From Nova Scotia

There has been nothing but work during the daylight going on with the guys with a little help from the girls and older set since Monday when it was agreed that the ten cousins were going to build their own cabins. This has worked out well because the weather continues to not be good. We haven't had anymore heavy heavy rain but varying degrees of sun (very little), clouds and brief periods of rain. The temperature has hung in the upper 60's and low 70's. This will go down in record as the first year we haven't put the raft in the water and there has been virtually no water activity apart from two swims by Bill and a two minute dip by Mia. Of course Calleigh had a small fit yesterday when we wouldn't let her go in. She just didn't get it that the water and air were cold.



The evenings have been spent in the usual type of games. One evening the younger set played the Newlywed Game with Corey and Duncan emerging as the victors.



Last nite the oldyweds played with Charlie and Lori coming off as champs. There was a day when Bill and I always won these kind of events but Bill seems to have lost his edge in this type of game.



He hasn't lost his edge in blueberry picking and it continues to be a passion of his. The blueberries are very prolific this year as well as the raspberries. We've enjoyed many wonderful desserts already featuring these two items.



Some friends of Lori and Charlie stopped off the other day. They were motorcycling from Cape Cod around the Cabot Trail. They took the catamaran from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and have biked since then. They said they saw in a motorcycle magazine that this trip was listed as one of the best motorcycle trips in the world. The early part of their trip was hampered by a lot of rain. I'm not sure how good it has been for them since they left us. They stayed and had a tour of our island and then had a meal with us. They couldn't believe that this many family members could get along with each other.



Mom has been doing well to our great pleasure. Her only problem was when I worked her too hard breaking off the ends of green beans and she got dizzy. Toni (the nurse that she is) promptly put her in trendelenberg on the couch. In the end it did the trick.



I"ve tried twice now to send videos of the work to Dave, Jon, Rad and Shannon but I just can't get them to upload. Maybe I'll have Corey try at a later date. Missing you all.