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A photo of East LaHave taken from our West LaHave kitchen, using a telephoto lens.
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A view from our property in West LaHave, across the river to East LaHave.
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A view from our property in West LaHave, across the river to East LaHave. A twice-hourly ferry connects the east and west banks of the LaHave; a service that commenced in 1832.
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Our first sunrise in our new house on the LaHave. The river and surrounding communities were named after Cap de la Hève, in France and the name was later anglicized to LaHave.
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The view from our bedroom two days ago. It was 6 a.m. on Day One of waking-up in our new house on the LaHave River.
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A body & soul-warming dinner on a Canadian winter night. Bon Appétit!
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Anyone would think they'd never seen a wine bottle before!
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Jennie offers a dollop of sour cream for the potato & mushroom casserole.
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Too bad I can't include with this photo the mouth-watering smells!
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Tom didn't have to call us twice!
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The chef calls us to dinner.
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Baked Nova Scotia salmon, fresh asparagus and a potato & mushroom casserole.
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Almost time for dinner.
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L'heure bleue
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Portrait of pistachios, Gus, Michael, my foot, and Peter.
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Ann chatting with Gus and Michael while Jennie and Tom prepared dinner.
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Evening on Rose Bay.
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Awaiting our friends Ann and Peter, who are joining us for dinner.
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Michael and I first met Jennie and Tom at a mutual friend's Thanksgiving dinner party in 2006, when they were just starting to build this house.
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Spring is a long way off in Nova Scotia, but the bunches of tulips for sale everywhere brighten our homes and spirits.
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Visa applications completed, we headed downstairs, where Tom prepared to reward us with glasses of wine.
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Michael, Gus and Jennie going over their visa applications for Egypt.
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Jennie paints, creates installations with salvaged metals, makes her own paper, is an expert calligrapher, and a noted photographer. She writes poetry and is a skilled bookbinder.
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Jennie in her art studio, atop the home she and husband Tom share overlooking Rose Bay.
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Jennie in her art studio, atop the home she and husband Tom share overlooking Rose Bay.
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Mahone Bay's SPRIG Apothecary, selling locally-made products for the home, body and soul.
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Mahone Bay's SPRIG Apothecary, selling locally-made products for the home, body and soul.
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Mahone Bay's SPRIG Apothecary, selling locally-made products for the home, body and soul.
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Michael and Gus with Dea, our close friend and owner of Mahone Bay's SPRIG Marketplace Apothecary, specializing in products for home, body and soul.
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Peter and Ann.
