Umama ungumdibanisi, into endithetha ukuba uxhuma iiragi. Kwinqanaba eliphezulu lomsebenzi wakhe, ezinye iiMama & iiragi zabandakanywa kwimiboniso yezilayidi kwisiXeko saseNew York & apos; iAmerican Folk Art Museum; ukonwatyiswa kwangaphambili kwakhe kwaphuma kwingxelo yakhe, 'I-Hookers zihamba ngebhasi kulo lonke elaseNew England!' Kunyaka ophelileyo, xa wayeneminyaka engama-77 ubudala, isipho sam sokuzalwa kuye yayiluhambo lweveki oluya ePrince Edward Island naseNova Scotia, apho abantu bathatha i-hooking rug kunye nezinye izinto zobugcisa njengaye.
Ndizise udadewethu uKendy (njengoMama, ihuku kunye nomluki) kunye nesithandwa sam, uGreg (njengam, ndingenzi nto), kwaye indawo yethu yokuqala yokumisa yayiseLunenburg, ngaphezulu nje kweyure & ampos; s siqhuba emazantsi esikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHalifax. Idolophana encinci yokuloba ngenkulungwane ye-18 edolophu yayo iyiNdawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO, iLunenburg ithambeka iye ezantsi kwitheku elibekwe kwicala elikude ngokuqengqeleka kwengca eluhlaza. Idolophu yona iyaziva yoyi kodwa ibukrelekrele-kusuku lwethu lokuqala sidibene namanenekazi amabini ahlukeneyo bephupha betyhola isiginkci somculo kwiveranda zabo. Ngaxa lithile uMama waphosa amehlo kwiqela lezindlu ezikufutshane nehotele yethu — i-Boscawen Inn etofotofo nengonwabisiyo- wathi, 'Ndicinga ukuba banentengiso yepeyinti emfusa apha.'
Sikhethe i-Lunenburg kuba yindawo ye-Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival. Kwaye ke, simise imoto yethu phambi kwesakhiwo seLunenburg Curling Club ngenye intsasa, sangena kwihoki ye-hockey de-iced apho amagcisa angama-40 ayethengisa khona izinto zawo. Sibonile isilingi esotyiweyo semallard esenziwe ngesandla kunye neebhulukhwe ezisekwe kwimisonto kunye neebhalsa dachshunds; Abemi ababini abadala, omnye kwivesti yebhodi yezitshixo, basihlalisa sonke ngepiyano yombane kunye nefiddle. Ndabona uMama emangalisiwe ngumfanekiso womfazi kunye nomvundla owawunombhalo othi 50 YIMINYAKA EMADALA NOKUPHELA KWEZIMPAWU EZIMNYE; Umama wayibhala phantsi lencwadi kwincwadi yokubhala kwaye wabhengeza izicwangciso zokubamba umxholo wayo, kunye nobudala obutshintshile baba bobakhe. Ngaba bendivele ndabona isenzo sobusela bobugcisa? Ingqondo yam yakhanyisa kumfanekiso kaMakhulu uMoses efikelela phantsi kwengubo yakhe evelisa iGlock .357.
Ndazicekisa iitafile ndifuna ubutyebi. Emva kwamashumi amahlanu eedola zaseKhanada, ndandingumnini webhongo lomfanekiso oqingqiweyo womfazi omile okwe-lineback enengubo efundeka UTHIXO USIKELELE INTLOKO YAKHO ENCINANE. Umzobi, uBarry Colpitts, ubonakalisa umsebenzi wakhe kwigalari yeZimvu eziMnyama, eyayisakuba sisityalo sentlanzi eNtshona Jeddore ngoku ethengisa ubugcisa babantu kunye nabangaphandle. Umama ubuze ukuba kutheni nditsaleleke kwisiqwenga endisithengileyo; Ndacacisa ukuba ndifuna lonke uncedo endinokulufumana.
