Living in Paradise – don’t we know it?

 Self Serve

watercolour on watercolour paper

9 x 12 inches

Barbara Muir © 2011

(Yesterday in the most beautiful scenery in the

world, I was aware that we have

to (as a world people) do something

to make getting around safer

for the world we were travelling through. 

On an art note -- I just liked the look of

this woman getting her gas.)

On Saturday we drove down to see our friends

Flora Doehler and Larry Knox who live in Bear River

and own and work in Green Willow Studio.

Flora is a superb painter and Larry creates wonderful

jewelry, and other objects in precious metals and fine stones.  

 They are super people.  We stayed in the Queen Ann Inn in 

Annapolis Royal in luxurious Victorian splendor – except

that the Victorians lived more like we live at the school house, 

and did not have huge whirlpool baths with showers – though

they did have the four-poster beds like the beauty we slept in.

Yesterday we drove home taking the slow route along

the Bay of Fundy shore and kept having to say –“Stop

the car!” so we could get out and take in some of the

most spectacular ocean views I have ever seen. 

 Stop the car.  This is one of the spectacular places the view of the ocean in

the Bay of Fundy at the top of a hill. 

We visited a garage sale along the Fundy shore, and met a 

woman named Dorothy Reese– near Port George who grows

thousands of day lilies in magnificent gardens that overlook

the ocean.  I have never seen day lilies in the colours, or sizes

she and her husband have cultivated.  Sadly Dorothy and her

husband have to leave their beautiful property because they are

older now and can’t manage it.  

 The Daylily gardens on the Fundy Coast

They're selling and if you know

anyone who loves gardening lilies and gorgeous ocean views, not 

only is the price reasonable, for a house on ocean waterfront with 

ocean views, four acres of land and gardens that are a viable business,

but the couple would help the new owners to keep the gardens in 

good repair.  I didn’t get a good picture of the gardens because I was

too busy looking. 

Have a wanting-to-preserve-nature day.