Standing Into Danger: Smith's Cove

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Friday, July 18, 2025

Oh Canada!

Terry and I decided a week ago that we couldn't make our annual trip

to Nova Scotia over the August long weekend in Canada.

There is just too much going on here at home in Colorado.

Typically, my extended family members try to visit Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia

over the weekend followed by the first Monday in August.

In Canada, this Monday is formally called the Civic Holiday.

The Civic Holiday is not a federally-mandated statutory holiday,

but it is a day off for employees in many provinces and territories.

Different places have different names for it.

For example, in Nova Scotia it is called Natal Day.

My family, like many, considers Civic Holiday part of the August long weekend.

Source

For my family the holiday weekend is a time for getting together

and enjoying games, great food and drink, and giant bonfires.

It's a happy time!

Source

Watching Jake Play Baseball for Nova Scotia on TV

Me (Louise), Krista, Olivia, Bertie, Natalie (Jake's Partner), Peter, Dean, and Martin (sitting by me)

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 4, 2018

Roy Makes a Game-Winning Move

Sue, Barb, Terry, and Roy

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

July 23, 2024

Where There's Family, There's Often a Bonfire

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 29, 2023

Every Family Has One! 😂

The Life of the Party, Our Cousin Pat!

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 4, 2024

I thought that I would share a few funny Canadian Memes,

just because they make me smile and think of "home."

No Timmy's here in Colorado! ☕️😭

Love This Photo of Roy with His Special Latte

Made by Sister Barista Bertie

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 4, 2024

We all take our hockey seriously! 🏒

We love our fires, campfires, bonfires! 🔥

Sane Master Fire Maker and Engineer Martin Gets to Work

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 27, 2024

Insane Master Fire Makers aka Cousins and Friends

Additives: Frozen Yogurt, A Can of Beer, and Some Diesel Fuel

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 1, 2015

We love our lobster dinners! 🦞

Meanwhile in Smith's Cove, Sara Cracks Lobster Claws

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 7, 2019

Actually Our Family Has More Than One! 😂

Sisters Natalie and Sara with Terry and Krista in the Background

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 7, 2019

Actually Our Family Has More Than Two! 😂

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 28, 2014

And always the hardest part is saying "Goodbye." 👋🏻

We're too busy saying "Goodbye" to take pictures.

But we're always up for snapping hugs and squeezes!

A Squeeze from My Favorite Brother

Beautiful Cove, Long Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 2, 2016

I'm linking to Tom's Aloha Friday, Nicole's Friday Face Off, and Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date.

For Tom: Aloha! ~ Aloha is a complex concept, but certainly love of family is aloha.

We've Been Taking Family Group Shots Forever!

Front: Roy, Great Grammie Sara, Baby Barb or Joanie, Me (Louise), Mom Sara, Donnie

Back: Great Aunt Vera (?), Grammie Ella, Great Aunt Mary (?)

I've asked the extended family detectives to help me out.

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Circa Summer 1956

For Nicole: Happy Family Faces! ~ The August Long Weekend Last Year.

Happy Family Faces!

Back: Pat, Barb, Terry, Roy

Front: Martin, Me (Louise), Donnie, and Sue

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 1, 2024

For Rain: Owls ~ This "family"owl now hangs out in the Smith's Cove Museum. Mom's first cousin Kelsey Raymond bought it in a sale from the Jaggar Estate after a fire in 1950 for 50 cents. It had been shot off the Methodist Church sometime in the past. Most of my life it sat in the front parlor of my Great Grammie Sara Cossett Cossaboom. The Jaggar Estate belonged to Louise Jaggar (my Mom's mentor ~ who persuaded Mom that she was smart enough to go to university) and her brother Thomas who founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The "Family" Owl

Smith's Cove Museum

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 21, 2023

I thought this would be an easy post! Ha!

When I was working on it a couple of days ago, my sister Donnie FaceTimed me,

and she found me crying because I missed my family and was distressed

that I wouldn't be in Nova Scotia for the August long weekend this year.

Why would I answer a FaceTime then?

Because Donnie is one of my lucky stars!

She managed to bring me round to laughs with a reminder

that I could come in September and baby Elsie and brother Jackson would be there.

Elsie and Jackson

Outside London, United Kingdom

May 2025

I'm doing fine now!

I wasn't even bothered when I learned today that our renovation

is now scheduled to finish the week of July 28. 😵‍💫 🤞 😂

Have a great weekend!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be

Friday, July 25, 2025 🤞

On the Bay of Fundy
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Friday, August 23, 2024

Good Love Is Hard to Find! I Got Lucky!

I've been going through the hundreds of photos I took in Nova Scotia

and remembering all the people I love and the fun we had.

I wish I could go back and do it all over again ~ right now!

I am so grateful for a noisy, opinionated, fun-loving, big-hearted family.

Hanging Out at Lazy Bear for Pizza, Beer, and Music on a Thursday Evening

Two Tables and More of Family

Lazy Bear, Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 25, 2024

I am also beyond grateful for my husband Terry.

