Yesterday we celebrated Canada Day with a trip up the Valley to Wolfville and Canning.
First stop was The Odd Book bookstore in Wolfville.
We parked behind the Main Street. Heather noticed another small blue car. It was Sandy, her sister, dropping off some clothes.
In the bookstore Heather found a signed copy of Farley Mowat’s “Walking on the Land“, published by Key Porter Books.
I noticed that the cover was designed by my older brother, Peter. He had a career in the publishing industry in Toronto.
It brought back memories for Heather too. She had a career working for Parks Canada. Over the years, we spent time on Haida Gwaii, BC; Churchill, Manitoba; PEI; Sable Island, NS; and in Gros Morne, Newfoundland.
After the ‘book fix’, we drove across the Acadian dykeland to Canning. We stopped at the Art Can Cafe and Gallery for coffee and cake (see also Geographers Among Us).
Ron Hayes was putting together their July exhibition.
Sandy continued on to New Minas. We headed home via the orchards of South Berwick. It was a satisfying day, full of surprise encounters, memories and landscapes. Back home in Middleton, I was able to put my feet up, and enjoy Mowat’s storytelling.
Acknowledgements
It was fortuitous, unplanned, that we were able to meet Sandy and share the Art Can Cafe in Canning. The Farley Mowat’s book took us back to walking on the land, and the richness of landscape.
References
Farley Mowat, 2000, Walking on the Land, Key Porter Books
Ernest Blair Experiment 