Belated Mother's Day

     Sister Holbrook's mother, brother (Scott) and sister-in-law (Mary Jane) came to visit us last weekend. It was wonderful to see them again. Scott and Mary Jane went up to Shediac to visit some Canadian friends, but we had a nice visit with Mom. They think all our claims of a late winter are bogus, because they enjoyed sitting on the beach and riding bikes in Shediac on the warmest, sunniest day we've seen since we arrived. 

Rainbow Beach

     Their visit just happened to coincide with a holiday weekend, so people were out in full force everywhere, soaking up the sunshine.    

     We found this beautiful sandy beach nearby. We had driven in the general area a few months ago, but the gates to the road to it were closed, so we had no idea it was there. It was nice to see they have some sandy beaches here (most of the beaches we've seen are very rocky).
     
     Saturday we went to see Lunenburg again. We've been told it's a very popular tourist town, but when we went a few months ago, there weren't any other tourists, the shops were all shut down, and it was a dreary, drab day. Today it was as great as we'd been told.

The view of the bay out the restaurant window at lunch

Lots of brightly painted houses overlook the bay

     Many of these houses were built in the late 1700s and into the 1800s. We imagined women keeping watch from the top floor to see when their fishermen husbands returned from the sea. Of course the cars are a modern addition.

     We saw this broom in a gift shop. It's all one piece of wood, but the bottom part was shaved and splayed. It probably wouldn't sweep up much because the "bristles" are so stiff, but it was cute.

     This is more like the Pinterest picture we missed out on because of the rain and snow the last time we were there (see the post from April 5 if you don't understand that comment).

     We had a delightful day of visiting with Mom, soaking up the sunshine and warm weather, and catching up on family news. We visited more than we took pictures, and loved every minute of it.

     All too soon it was Monday morning and time for them to leave again, but we l-o-v-e-d having them here!

     Thanks, Mom, for setting such a wonderful example for us.