July 6th- July 22nd (Recap)
So, since I have been home in NS, it's been rather hectic. Enjoyable hectic, but hectic all the same... I'll give you a brief overview of my summer-to-date, then follow up in the next few days (hopefully), with more pictures to SHOW you what I've experienced!
Someone once "wisely" conjectured that "a picture is worth a thousand words", but I have never fully been able to give up words... I just love them too much, and for some people, words are necessary to understand, and thus fully experience the meaningfulness of the pictures and images and what the represent to the photographer... But let me delay no longer...
July 6-8: Was picked up at the airport by both Mom and Dad, continued on to Merigomish/ Lower Barney's River, where both my Aunt Maxine (and Uncle Len) and my Nanny have motor homes. It was a wonderful visit as mom had only just learned that Nanny was actually in NS and had been there for a month. Dad hadn't seen her in almost 10 years. Good times!
July 9-13: Helping get last minutes details ready for my graduating class' 10 year reunion. Went with Kenneth on his day off taking pictures all over Yarmouth County, fun times! Thursday night, met at Rudder's for Karoake night with a few good buddies who came into town early(Natalie and Karni)... Sang MANY songs, drank many Apple Martinis (new fave drink) and caught up on old times! Great priming for the reunion festivities!
July 13- 15: Reunion weekend... got off to a fun start with a get-together for ice-breaker games, slideshows of "where are they now?", chatting and smoosing and meeting new spouses. I somehow got wrangled to be the MC after a while, and had a great time... Saturday continued with a family BBQ at the beach where we met all of the adorable offspring of my classmates... Saturday was a pub night, with attempted karaoke, followed by a move to Kelley's Pub where one of my former classmate's brother's band was playing... Caught up with some old school friends who hadn't been there on Friday, danced till closing time with them to James Brown songs, then went to the pizza joint for a piece of donair pizza and a few garlic fingers (thanks to Beth!) Sunday concluded with a brunch, for those who could actually wake up, and many goodbyes for the ones who had to start their migration "back home" whereever that now was...
I loved the reunion though, after breaking the ice again on Friday, it was SO amazing to connect and get to know people that you might not have been close to during high school... For me, I clicked completely with a girl, I knew but had never really hung out with- Jocelyne. We had SO much fun and hung out all weekend. I met her little girl too, who I have to say is one of the cutest little girls I have ever seen! I also enjoyed spending time with Natalie (and her boyfriend, Curt) and Karni, ladies, that I used to be friends with, but hadn't kept in touch with or stayed close with since High School... I loved seeing others that I hadn't seen in years, Jenn P- who I had been in Brownies with, Kristina- the exchange student in our grad class, whom I had also visited when I lived in Germany(and who had come from Germany with her boyfriend), Beth C.- who I never really knew in HS (and her hubby), Beth S.- who I had been in French with for JH and HS (and her girlfriend) , Dave C- who I had played with in the Band in HS, and so many more!!
July 16-18: Relaxing and hanging out a bit with the remaining visitors to town, spent a day shopping with Mom too, also bought myself a new bike and got a sore butt riding it too much the first day and then enjoyed a few days of peace before the excitement began again!
July 19-today: Seafest! That AWESOME festival that pits the town in a frenzy of sea-related celebration! There are Queen's pageants, parades, fireworks, dory races, run running races, Sidewalk sales, musical entertainment on the wharf, fish feasts, bubble gum blowing contests... and this year we also had the RCMP Musical Ride in town and 4 or 5 Tall Ships that had left Halifax to come down just in time for the festival. I went with my dad to the waterfront today and was recruited to participate on two winning teams for the rum running races, where members of a 6 person team row a dory across the harbour, run across the mud flats to retrieve a barrel that is then transported back across the harbour where it is tied onto a rope, then hoisted up to the top boardwalk and run to a finish line... It's WAY more fun than it sounds!!
And now, I sit in my bed as it approaches midnight, typing with sore and burnt shoulders, thinking back on how quickly the time is passing... And how much more I will certainly have to write before this holiday is finished!
