HALIFAX HOLBROOKS: These are a few of our Favourite Things, Part III

It's fun being here in Atlantic Canada. It's beautiful and we speak the same language--most of the time. When meeting someone new, we never know what to expect. It's always fun to hear different accents, from Newfoundlanders to British to Australian. Sister Street is a service missionary serving in the office with us and used to live in the Sackville ward. In addition to all the things she does in the office, she and her family delight us with their way

Sister Street

of expressing themselves. Here are some of our favourites (translations at the end)

1. Baked their noodle

2. Two bites of the cherry

3. Bees knees

4. Grinds my gears

5. Wig on a stick

6. Nip to the loo

There is a heavy French influence in parts of the mission. We got a kick our of the sister who referred to a book she got at Deser-ay (Deseret) Book.

Yes, many Canadians say out more like oot, but we've heard everything from oot to ot to out, sometimes in the same words, kind of a sliding oo-o-out. The same goes for similar words like house and about.

Our car is an MKZed (MKZ)

Sister Holbrook's favourite--pourable yogurt. So good with some chopped up fruit or granola.

Lighthouses everywhere--even indoors!

Colorful money

Lots of fresh seafood

We love all the beautiful scenery in all sorts of varieties:

One more favorite thing from last winter: we were amazed to see Bobcats (machines, not animals) driving on the freeway after a snowstorm. They weren't plowing, just moving the machines from one location to another. They do love their Bobcats here in the winter. We also heard what sounded like thunder and realized it was the snowplows keeping the parking lots and roads clean. They do an amazingly good job of that.

And of course, we wouldn't be a mission without missionaries . . .