Channelling Willa
Trip Start
Jun 20, 2009
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Trip End
Jul 05, 2009
Grand Manan,
New Brunswick,
Canada
Monday, June 22, 2009
The cottage is old and drafty and has two huge fireplaces and wet firewood and not much heat and I think it's wonderful! It sits on some cliffs overlooking the bay and it is nestled back by itself. I drive through the woods to get to it and sometimes you are guessing where the road is.
I ate at the dining room at "Whale Cove Inn" - which isn't really an inn - but more like a place by the sea
Willa's House
. The woman who owns it, Laura, is also the chef and on my...Anthony, she makes the best bread I have ever tasted - I asked for a few slices to take back to the cottage for breakfast. I had "Chicken Oscar" for supper last night - I'm not even sure how she did it but it was wonderful. A chicken breast stuffed with lobster and cheddar, lightly breaded and perfectly cooked - it was nice round ball! Roasted potatoes and grilled broccoli and mushrooms with a Hazelnut Creme Brulee for supper! The kind of meal you just want to sit and linger over and I did!Did you know that silence is noisy? It is that quiet at the cottage. I walked to the edge of the cliffs and looked down on the beach and I can see two beautiful waterfalls - I hope to hike to them when the rain stops.
From my front door I can see the fog rolling in and hear the foghorn of the lighthouse and Swallowtail. The yard is small because it runs into a small field of the most beautiful wildflowers and then some pine trees and the cliffs. I am surrounded by the most beautiful pine trees and sounds from the earth - a world to explore.
I brought all the wrong clothes - I have more summer things but will be wearing my jeans and hiking boots all week! And that,s ok with me!
I am off today to drive around the island - which won,t take me long - I'm hoping to find a spot to sit and write!
Comments
Foggy
Sounds great! What a perfect journey to the island...fog and mystery. The food sounded delightful until you mentioned the cheese. Ugh. The cottage sounds rustic and very you - I hope you manage to get a fire going!
Rules
Rule number 13 (or is it 14 now, I've lost count):
No making a fire until supervised by Will. Put another jumper on if you are cold, until he arrives.
Thanks for the food update - I am suitably appeased for now.
Noise
wee ceep telin are daddy that therr iz no point in been quite becoz it is stil noisy anyway. now yew hav said it two so it must be trew. I fink yew should nott lisen to uncal rob and LITE A FIRE!
I do
i make the bestest bred not ure new frend. I don't lyke that you ate chikin oscar! pleeze don;t eat any chikin ewan.
daddy tryed to reed us my antonia but oscar kept being bad and he said it was boring. I liked jim but like pitures as well.
Re: I do
I promise not to eat Chicken Ewan! I told the cook she might have to rename the dish! Oh, I forgot...you do to make the bestest bread ever! I think you,ll like Jim very much if you listen to Daddy read again! I'm reading the very same book as you! Today I will ride the ferry boat again!
Re: Noise
OH yes Oscar - it is true, quiet is very noisy, so what's the point of you being quiet when it's noisy anyway! I'll have to have a word with you daddy!
Well I didn!t listen to Uncle Rob and I did lite a fire and I did't do a bad job of it! The wood is wet so I brought lots of it in on Sunday and it's drying and crackles when I lite it! It's so lovely to sit by the fire reading listening to the foghorn!
Re: Rules
OH Tiger, I had to make a fire - the chill, the damp, the cold that was lingering in the cottage was more than I could take! My toes were cold! And by the way - Will doesn't know how to build a fire - remember he's from the city - it's me that needs to supervise him! Oh, wait 'til you read what I had for dinner last night! Oh yum!
Re: Foggy
Well the fog persists! I can't even see the seals in the cove now! I'm taking the ferry boat over to the mainland and was hoping for no fog so I could see the shoreline! But nope - foggy!