Merry Christmas!

Although the cartoon at left suggests a white Christmas it appears Middleton and Nova Scotia will have a green Christmas this year.

If the wind and rain and storm surges let up, however, the roads will be good for families getting around on Christmas Day and afterwards.

I've enjoyed the break from blogging, and I seem to have put my energies into learning animation and conversing with friends and former students on Facebook.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Hiatus

It looks like I'm slowing down. Over a year of pictures and comments. A few outside contributionsm but 95% were mine.

I have a few others I might post in the new year if I get my battery re-charged, but for now the site will stand as is. It's on to other projects.

While there's nothing new, there is a year of wonderful pictures and memories.

- Neil

July 29, 1928

July 29, 1928 - Fred E Bentley, his wife, Mary, Marion Shaffner, Doris Bentley and Bernice Bentley Fisher. Mr. Bentley was Middleton's third Mayor, 1915-16. The Bentleys and Shaffners lived in the matching homes at 189 and 185 Main Street. My mother was married the previous year. - NF

Morse Cemetry

A few images ago, I mentioned the Planters. Dick Morse answered with this picture and note: The burial place of Abner and Anna Morse who came to Nova Scotia in May 1760 and settled near Bridgetown. All the Morses in Nova Scotia descended from these two Planters. They are my great, great, great, great grandparents. The cemetery has been designated an Heritage Site and is being cared for by The Morse Cemetery Care and Maintenance Society, a chharitable organization.

Days of Yore

Some of that Middleton gang probably around 1950. Who's the dude in front all dressed up ? Any comments on where or when it was taken ? I forget who gave it to me awhile back. - N

Year of the Planters

2010-2011 are years of celebration. Communities in Nova Scotia are marking the 250th Anniversary of the Arrival of the New England Settlers or Planters. Truro will give greater import to next year, but there have been announcements. I believe the Annapolis Valley has begun its celebrations this year. My mother's side of the family, the Bentleys, were Planters. T mark the occasion, I drew two Planter children and placed them near the present day Palliser Restaurant in Truro, close to where the settlers landed 250 years ago. - N

The Loudspeaker 1949

Received this yearbook recently, and not sure how well you'll be able to read the names of those who put this prestigious publication together. Oh, those Gestetner machines. Remember you can click and enlarge the pictures and use arrow to return to the blog. Noted drawings by Nancy Hudgens and Neil Fisher. Where was your work, Corning ? Busy circulating, I guess.