Someone once "wisely" conjectured that "a picture is worth a thousand words", but I have never fully been able to give up words... I just love them too much, and for some people, words are necessary to understand, and thus fully experience the meaningfulness of the pictures and images and what the represent to the photographer... But let me delay no longer...
July 6-8: Was picked up at the airport by both Mom and Dad, continued on to Merigomish/ Lower Barney's River, where both my Aunt Maxine (and Uncle Len) and my Nanny have motor homes. It was a wonderful visit as mom had only just learned that Nanny was actually in NS and had been there for a month. Dad hadn't seen her in almost 10 years. Good times!
July 9-13: Helping get last minutes details ready for my graduating class' 10 year reunion. Went with Kenneth on his day off taking pictures all over Yarmouth County, fun times! Thursday night, met at Rudder's for Karoake night with a few good buddies who came into town early(Natalie and Karni)... Sang MANY songs, drank many Apple Martinis (new fave drink) and caught up on old times! Great priming for the reunion festivities!
July 13- 15: Reunion weekend... got off to a fun start with a get-together for ice-breaker games, slideshows of "where are they now?", chatting and smoosing and meeting new spouses. I somehow got wrangled to be the MC after a while, and had a great time... Saturday continued with a family BBQ at the beach where we met all of the adorable offspring of my classmates... Saturday was a pub night, with attempted karaoke, followed by a move to Kelley's Pub where one of my former classmate's brother's band was playing... Caught up with some old school friends who hadn't been there on Friday, danced till closing time with them to James Brown songs, then went to the pizza joint for a piece of donair pizza and a few garlic fingers (thanks to Beth!) Sunday concluded with a brunch, for those who could actually wake up, and many goodbyes for the ones who had to start their migration "back home" whereever that now was...
I loved the reunion though, after breaking the ice again on Friday, it was SO amazing to connect and get to know people that you might not have been close to during high school... For me, I clicked completely with a girl, I knew but had never really hung out with- Jocelyne. We had SO much fun and hung out all weekend. I met her little girl too, who I have to say is one of the cutest little girls I have ever seen! I also enjoyed spending time with Natalie (and her boyfriend, Curt) and Karni, ladies, that I used to be friends with, but hadn't kept in touch with or stayed close with since High School... I loved seeing others that I hadn't seen in years, Jenn P- who I had been in Brownies with, Kristina- the exchange student in our grad class, whom I had also visited when I lived in Germany(and who had come from Germany with her boyfriend), Beth C.- who I never really knew in HS (and her hubby), Beth S.- who I had been in French with for JH and HS (and her girlfriend) , Dave C- who I had played with in the Band in HS, and so many more!!
July 16-18: Relaxing and hanging out a bit with the remaining visitors to town, spent a day shopping with Mom too, also bought myself a new bike and got a sore butt riding it too much the first day and then enjoyed a few days of peace before the excitement began again!
July 19-today: Seafest! That AWESOME festival that pits the town in a frenzy of sea-related celebration! There are Queen's pageants, parades, fireworks, dory races, run running races, Sidewalk sales, musical entertainment on the wharf, fish feasts, bubble gum blowing contests... and this year we also had the RCMP Musical Ride in town and 4 or 5 Tall Ships that had left Halifax to come down just in time for the festival. I went with my dad to the waterfront today and was recruited to participate on two winning teams for the rum running races, where members of a 6 person team row a dory across the harbour, run across the mud flats to retrieve a barrel that is then transported back across the harbour where it is tied onto a rope, then hoisted up to the top boardwalk and run to a finish line... It's WAY more fun than it sounds!!
And now, I sit in my bed as it approaches midnight, typing with sore and burnt shoulders, thinking back on how quickly the time is passing... And how much more I will certainly have to write before this holiday is finished!
posted by Gillian at
9:48:00 PM
1 Comments:
Listen to you! Sounds like you are having so much fun! The summer is going by so quickly though, it's crazy. I am all burnt up to from spending my days on the beach, or as I am now calling it "the bitch" hahaha. Anyway, all is well in Labrador, just wanted to drop you a quick line, talk to you soon!!
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