August 14, 2021, Western Head, Nova Scotia. Simon Perkins House.

Simon Perkins moved to Liverpool from Connecticutt in the early part of the 18th Century. He quickly established himself in the business of becoming a privateer. He never went to sea himself but he funded the endeavours. And he built a house on Main Street, Liverpool, which stands today. His first wife died in child birth with their first child. When he returned to the US to bring his child to Liverpool, he remarried. Back in Liverpool, they moved into the new home which they lived in for the rest of their lives. The had another 5 children, all in that same house. After five years of renovation, his house is once again open to the public. Wendy and I toured the house yesterday. The house is furnished in the furtniture on the period but is not the furniture of the Perkins family. After Simon died, his wife took some of the choice pieces with her when she returned to Conneticutt and she give away all the rest. The house itself looks similar to my last visit 15 years ago but the over 2 million dollars was spent of engineering and structure. And it now is airconditioned. Two ladies wearing period costumes gave us the interesting tour. Next we visited the Queens County Museum, right at the back of the same lot. In the museum is his diary, which he kept every day for over forty years. Every day, the museum staff turn to a page for todays date, just hundreds of days later. It is a miracle that it survived. It was found 50 years ago in the attic of an heir. And he donated it to the County. It is indeed a treasure. He reported everything about the town: the tide, the temperature, the amount of rain, deaths and births in town. Just everything going on in the little town, including his cash flow and income. The museum we enjoyed but nothing compares to seeing the diary. Wendy and I enjoyed our visit which was well worth our time.