Julian’s Progress

Last weekend Suzanne and I went to visit our friends Adrian and Heather at their country home in Métis-sur-la-Mer. Here are some photos of our trip: We began at the Orange Café, near our home, with breakfast.

About 7 hours later, we arrived at our destination. Their home is on a bay off the St. Lawrence. Because it is so close to the Gulf the water level in the bay changes according to the tides — there can be a difference between low and high tide of as much as 10 feet!

This is part of the bay at low tide:

Their house was built 100 years ago, as a simple summer place — so it is not winterized, and has wood finishing throughout.

It was quite cool when we were there. Here are Heather and Suzanne in what is actually the front entrance of the house.

While we were visiting, Adrian worked on building a front porch.

Across the bay (here the tide has come in somewhat) is a windmill farm.

We joined the Rimouski community for a Feast on Friday evening, and Suzanne had prepared a talk which she gave after the devotions. Here she is discussing some of the Writings with Tang.

On Saturday morning we went to the Métis community pancake breakfast with Heather, and met a number of members of the community.

This is the view from the front porch of the house.

And some local flowers.

On Saturday afternoon/evening, a number of friends came over for a bar-b-que and social event. There was food, music and good fun. One of the friends took this photo of me:

We had a chance to talk to some people we hadn’t seen in quite a while. Here is Suzanne with Francine.

More flowers.

They made a pit fire down on the beach, and I was actually able to walk down to it and roast a hot dog over the fire.

After eating, we all went inside for an evening of songs.

On Sunday, we all went to the Métis gardens. We started our visit with a delicious brunch in the former hunting and fishing lodge.

We then walked around the gardens themselves. Sometimes I would walk, and sometimes I sat in a wheelchair while Adrian pushed me. I think we all had a good workout.

Here Heather is photographing some flowers.

Heather and Suzanne share a view on one of the many little bridges over streams in the garden.

More flowers.

… and then on Monday morning, we came back home. All in all, it was a wonderful trip.