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Nova Scotia Sus
Carol
Doug

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From Nova Scotia Sus

Looks like tomorrow will be a big blow weatherwise. Heavy rain and big winds are predicted. It won't be great for Halloweeners. We haven't many who come out our way anyway. The kids know where to go to get the most out there efforts. Scotsburn houses are nice and close to each other and the people are extremely generous. So we are prepared with treats but we will probably be the ones eating them.

I remember as kids we sure knew where to go. And coming home with pillowcases over flowing. Then the fun part was trading the goodies for something better we all had our favorites. Dad didn't believe in masks that would make us not see all that well.

He would paint our faces so the coast would be clear. We even won a contest one year just for our faces.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Sus

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From Carol

I have always loved Halloween, maybe because this is one holiday where the only expectation is to enjoy yourself. I remember my Grandmother Brubacher always enjoyed this time of year. Like me, when she was a younger adult she enjoyed the parties and when older loved the kids coming o the door. I seem to recall a stuffed hay man and sometime in the evening, after everyone had prodded the hay figure to make sure it was fake, a person would switch clothes with the stuffed man and frighten the first to come into grabbing distance. I’m not sure this is a real memory but Wayne probably knows. I bought my Halloween candy so early I had to run out and buy more. (hey, what can I say, milk chocolate is one of the few things I can eat without choking). I missed the last two Halloweens because of being in hospital both years. This year I can’t wait for the children to start trick or treating. Of course not nearly as many children go out as in the past, parents are worried about safety. No one gives out the homemade cameral apples or fudge anymore, which were my favourite when I was a child. When my own girls were younger I would often bake cookies Halloween night because some parents expected to get cookie at my door, obviously parents who knew me.

Saturday my daughter, Jackie, will be down for a 2 day visit. We don’t get to see her nearly as often as we wish but that is life. Hope all of you enjoyed the kids that came to your door and are having a wonderful weekend.

Carol

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From Doug

This has been a fairly difficult week and there really isn’t much I can or should write about. I do however have a song I can share with you that my musical accomplice Jane, and I, have recorded and is ready for your listening pleasure.

A few weeks ago I included a link to a song that Jane and I recorded, I think it was ‘The Way I Am’, if memory serves. In that song I sang the lead vocals so therefore Jane accompanied me. Now, we have another song for you but this time she is singing the lead and I’m doing the accompanying vocals. She sings the lead in about half of the songs we do, which is only fair, but we have not had time to record much of our playlist. Our focus right now, when life lets us work on it, is to add more numbers to our playlist as there is a real possibility that we might end up playing up at the gondola this winter. Nothings chiseled in stone yet but there is interest there.

This particular song is a Beatles number called ‘Here Comes The Sun’. You all know it. Heck, even I sort of knew it even though its not a song I’d have thunk of myself. So, here’s your chance to hear Jane in action. Click this link and give it a listen.

Here Comes The Sun

Doug

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Have a Good One
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