Ngobo busuku sagcwala i-bouillabaisse kwaye ipanko amasele aqhekeziweyo & apos; Imilenze eLunenburg & apos; enomtsalane, uFleur de Sel omncinci. Inkonzo yayihoye kwaye inothando kangangokuba ndacebisa ukuba sidlale umdlalo-usapho lwam kunye ne-apos echaza uphawu kukwazi kwethu ukuguqula phantse nayiphi na imeko ibe ngumdlalo-obizwa ngokuba nguThinta uMgcini. Kuyo, uzama ukubamba umncedisi amaxesha amaninzi kangangoko kunokwenzeka ngexesha lesidlo ngaphandle kokubona ukuba uyayenza. Mna noKendy sahamba saya ngaphambili, ngamnye ebeka umbulelo oncomekayo kwiserver yethu & nengalo yeapos ekufikeni kokutya & apos;
Ukufika kweswekile yakhe, uKendy wadonsa phambili ngokudibanisa itephu yesandla kwaye 'Ooh, intle kanjani!' Ngaphandle kokudlula, ndibhengeze, 'Ndiyayithanda eyam, nayo' kwaye ndayibrasha ngobunono ingqiniba yam kwicala leweyitala. Ndingavuya ukushiya iqhina, kodwa uKendy wayevaliwe konke. Njengokuba sasiphuma kwindawo yokutyela, wakhokela umqadi welaser wobuntu bakhe kwiweyitala kunye neapos; egxalabeni lasekunene, eyinika 'Sithande yonke into' kunye nokuqhwaba izandla. Umdlalo udlulile.
Kubusuku bam bobabini bokuqala eNova Scotia, ndalala ngaphezulu kweeyure ezili-10 (umoya opholileyo nophayinayo + ukuthula okufana nengcwaba = indalo kunye ne-chloroform). Kunqabile ukuba ubuthongo buhlaziyeke kangaka, ke ukwenza-ukoyisa: Ndaziva ngathi igumbi lokuhlaziya i-aerosol.
Nangona kunjalo, ndakwazi ukungcolisa le meko ngexesha lokuhamba iiyure ezintandathu ukuya ehotele yethu ePrince Edward Island ngokunceda abantu endandihamba nabo ukuba bapolishe iponti yomsinga. Ngexesha lokuqhuba, uMama wanitha kakhulu kwaye wenza izibhengezo ezimbi malunga nobunzima bomzimba wethu: uMadame Defarge wesinqe. Siye saxoxa nangeprojekthi kaKendy yokunitha yangoku-iperi yeesokisi ezingama-23 anethemba lokuyinika uShaquille O & apos; Neal.
E-PEI, sahlala e-Inn e-Bay Fortune, indawo entle, edibeneyo eyayifudula ingu-Colleen Dewhurst, owayedlala umama ongumondli U-Anne weGreen Gables , ebekwe kwisiqithi. Emva kokufunda ukuba imifuno engama-30 engena kwigumbi lokulala & apos; isaladi yegadi ikhulisiwe, kunye nemifuno ekhuliswe kakhulu kwimbewu ye-heirloom, thina bahambi bane satyelela igadi yasekhitshini kwaye sazama ukufumanisa imifuno kunye namayeza kunokwenzeka. Umama wakwazi ukukhomba ingubo yenenekazi, i-artemisia, i-burnet, kunye ne-lovage, kwaye ke yiyo le nto yaphumelela izandla zethu kwi-Touch the Obscure Herb.
Ukuba isitiya besincinci kunokuba besinethemba lokuba asizukukhathalela, sonwabile njengoko besinjalo namagumbi ethu aneleyo kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezintle. Ngaphambi kwesidlo sangokuhlwa sasihamba phakathi kwamasimi eetapile akufutshane — zazibonakala ngathi zolule umgama omde ukuya elwandle — apho sadibana nomfama walapha osele aluphele. Lo mnene wayenxibe i-pajama ephezulu ngejee yakhe kwaye wakwazi ukufumana okungenani iisilabhili ezine ngaphakathi , Inguqulelo yaseCanada malunga ; sathandana ngokunzulu naye.
