Gray Gables B & B in Mahone Bay area

After we arrived in Chester Nova Scotia it rained a lot. I realize people here say they need the rain. Visitors like us disagree, but we concede that the locals have more at stake than we do. Our delightful host Jackie, at Gray Gables B & B ,  in Mahone Bay,  Jackie, said that every day she hears about another well running dry. When Christiane and I hear that, we stop complaining.

Ingramport River

One thing is clear peak autumn colours have arrived in Nova Scotia. The colours are sensational. And dreary days seem to bring them out with exuberance. The irrational exuberance of conjoined twins: dreary and beauty!  And I love it.

The lovely Ingramport River strutted her stuff and we paid heed. I could not stop to grab a few images.  Not great photos alas, but great colours.

We don’t get such colours back in Manitoba. Compared to this our colours seem grim.

Ingramport River

I like more than just maple leaves. I like the red oaks leaves too. I particularly like them when the colour green seeps out of the oak leaves leaving reds, oranges and spectacular colours behind. The absolute glory of autumn.

Red Oak

In the evening, we enjoyed visiting our new friends at the Gray Gables  B & B for some drinks and lively conversation. They recommended a good place for pizza and said we could order in. That is what we did. That is what we love about such accommodations. It is hard to get anything similar in a hotel or inn. At ordinary inns or hotels there is little opportunity for convivial conversations. And this was one of best B & B’s we ever visited.

After every one left and I stayed a while with my computer at the breakfast table, the power went out. I was stuck. Thank goodness I carried a flashlight in my phone. Some modern technology is pretty darn good.

How is it possible to have so much dreary and so much beauty together? Dreary and Beauty: Conjoined  twins