Delighted to Eat You!!

Matron is back! I made a new lobster friend while visiting Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia last week..
Visited some local markets wherever I went, these beautiful cauliflowers were grown on the Island of Orleans just a few miles from Quebec City, Canada.
So were these delicious Mcintosh apples. They were the shiniest apple I have ever seen!
I came across an amazing beefsteak tomato which is grown locally in Quebec. Incredible when you consider that last Winter the locals had more than 30 feet of snow!! I bought one home with me so that I can save seed and grow some next year. I will try to find out what the variety name is. I asked a grower and the name sounded like De-lor.... or something like that. Enquiries continue.

This gravestone speaks for itself. A very moving visit to the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Fresh wild blueberries on sale in St John, New Brunswick.
My favourite view of the QE2 anchored among the 'porcupine islands' at Bar Harbor, Maine.
She is the most beautiful creature afloat, alas she has been sold as a floating hotel in Dubai. Crying shame! I will miss her.
And finally home this afternoon. One of my 'Black Forest' climbing courgettes had grown into a monster marrow! .... cheese sauce being made as we speak. More photos to follow. Glad to be back home!

From the New World...

This is the most amazing trip!.. New England in the fall is stunning, and we have had perfect blue skies and calm seas the whole time. Bar Harbour in Maine is the most beautiful place. Did you know that there are about 4000 islands off the coast of Maine? Just think of all those lobsters!! I have been eating freshly caught lobsters every day. Wild blueberries and cranberries everywhere. Yesterday we were in Halifax, Nova Scotia and tomorrow we are in Quebec City for 2 nights. Lots of lovely pictures to show you when I get back... Oh yes, and I played with a live lobster yesterday..

Autumn Colours

Matron is going away again. I have always wanted to see 'New England in the Fall' .. so I am! My very last trip on board the Cunard Ocean Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 "QE2" will be bittersweet.
So for the next couple of weeks I will be exploring the fauna and flora of North America. Lobsters in Maine, and maple syrup in Canada. Matron may be posting from afar, but without photos.
New York,USA
Newport, RI
Boston, Mass
Bar Harbor, Maine
St John, New Brunswick
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Quebec City, Quebec
St Johns, Newfoundland
Buddy is going into kennels, lots of new friends to meet and bark at. Back on September 30th.