First Week in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Me and my new hair doo! A nearby pasture.

Well, this will be my first full week in Wolfville and so far things are going well. I met my supervisor, John Colton, today for the first time and he took me for a drive around the area to show me some of the sights. He took me several places including 'Mosquito Point', the 'Ridge', and the 'North Mountain' just east of Wolfville. He also showed me a series of fresh water lakes and dams where I can kayak or swim on nicer days.

We also talked about school and some of the work opportunities available to me this summer if I should be so inclined. (I am.) We spoke briefly about my interests in regard to research projects and I shared that my preference is in the area of Sustainable/Aboriginal Tourism and/or Sustainable Ecotourism. My impression so far is that I will be quite busy this coming September, but it will fun to find a thesis/project that I can get started with. John has some ideas that we can discuss and we'll see what happens.

I have a lot of questions still but felt that our first meeting went very well. Oh, he also set up a time where I'll be able to meet several other faculty members at a coffee meet-n-greet tomorrow morning which will be nice. Another fun thing is that I was invited for 'wine and dessert' at another of the faculty's homes - Susan and John, and was treated to a wonderful glass of wine and fresh, still warm from the oven, blueberry cobbler. Ok, I will repeat that ----- fresh, still warm from the oven blueberry cobbler. As a Yukon girl this was a rare treat - one I'd never actually had before and better yet there was ice cream on top. I should have taken pictures lol. Wow! Seriously they can adopt me. My apologies for not having a picture but it disappeared so quickly I didn't have the time to get the camera. :)

Oh, and one other good bit - I have an interview with an elderly lady in town tomorrow who is looking for a roomy. Her name is Doreen and she would like some company and someone to take meals with two or three times a week. I'm hoping this works out well and we hit it off as that will solve my 'relocation' problems just like that!

Note: I was informed by Sandra from LaCrosse, Wisconsin that my 'Eagle' featured in the blog dated June 21/22nd was in fact a 'Turkey Vulture'. This of course highlights my lack of knowledge of our winged friends but thanks for Sandra and Sonny for letting me know. I still think it was a great picture!

Note: I have yet to figure out who has won the 'framed picture' but I will get on that tomorrow. Once I figure out who that lucky person is I will let everyone know to make sure there are no 'naysayers' about the distance and the winner can pick the photo of their choice from those on the blog site to have framed and sent to them. I'll keep you posted.

This will be a great week here in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.