Ukubuyela ehostele, sahlala kwivaranda ebukelweyo, ejonge ingca enkulu kunye ne-bay, kwisidlo sangokuhlwa esixhomekeke kukutya kwaselwandle okuninzi. Ewe, ukutya kwaselwandle kwasekhaya yayikwangumxholo wethu wokutya ngokuhlwa xa sasisiya kwisidlo sangokuhlwa secobster eSt. Margarets, kwimizuzu eli-15 xa sihamba ngemoto. Apha, kwisakhiwo esincinci ecaleni kwecawa, sagxotha i-lobster, umbona kunye ne-cole slaw. Okona kulandelwa ngokufanelekileyo kwesi sidlo yayingengokuhlwa kwebingo, ke sahamba malunga neyure ukuya kwikomkhulu le-PEI, eCharlottetown, apho sajoyina umdlalo 'kwiziko le-rec,' elalibonakala ngathi yindawo yokuzivocavoca yesikolo esiphakamileyo egcwele abantu abanxibe iminqwazi yelori. Umama uphumelele i-100 yeedola zaseCanada, athe, usixelele, kufanelekile ' ngaphakathi amashumi asibhozo anesihlanu eU.S.
Ngosuku olulandelayo & iiapos zokuhamba iiyure ezintandathu ukuya eCape Breton, sichithe kuphela iidrama zikaMama neeApos zaseCanada kumgxobhozo. Ukuzibamba kwathatha isitulo sokubuyela umva, emva kokuba siqalisile ukuqhuba iCabot Trail — indlela ebabazekayo yeekhilomitha ezili-180 ecaleni kwesa siqithi, sihonjiswe ngamatye ajika kamnandi, amawa agingxiweyo, inyamakazi neebhere — sihambele nezinto zakudala neevenkile ezingenaxabiso . Sithande ukubukela iimfumba zombhoxo kunye neekawusi e-Co-op Artisanale eCheticamp; Saye satya ngaphezulu kweebhakethi ezithandekayo zesikhumba kunye neengxowa kwiLeather Works e-Indian Brook. Kodwa eyona venkile yethu sasiyithanda yayiyi-Myles from Nowhere, ityotyombe elimnandi, elinemigangatho emibini ecaleni kwendlela eMargaree Forks, apho, ndibanjwe bubuhle bayo bonke, ndafaka iirandi ezingama-28 zaseCanada ngepini endala . (Ewe, ndinolunya kwaye ndinoburhalarhume kangangokuba ndithenga izixhobo zekhitshi ngelixa ndiseholideyini nomama.
Ngomhla wethu wokugqibela-emva kokuhlwa sisidla isantya Iscrabble kwindawo yethu yokwamkela iindwendwe e-Baddeck — UKendy noMama bathenga umsonto omninzi kwindawo edilikayo, yokuchitha izinto ezishelfini ezinitha ekuthiwa yiBaadeck Yarns, ngelixa mna noGreg nam bakhubekile bajikeleze ivenkile ngokungathi babanjiswe kwindlu yesigcawu esinoboya. Emva koko sahamba imizuzu engama-90 saya emantla kwimyuziyam encinci eyazinikezelwa kwelinye lamazwe aphambili, u-Elizabeth LeFort. I-LeFort & apos; Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaJackie Kennedy kunye neenkulumbuso ezahluka-hlukeneyo zaseCanada ziyamangalisa ekuthatheni kwabo izinto, njengoko kunjalo nangokuboniswa kwakhe kwizinyawo ezingama-80 zovuko, ezazifuna iimayile ezisibhozo zomsonto kunye neziqu ezibini, kwaye zaboniswa kwigalari ene Imibhobho kwiingoma zikaGregory. 'Ewe, nina & ampos; nibe niye kwiziko lolondolozo lwembali i-Elizabeth LeFort,' uMama wathi kuthi zimbini izinto ezingalunganga xa sibuyela emotweni. 'Ungafa ngoku.'
