Monday, 8 September 2025

Family Visits, Bottle House, Trampoline Park and Cavendish Cottage (July 7, 2025)

We thought we had the vrbo booked until tomorrow but got a message last night asking for us to let them know when we were out because they had a quick turnover today.

So we had to pack up and head out today.
Jason ended up booking a cottage in Cavendish for the night for us.
Jen decided to go pick up her boys and she was considering staying the night too.

Taking some selfies on my phone - got to do something to keep herself entertained while we were driving.

We stopped at the Richmond Dairy Bar because I wanted to have clams one more time before we left this Island but they didn't have any.
So we shared a lobster roll instead.

Then we stopped in to visit my cousin Lisa and her husband Todd at the home they built for themselves.

It's all post and beam and what a view they have.

The living room, dining room and kitchen are all one big open area and it is so beautiful.

There are a ton of windows to take advantage of their amazing view.

They just finished this nice deck on the front of their house.
 
Just gorgeous views whichever way you look.

The view from the DesRoches new deck.

We left their place and I wanted to head to visit another of my cousins, Pam.
We ended up going the long way around to her house but it took us by the glass bottle house so we figured why not stop in and check it out.

This Acadian man built a bunch of buildings on this property out of bottles - pretty neat.

This is inside the first building, you can see better on the inside how the bottle were used to build.

Even some of the furniture inside is built with bottles.
I love how they used the different colors.

The buildings were in amongst this beautiful garden.

Just a different view of the pond.

The flowers were all in bloom and they were so pretty.

This was a gate made out of old doors.

There were lots of little surprises to find here and there like this little houses in amongst the plants.

This building had an old organ in it.

More of the stunning plants in the garden.

There was even an old lighthouse on the property.

Jason and Freya going to check it out.

Freya posing for me.
I can't believe how grown up she is looking.

Another example of the pretty flowers in the garden.

What a lush looking vine trellis.

More flowers.

Another of the buildings on the property built out of bottles.

They must spend a lot of time on the gardens here, they look so neat and well kept.

More flowers.

A pretty pink one.

This tree was gorgeous.
I do love me a good tree.

Another bottle building.

Miss Freya.

That is all lavender running along this pathway.

Another pretty tree.

More garden surprises.

The Acadian flag colors.

After our little detour, we made it to my cousin Pam's and I had a nice visit with her.

Her little grand-daughter got dropped off while we were there so Freya got to see her again.
She met her the other day at the trampoline park and took a liking to her.

Next up we met my sister and her boys at a restaurant in Summerside for supper.
She'd picked them up from their Dad's and they decided that they were going to head back to NS tonight after supper so I'm glad I got to see them first.

It has been awhile since I'd seen the boys and I was shocked at how tall they'd gotten.
They both had long hair last time I saw them too and both got it cut off - I think it looks so good.

We grabbed one more picture will all of us before they left for NS.

Then at Freya's request, we went to the trampoline park in Slemon Park again for her to play.

While Freya & Jason played inside, I went for a walk outside to get the rest of my steps in.

She had a great time running around in there playing and was able to burn off a lot of energy which was good because we had a bit of a drive after this to get to our cabin for the night.

There was lots of places to climb which she just loves.

She's so strong and just like a little monkey.

She didn't get all the way across that time but that never stops her, she just gets up and tries again.

There were these hanging boards that you could walk across that moved around - that was easy peasy for her.

Literally climbing the walls.

Jumping into the sponge pit was fun too.

Climbing out of it was a bit harder but a cinch for her.

Then it was off to Cavendish.

It was later in the evening when we arrived at our cabin - still light out though.

It was a cute little place.
This is the living room.

One of the bedrooms.

A tiny little kitchen but it had everything we needed.

The second bedroom had only one bed.
Freya insisted this was going to be her room and Jason and I would sleep in the other room.

The finally the bathroom.

It had a nice little deck off the back with some seating and a table.

Then behind it there was a small playground and the fenced in area is a pool and a hot tub.
It was closing when we got there so we couldn't go in and try it out.
We thought we could swim in the morning but turns out it only opens at 10 am and checkout is at 10 am so that won't happen this time.
I would consider coming back though.

Just another view of the back of the cabin so you could see that the pool is just right there.

There are a bunch of these cabins.

The front of the cabin.

The back view of the cabin.

We took Freya down to the park and let her play there until dark then it was off to bed.
Our last full day on the island for this trip, already looking forward to coming back.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Visiting Family and Eden on the Farm (July 6, 2025)

 Jason wanted to do a long run this morning (21k) so I drove him over to Alberton and dropped him off at the trail there.

He looked it up and it's 21k from here back to Tignish so the plan was for me to pick him up there later.

We saw a tractor parade on the way back to the vrbo.

All kinds of tractors just driving along on the side of the road.

I think a few years back Jason and I saw a tractor parade in this same spot - maybe its an annual thing?

We went back to Gerald's after and waited for Jason to make his way to Tignish.

Jen, Freya, Mom, my Aunt Betty and I all went over to visit my cousin Joan and her husband Derryl.
Derryl is going through cancer treatments currently and their son Travis got in a really bad car accident just a couple days ago so we wanted to take them cards and just let them know we were thinking of them.

Joan was actually gone to visit Travis at the hospital in Summerside but Derryl was home so we had a visit with him.

Jason finished his run so I picked him up then Chavonne took us to meet Randy's mother Bonnie who lives just outside of Tignish.
She would be Freya's Great Meme (grandmother).
Freya has met her before when they've come to visit in PEI but Jason and I never have.
My cousin Chavonne is friends with her so she took us over there.

I don't think she knew who Freya was at first but after she figured it out, she was so happy to see her.
She was a very nice lady and I think she was thrilled that we stopped by for a visit.
Freya was happy to see her too.

Bonnie is a dog breeder so we got to meet some of her dogs.
Freya also saw a porcelain doll that Bonnie had on her bed that she liked so Bonnie gave it to her.
It's a big one so Jen is going to bring it back with her later in the summer when she moves out to Alberta.

We went to dinner at Cousins Diner in Tignish.

Giving me the eye.

Jen came with us.

Me and my girl (she was pretending to be a grouch).

She didn't mean it.

We shared a bowl of seafood chowder that was delicious.

Then I had a scallop burger, also delicious.

Freya had a bowl of spaghetti.

Afterwards we stopped in and had a visit with my Aunt Arlene and Uncle Allan before heading back to the vrbo.

It was a long day and Freya fell asleep in the vehicle on the way back to our vrbo so Jason carried her in and she stayed sleeping on the couch for quite some time.

Meanwhile, back home, Haylee and Eden joined some of her family on a trip to a ranch in Saskatchewan.
Eden made friends with the farm dog.

Randy, Eden and Haylee enjoying a nice meal outdoors.

They went for a quad ride so Eden got outfitted with a helmet.

It was raining but the sun came out.

Aww, being bashful.

Petting a horse.
She wasn't shy or nervous at all.

Crystal and Rita.

Chilling with Auntie Zepplyn and cousin Emily.

Haylee and Eden.

Testing out the bouncy horse.

Nothing but nature for miles and miles.

Another of Eden and Mommy.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!