I was really tired earlier this evening so I went to take a nap. I ended up dreaming, it seemed forever. I think I was dreaming that I was in a movie. The movie was some type of law and order type show. I must have been a D.A. or a judge. I had put someone away many years ago, but then he shows up at my door to terrorize my family. He was supposed to be in jail but turns out the guy in jail was a double. He caught me while all my family was at home. He seemed to know us very well and started as

      Michael Zimmer founded the Sardine Museum and Herring Hall of Fame to preserve a chapter of Grand Manan history as much to celebrate its striking aesthetic. When he died in 2008, he left it to Nancy Ross, a young woman from the island. Now it is up to her and Grand Manan to determine what will become of his gift. Story by Kate Wallace Photos by Peter Cunningham The playful, flat-bottomed aluminum vessel is at once utterly of the rugged island in the Bay of Fundy and altogether a reflect

       The Swallowtail lighthouse as viewed from Pettes Cove           The Swallowtail Lighthouse   This  lighthouse is famous the world over and is photographed by photographers from around the world. It has become a passion of many to capture that perfect picture. I have managed to take more then a few of my own pictures.       If you have ever wondered what it's like to be a lighthouse keeper on a remote point of land and you're fit enough to take a bit of a hike and w

This Week's Funny Love from a Kid's Point of View What is love, from a kid's point of view? "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." "Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad, but

Some folks are worried that new health regulations mean that their will be no more church suppers in New Brunswick. But Eric Allaby wrote ” Perhaps this Gleaner article will shed a little light on this fiasco about church suppers. This regulation has been in effect for close to a year and no church supper has been shut down, nor is it costing churches anything.” dailygleaner.com – Tories should have left well enough alone – Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada . Guess you can tell that t

Pater Cunnigham opens at the Grand Manan At Gallery   Tonight I attended the an opening for Peter Cunningham at our local Art Gallery here on Grand Manan Island .( August 14-28, Dead Reckoning in A River of Change: Stories from Grand Manan Island, Grand Manan Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada )There was a great turnout and a huge selection of his art to view . Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham has been a professional photographer based in New York City since 1973. He has worked with personalities

   I had some extra energy and some frustrations to wear off this evening . So I decided it was high time Ifinished my quest to ride the length of Route 776 here on Grand Manan Island. Linda and I did did the first jaunt on July 6( http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=135979693096932 ) and the 2nd part on July 9.( http://www.facebook.com/QuiltsandBooks#!/photo.php?pid=4997862&id=662916894&ref=fbx_album )This and that caused us to delay finishing our journey to the end of the Island

Tuesday August 10,2010 This evening I rode my trike down to Linda's . She had a houseful of company so she didn't go biking with me. I rode back so I did get in about 2 miles .  Nothing else much going on here today. Slept mostly which reminds me I need to get back to using my CPAP machine. Also need to keep better hours. I was doing pretty well for awhile and then I got off track again. Sure is hard to change back.    I sure miss Snuffy, just hits me at the oddest times , like when I

I posted a picture of my night shirt on another site and I used the tag of sleep,sleep shirt and when I went to check out a comment I came across a link for an ad for sleep apnea . http://www.msobiz.com/site/SleepApnea/Vivo/ I thought it was pretty cool . With this new shirt you do not have to be hooked up to wires in a sleep lab to get a sleep apnea diagnosis. http://chocolatequilts.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/sl...

  A gal on another website ask me how to finish off a quilt and also how to make a tee-shirt quilt, I thought my response might be helpful to other people as well so I have posted it here. There are many ways to finish off a quilt . You to need to sandwich your finished quilt. That is you choose a backing fabric, a batt for the center and then put on your finished top. You can then choose to quilt it, tie or machine quilt it .  About.com has all the information you will ever need to help you f

Many have been claiming that they have been addicted to their online earning activities for some time now. I would have to admit that I am too.  Gather is just one  the  many site I have signed up for to try to extra money , just recently I resumed doing my Lot and I joined Redgage, and Side Tick.Oh and I earn gift cards on Winster too. I often dream about these sites. For example one morning  I had a very intense dream about Gather. In the dream I was publishing the same article over and ov

Monday August 2 It is a new month already, time to log in some miles. This evening I just biked down to my friends house and back.(about a total of 2 miles )  I used my two-wheel 5-speed, I am getting used to it again but I don't feel as secure with. Posted by b.q.d at 9:04 PM http://wffdays.blogspot.com/2010/08/monday-august-...

S aturday, July 31st       Today  I rode my bike the Rotary Festival  Street Parade. It was a lot of fun . The parade route was 2.7 kilometers long , I had to ride back to the start of the parade, that was total of  5.4 kilometers which translates in to 3.55 miles. Posted by b.q.d at 12:59 AM http://wffdays.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturday-july-...

Friday, July 30  Today I took my dog Misty ( she is part Husky and is a medium size dog) with me a on a short bike ride. I hooked the end of  her leash over the end of my handle bar and help on tight. I didn't have to pedal much because the scamp started running. She had a great oh time and it didn't tire her out at all. I biked about 2 kilometers . .Will get a picture or video of this for next time. Posted by b.q.d at 12:41 AM http://wffdays.blogspot.com/2010/07/friday-july-30...

Wednesday , July 28 My friend Linda called me this morning and I suggested that I come meet her where she was . So I biked from my place to Grand Harbour . And then we road up and down the Hill Road. So named because it goes up a big hill , which I made it up. Had to do it a little bit at a time. Then we left Grand Harbour and biked back to her place . we also took a dip in Ocean . That was refreshing. 9pm  Linda just called me and she measured the total distance that I had biked today at it wa