Endleleni eya kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHalifax, uKendy, kwisitulo esingasemva, wathi kum noGreg, 'Siza kuba nobuhlobo nawe.' UGreg uqikelele, 'Iimbethi manqindi okanye iifutshane?' Hayi. Endaweni yoko, wolula isihlalo wathatha iteyiphu yokulinganisa kwiintloko zethu zombini. Intsingiselo yesi senzo ayizange ithi qheke inyanga, de mna noGreg sathunyelwa ngezikhafu (zadityaniswa nguMama) kunye neminqwazi (edityaniswe nguKendy), eyokugqibela yangena ngobuchule ngeetayile zeScrabble ezithungelwe kuzo.
Bajika imeko yaba ngumdlalo, emva koko baphinda bayivelisa ngoboya.
UHenry Alford ngumhleli onegalelo ku-T + L. Ubhala kwakhona into evanithi ngokuthambile kwaye ENew Yorker.
UKUHAMBA NINI
Ngomhla ka-Okthobha lelona xesha lilungileyo lokuya kuloo ndawo. Amaqondo obushushu ngoJulayi ngomndilili kumashumi asibhozo.
UKUYA KHONA
I-Air Canada isebenza kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHalifax ngeenqwelomoya ezithe ngqo ezivela eNew York, eToronto naseMontreal. Isikhephe semoto (888 / 249-7245; www.yikuni.com ; amatikiti endlela enye $ 89) athatha iiyure ezintandathu ukusuka ePortland, eMaine, ukuya eYarmouth.
INDLELA YOKWENZA
Lindela ukuchitha malunga neveki. I-Lunenburg encinci ingatyiwa ngosuku, kodwa uya kudinga iintsuku ezintathu okanye ezine ze-PEI kwaye ezimbini zeCape Breton. Cinga ngokwaphula idrive ubuyele eHalifax ngobusuku obunye edolophini efana neAntigonish.
WAHLALA PHI
IBoscawen Inn
I-150 iCumberland St., iLunenburg; Ngama-800 / 354-5009; www., eva.ca ; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-105 leedola, kubandakanya isidlo sakusasa.
I-Inn eBay Fortune
Rte. 310, kwiBay Fortune; Ngama-888 / 687-3745; www.yinaycom.it ; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-135 yeedola, kubandakanya isidlo sakusasa.
KUPHI EMAKUTYWE khona
Intyatyambo yetyuwa
53 iMontague St., iLunenburg; 902 / 640-2121; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-80.
I-Anchor eyomeleleyo
23197 Cabot Trail Rd., EPleasant Bay; 902 / 224-1313; isidlo sasemini ngeedola ezingama-25.
KWENZIWE NTONI
Co-op wobugcisa
Ngo-15067 iCabot Trail Rd., ICheticamp; 902 / 224-2170; www.co-opartisanale.com .
IMyuziyam yeeRugs eziHakiweyo kunye noBomi baseKhaya kunye neGalari ye-Elizabeth LeFort
15584 Cabot Trail Rd., Cheticamp; 902 / 224-2612; www.lyeyikshin .
Myles ukusuka Apho
7889 Cabot Trail Rd., Iifolokhwe zaseMargaree; 902 / 248-2336.
Myles ukusuka Apho
Ityotyombe elimnandi elinemigangatho emibini ecaleni kwendlela eMargaree Forks, liphethe isitokhwe senkampu.
IMyuziyam yeeRugs eziHakiweyo kunye noBomi baseKhaya kunye neGalari ye-Elizabeth LeFort
I-LeFort & apos; Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaJackie Kennedy kunye neenkulumbuso ezahlukileyo zaseCanada ziyamangalisa ekuthatheni kwabo izinto, njengoko kunjalo nangokuboniswa kwakhe kwizinyawo ezingama-80 zovuko, ezazifuna iimayile ezisibhozo zomsonto kunye neziqu ezibini, kwaye kubonisiwe kwigalari ene Imibhobho kwiingoma zikaGregory.
Co-op wobugcisa
Swoon ngaphezulu kwemfumba yeerugs ezenziwe ngezandla kunye neekawusi kwi-Co-op Artisanale eCheticamp.