After the Saturday, MTRI event (see previous post) it was time for us to get outside on Sunday. We headed to Valley View Park; en route we happened to stop at the Paradise Christmas Craft sale. It was an opportunity to catch up with local authors: Bob Bent, Jane Baskwill and Anne Crossman. I also picked up a second hand souvenir of Evangeline Country by Longfellow and Jane’s ‘Together in Time’ set in Roxbury.
We stopped at the Park for a short walk. Followed by the coastal drive from Hampton , Port Lorne, Cottage Cove, Port George and home.
Later in the afternoon, we needed to pick up British fare – Weetabix and Branston pickles at Sobeys. It was an excuse for a stop at Kingston park for a local walk.
We were in Kingston again, the next day, to drop off snow tyres at Andy’s Tyres. While we waited, we took the opportunity to walk down to the Green Elephant. It was the perfect stop for a coffee and date square, mid-afternoon. We noted that the Kingston library was closed. However we did window shop the restaurants and wine/beer making on the Main Street.
Returning to Andy’s Tyres, we learned that we will need new snow tyres. They can be installed mid-December. Ready for the Christmas run to New Glasgow.
References
Bob Bent. 2025. Broken Hearts and Longing for Home. Self -published.
Jane Baskwill. 2012. Together in Time. In Sych Books.
Anne Crossman. 2025. Commonplace. Moose House Publications.
HW Longfellow. 1952. Evangeline. A Souvenir of the Evangeline Country. Art Multigraphers Ltd.
Postscript.
At the same stand, they had an old copy of Ernest Buckler’s The Mountain and the Valley. I should have picked it up, for old times sake.
Edward is still away in Florida. Sorry, no graphics
Ernest Blair Experiment 