We're coming up on our 40th Wedding Anniversary on September 1st.

Forty years married! How did it go so fast?

I've been given the incredible gift of abundant love in my life.

I got lucky.

Flying to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Air Canada

We're Not Excited or Anything ~ LOL

Somewhere in Cloud Land

July 24, 2024

Approaching the Runway in Beautiful Nova Scotia

Outside Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 24, 2024

Home Again!

Halifax Stanfield International Airport

Goffs, a Rural Community in the Halifax Regional Municipality,

Nova Scotia, Canada

July 24, 2024

My mother's side of our family has been connected to the Smith's Cove,

Digby, and Digby Neck part of Nova Scotia for generations.

Many members of my family who don't live here have been returning

to Smith's Cove for part of their summers throughout their lives.

We all aim to overlap our visits on the first weekend in August.

Smith's Cove with Digby, Digby Gut, and Bear Island Beyond the Beach ~ Ferry's In

Like many generations before, clamdiggers are harvesting clams as the tide goes out.

Nova Scotia, Canada

July 28, 2024

Air Canada Back-of-the-Seat-Screen Fight Map

YYZ (Toronto) to YHZ (Halifax)

I added (clockwise) Smith's Cove, Digby, Digby Gut, Bay of Fundy, Annapolis Basin,

Bear River, Smith's Cove Lighthouse Park, Bear Island

Nova Scotia, Canada July 24, 2024

Whenever my brother, three sisters, and I are together, we take our We Five photo.

Our first We Five photo was taken in Margaretsville, Nova Scotia,

when our youngest sister Bertie came home from the hospital in 1959.

Decades later we are still posing together, a little worse for wear, but still deeply connected.

Donnie, Barbie, Me, Bertie, Gretchen (our dog), and Roy

Margaretsville, Nova Scotia, Canada

April 1959

Roy, Donnie, Me, Barb, and Bertie

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

August 1, 2024

My sister Barb saw my post last week and said,

"I thought for sure you'd show us playing cards.

So Barb, this is for you:

Barb

Roy Makes a Game-Winning Move

Sue, Barb, Terry, and Roy

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

July 30, 2024

Some asked if all the wood got stacked. Yes it did.

Thanks to wood-stacker extraordinaire, Barb's partner, Pat.

Five Cords of Wood

Wood-Stacker Extraordinaire, Pat!

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

July 28, 2024

Some asked if Josie ever got into Scotia's water. No, because cats rule! 🐾 🐈‍⬛

But Josie found a better source of water, so they both win. 🐕 🐾

"All Mine," says Scotia.

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

July 28, 2024

"All Mine," says Josie.

Barb and Pat's House, Smith's Cove

July 30, 2024

I have been lucky in all kinds of love.

And I'm really lucky to have a husband who joins in everything.

Terry Literally Surrounded by My Family and Friends

On Chad and Sisters Two

Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 26, 2024

Terry Spots Me on the Upper Deck

And lucky to have a husband who's happy to go off on his own

and play pickleball with friends he's made in the village.

Off to Pickleball

Did "Good love is hard to find. I got lucky," remind you of anything?

It's almost the exact words from an old

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song "You Got Lucky."

I hadn't heard the song until this week, and it wasn't Petty singing it.

It was Blackberry Smoke, another amazing band out of Atlanta.

Where have you been all my life, Blackberry Smoke?

They're fabulous! Their cover of Petty's "You Got Lucky" is gorgeous.

I love Charlie Starr's voice, and Amanda Shires' violin is beautifully poignant.

Blackberry Smoke feat. Amanda Shires

You Tube

Well I can't do better than Terry and I'm not going anywhere.

"Good love is hard to find. ... You got lucky, Babe, when I found you."

I sure did!

Waiting to Fly to Nova Scotia

Denver, Colorado, USA

July 24, 2024

I'm linking to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date, Tom's Aloha Friday, Gillena's Lunch Break. and Nicole's Friday Face Off.

For Rain: Ship ~ Not quite ships, but models of beautiful sailing vessels.

Sailing Vessels

Smith's Cove Historical Society & Old Temperance Hall Museum

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 30, 2024

For Tom: The Spirit of Aloha

Grammie, Mom, and Me

On the Beach

Smith's Cove Summer 1951

For Gillena: Salad ~ Yummy!

Donnie Making Salad

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

August 3, 2024

For Nicole: Funny Face

My Cousin, Pat, the Life of the Party

Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

July 27, 2024

Photo by Sara Heembrock

Have a great weekend!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be

Friday, August 30th 🤞

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"Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics Deepest Truths" by Eugenia Cheng
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
"Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
"The Life Impossible" by Matthew Haig
"The Lord go the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
"The Match" by Harlan Corben
"The Night the Path Disappeared" by Terri Bergen
"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" by Roland Allen
"Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
"Think Twice" by Harlan Corben
"Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" by John Shelby Spong

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