PEI, we've come!

Well, we have arrived. PEI is open before us with its long golden fields and ocean shores shaded by fir trees and quiet unlike any I’ve ever found. It’s as beautiful as it sounds in the Anne books and I expect to reap a bit of the inspiration for my own writing that L.M. Montgomery found in hers.

Anna and I just had to drive straight to the shore after crossing Confederation Bridge, but after a toe dip, we managed to make it just in time for dinner to the lovely cottage where we are staying. The Campbell family is hosting us in a beautiful little cottage on the edge of harvest fields. They are a home schooling family who bought a century old farm and have worked it right back up to productivity and beauty. They welcomed us with a lasagna dinner and raspberry cordial in our cottage. Today, we begin the first of many saunters down the quiet beaches and many hours of long, lovely thoughts.

We had a treat of an experience in Maine, our lovely hostess Patty Yellis managed to get us into Kate Douglas Wiggin’s home, which is a real treat since people live in it full time. We also got quite an education on her life at the Buxton Historical Society by a wonderful woman named Rita. God seems to have surprises at every corner. More to come, but for now, have a day of autumn beauty. We are!