Hurricane Arthur

Hurricane Arthur paid us a visit over the weekend.  

By the time it arrived, it had been downgraded to a Tropical Storm.  

But what a storm!  It sure packed a punch.  

There were some pretty hairy gusts with wind speeds of 140 km.   

We lost 4 or 5 really large branches from our maple trees.  

There are branches, sticks and leaves all over the lawn.

I took the boys out for a drive around town to see how the rest of the town had faired.  

Shelburne is a town with a lot of old trees. 

There was a lot of damage throughout the town. 

This huge Ash came crashing down, just missing a friends house.

What helpful kids, clearing branches off the roads.

Our power was out for 24 hours.  

Phone service went down, except for emergency calls.  

My service provider did not think the calls I have to make were emergencies.  

That was a bit of a problem, because I was waiting for some guests to arrive and I needed to let them know that there is no power or water at their cottages. 

We were lucky, there are still people with no power 5 days later.

Our "Talking Tree" lost 2 huge branches.

Have you ever noticed that when the power is out, all you want to do is things that require power?  “I think I’ll do some laundry”, oops no I can’t. “ I need to check my email”.  Oh No! can’t.   After spending a few minutes running through my list of things I could not do, I thought of something I could do …  Paint.

So, I spent a very peaceful hour or two finishing a painting.  

Here is it.  

I think the background still needs work.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Vagina Monologues

March 8th is International Women's Day.

In celebration, a group of local ladies performed a series of monologues from the Vagina Monologues.  

In case you have not seen the show, the Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler an American playwright, performer, feminist and activist.  The piece is based on interviews she conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships, and violence against women.  Some of the monologues are one person's story, others are an amalgamation of multiple interviews. 

It was the second time I had seen the Vagina Monologues performed.  It is a powerful piece.  The performance was moving ... thought provoking, funny, sad, poignant.   

My emotions were pulled along, though laughter, sadness, shame, shock and hope. 

 I was immensely impressed by the dedication of the performers.  

So many lines, so much to memorize.  

So emotional.

Over $1000 were raised for Juniper House - a women's shelter in Yarmouth.

 

Alison, Jan, Pat, Georg and Rita.  

Thank you ladies, you were Awesome!

Say Goodnight to Rogues Delight

Perfect boating weather.

 The boating season has been fraught with mishaps and missed opportunities for us this year.  We had too many "technical difficulties".  I can count the number of times I went out on Rogues Delight on one hand!  Its a terrible shame to have a boat and not be able to use it.   

The docks are coming out on Saturday, so we pulled the boat out of the water today.   I am so glad that we were able to go for one more cruise with the Rogue on Monday.  It was the perfect boating day!

Here are a few pictures of Shelburne Harbour all dressed up in its Fall colours.  I could not resist, the colours were vivid and the waters were calm - just look at those reflections!

Reflections on the Water

A Tranquil Bay