Natal Day Weekend

It's Holiday Weekend!! But not for me - I have to work Monday - we got Easter Monday off instead. Yes it's Natal Day - a birthday celebration for the communities of Halifax and Dartmouth. Loads of festivities going on over the weekend, concerts, parades and last night (Saturday) a Firework Display. But more of that later, I'm getting ahead of myself. It was the usual week with Deborah ferrying Matthew to football skills or matches, or playing at a friends house! Emma just goes off to friends houses and then usually calls us to ask if she can stay there for supper. Only problem with that is we have to reciprocate and usually end up with some kid with decidedly fussy eating habits....However, they both spent another week making full use of next doors pool - we're going to miss them!!
Work continues apace, but this week I actually had a job interview. No, I'm not leaving IMP, or even the ILS department. They advertised for a supervisor, and as I have a bit of experience, I applied and was interviewed on Wednesday. Apparently it's between two of us, and the decision can't be made until the VP gets back off vacation on the 14th. Fingers crossed! We had a works lunch out on Friday to Curly's in Enfield. Most enjoyable - I had ribs and skins. Very tasty and washed down with a Molson's Canadian.
And then it was the weekend and time for fireworks! They actually shut the MacDonald Bridge as the fireworks were being launched from the bridge itself. We decided to go downtown for the display, primarily because I haven't actually been down to the waterfront when its been busy and everything has been open! It was a great atmosphere. Music in a marquee, all the bars and restaurants full to overflowing, tables outside and so on. We even stopped and got a 'Cows' Ice Cream - delicious! We didn't have the best view of the fireworks, we'd have been better over in Dartmouth, but it was still impressive. They went for the short display with maximum effect! We finally got home around 11.15pm and fell into bed.
Then today, Sunday, we went down to Lunenburg as it was a special painting weekend with lots of artists around the town painting various scenes. All the paintings are then auctioned off at the end of the day. We actually didn't get there until nearly 2pm (we went via Bridgewater to view some plots of land) and most had finished, so we had a spot of lunch (Subway sandwiches eaten by the bandstand where a young lady was singing), and then I took Matthew and Emma into the Fisheries Museum while Deborah stayed out with Bella (who is still throwing up in the car...). Deborah had been a couple of times, the most recent with her Dad last month. So we spent a good couple of hours in there and I have to say, it is a very impressive museum. We then drove home via Mahone Bay (and another Ice Cream) to another late night! However, when we got home, Nick (the lodger) told us he'd taken some photos of the resident hummingbirds. And what great photos they are! He basically stood by the kitchen window for over an hour waiting for them to appear! Hope you like the pictures, he also took one of a BlueJay, which are very common here and a bit of a nuisance. Beautiful plumage though despite this one being a bit scruffy! Only three weeks till our next visitors....doesn't time fly?