years ago, served in the same hall in Part Medway. The meal would have been the same, cooked and served by the ladies of the community, except years ago, the number of people living in Part Medway would have been much larger. The meal was simple but tasty: 2 fish cakes, kidney beans baked in the oven, served with pickled beets, mustard pickles and pickled cucumber along with brown bread. Home made desserts of your choosing, pies, cakes, brownies, cheesecake, all baked by the ladies from the church. The dinner was held as a fund raiser for the church and held in the Community Center just beside the fire hall. In addition, they held a silent auction, followed by a talent show. When we saw the size of the speakers being carried into the building, we decided to drive home the slow way.

Pat and Mal and Ken and I were in Port Medway last week for ice cream. Mal spotted a small flyer announcing the dinner, so we wrote it on our calender to attend. By now Dave and Irene were here too so we all went to help the good folks in Port Medway raise some money. It was fun. As is always the case here in Nova Scotia, we met other friends there and we bought stuff at the silent auction so we were pleased that we attended the event. But Ken was right. The same dinner was probably served hundreds of years ago, served by the ladies of the church, in order to raise some money for some project.

The best part though was the drive home. Brian and Cathy had invited Pat and Mal to see their new home, and encouraged them to come by anytime. After leaving the dinner and walking all around the park at the Port Medway lighthouse, we drove home along the shore, finally going down to Eagle Harbor to see Cathy and Brian. We drove into their yard to discover a dinner party was in progress. Brian and Cathy just welcomed us and toured us through their lovely home, while the guests continued drinking rum and looking out on the water. Next stop was Beach Meadows Beach, a beautiful two mile long beach, with three people on the beach. While driving into the parking lot, three red fox scampered across the road, and continued to cross back and forth from their den in the bushes to a grove of trees. That was a spectacular sight, to see three full sized fox just twenty feet in front of your eyes. Finally, after a short walk on the beach, we headed home, only to watch a beautiful sunset from our deck It was a perfect ending to a pleasant evening.