― L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams
“All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams One of the perks of having a dad who's a pastor is that the nephews & nieces get to go to camp and do camp things when he's speaking at one, even when they're not technically old enough to attend. Nephews can't understand why the chickens won't stay and play with them: They have better luck with the pigs and goats: Not sure it's a good idea to teach this little guy to aim and shoot a bow & arrow:
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This illustration is from an event which takes place in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Little Princess. In it, Sara Crewe, who is cold and hungry due to the deliberate neglect of Miss Minchin, finds a coin on the street. She takes it to a bakery and uses it to buy a few buns. As she leaves the shop, she sees a small child begging on the street. She gives the younger child all of the buns she bought except one which she keeps for herself. After she leaves, the baker who had been watching out her window, is moved by Sara's act and invites the small beggar into her shop to warm up and have some more food. Related Posts: My choir director sent out an email the other day to inform members when the first practice of the fall would be. It's been nice having a break, but I'm also looking forward to getting to work on some new music. To celebrate, here's a little joke that we altos appreciate: Hee hee... ahem. Also, here's a thoughtful observation my sister got from her five year old daughter after church last week: "You know, you sing better if you squeeze your butt cheeks together." Words to live by. I must remember to share them at our first practice. Related Posts:Yesterday was my birthday, so I took the day off and spent it doing some things I wanted to do. I slept in, puttered around for a while, and then went to Chapters (bookstore). I wandered through the stacks of various genres and bought one book which I've been planning to pick up for a while. I had been planning to add to my P.G. Wodehouse collection as well, but found to my dismay that Chapters only had one of his books. And not just one book, but only one copy of said book. I could hardly believe it. Then, as I was walking away muttering to myself, I passed by an entire shelf of Margaret Atwood. Dear Chapters: any bookstore with a preponderance of Atwood books and one measly copy of a Wodehouse novel is doing it wrong. Off to Amazon I go. In the afternoon I headed over to downtown Halifax and went to the Public Gardens, a beautiful 16 acre garden in the middle of the city which has been open since 1867: 150 years ago. It's a lovely spot to go to read, picnic, attend concerts at the bandstand, or just wander around enjoying the beauty of the gardens. Actually, my mother called me while I was there to wish me happy birthday and when I told her where I was, she said she and my Dad had been there the night before for one of the summer night concerts. This is the bandstand where they take place: And here are a few more pictures I took around the gardens: Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, and Ceres, goddess of agriculture and fertility: After this, I headed off down Spring Garden Road to the new library which I've never had opportunity to visit before now. This ain't your grandma's library; it was a little intimidating, actually. It's really impressive of course, but doesn't feel... cozy, like where I'd want to sit and read. Later I went to the waterfront, because I was meeting one of my sisters for supper and her office is at one of the piers. I was thinking that it seemed really crowded for a weekday afternoon but as it turns out, there are three large cruise ships in port at the moment: All in all, a beautiful day.
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