Visit Canning

Friday, it was time to head up the Valley to Kings County. Our destination was the ArtCan Gallery and Café in Canning.

We arrived in time to enjoy a tasty, home-made lunch. In the gallery, there was an exhibition of the surrealistic painter, Frank Forrestall (son of Tom). In the cafe were hung beautiful landscapes painted by the owner, Ron Hayes.

Afterwards, we strolled down the Main Street to the Merritt Gibson Memorial Library. This library is not part of the Annapolis Valley Regional Library (AVRL) network. As such, with the engagement of community volunteers, it offers an alternative operational model for the AVRL.

In the Library, I was able to sign out Andrea Wulf ‘The Invention of Nature.:Alexander von Humboldt’s New World’. This is a ‘big’ read.

Passing by the cafe, back to the car, one of the staff ran out with a sweater that Heather had accidentally left at the lunch table.

This endeared us to Canning. It is a wonderful example of local rural culture. The streets emphasize the arts: library, cafes, galleries, wool shops etc.; plus, proximity to Wolfville. We can not afford to move there. However, we can take a drive, enjoy the Acadian dykes, and the rural landscape between the two mountains.

Today, Saturday, Heather is busy, attending a Japanese-style flower arranging workshop at the Granville Ferry hall, organized by the Annapolis Shambhala Meditation Centre.