Friday. August 31st - can it really be the last day of August already?

It's been such a beautiful summer, it's such a shame to see it come to an end. But September and October can be beautiful months here as well, so it's probably not over yet. This morning it's a pleasant 18' and will rise to 25' later, feeling like 29'. We may also get the odd isolated shower but that's okay too.

What a great night we had last night (we  being Brenda and I).
We started our evening by meeting downtown on Victoria Row. It was buzzing with people sitting outside on patios and after perusing all the menus we decided on the Globe shared an appetizer first - a creamy bubbly hot lobster dip with warm pita breads. My gosh it was delicious. Then we followed that with some curried chicken Korma on basmati rice. Another winner.

We took a quick stroll through the Confed Centre to see what was going on as we'd seen quite a number of people very dressed up, not a usual sight for a Thursday night in Charlottetown. Sure enough there was a wedding reception going on.  From there we went and got the cars and headed north. We parked mine near the bypass and took Brenda's to Hunter River to the Harmony House Theatre.

This was my second trip to this particular little venue and what a gem it is. It's small and intimate with a floor that slopes gently towards the stage so there's not a bad seat in the house. With a capacity of only 139 people, it's truly an experience to attend a concert there.

The show opened with a woman I'd never heard of  before but let me tell you, I will make the effort to go and see her again.  Her name is Doris Mason, from Pictou, Nova Scotia. Her rich voice belts out blues and jazz tunes accompanied by amazing piano playing as well. She really is a gifted singer/songwriter/pianist and if you get the chance to see her perform, it's well worth it. I could have sat and listened to her for hours.

She was joined on stage by Valdy, who also did a great show, in spite of having some throat problems earlier in the day.  The second half of the show was Valdy and then Doris joined him for the last couple of numbers. All in all a very entertaining evening and well worth the drive to Hunter River!