My cousin Cathy Berkhout-Bosse (www.mypelham.com) took me for a little cycling tour of her pretty area of Pelham last Thursday. It was a windy cool fallish day but it was wonderful. We stopped by my Uncle Gerry & Aunt Gwen’s house to say hello and check out the garden, then up and down many hills to the Comfort Maple – the oldest sugar maple in Canada, estimated to be from the 1500’s. Cathy managed to get a little work done on the way & I found some beautiful pears just growing by the road.
Thankfully Earl slowed down considerably before it hit Prince Edward Island. I went out for a walk in the wild wind.
Brittany & I were matched as sisters in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program over nine years ago! She was only eight years old when I nervously signed the papers to be her big sister. I wasn’t sure what we should do on that first day but when she gave me a hug I was smitten for life. We have done so many things over the years: lots of cooking, painting, gardening, laughing and just being together. Brittany is not just a program for me, she is truly my family and I am so blessed to know her. She is a beautiful, kind, effervescent young lady.
If you have ever considered mentoring a child, please follow through and do it today! You will never regret it.
A couple of years ago I had the privilege of photographing at chef Susan Hermann Loomis’ amazing cooking school in Normandy. I learned about so many things but what stuck with me the most was the exquisite flavour of fleur de sel and that most of all that seasonal fresh ingredients are best. Susan just published a delicious new book “Nuts in the Kitchen” and we were thrilled that she used one of my images for her author photo.
Check out Susan’s cooking classes: www.onruetatin.com
