The Chocolate Frog

I am just back from our lunch with some gals at the garden center.


We had a lovely lunch at the Chocolate Frog which is in a garden center. I think that is a great place to have a cafe. Lots of nice plants and gifts to browse through. I'll bet they do a good business because of it. Maybe the garden centers home should try it.

The gals were very nice and one of them, Gail used to live in Vancouver and had been in NS. Actually spent 5 days staying at the manse in Middle Musquodoboit with the minister of the United Church and Sheila knew the minister. So it was a source of wonder that someone actually knew where Musquodoboit was!!!

The other lady was a nurse in her former life but hadn't worked for years. They owned a supermarket.
She and her hubby are heading off to Melbourne, Australia next week to house sit a dog for four months. Last year they went to London for a period of time. It sure sounds like it is the perfect way to travel and limit the expenses and Louise who lives next door and got us all together quilts...

We all had quite a bit in common and conversation wasn't a problem.

I had salad that was delicious, Smoked Chicken with fennel, pears, walnuts and blue cheese and mesclun. i couldn't identify the dressing but it was delish! I could have licked the plate. It was so yummy.

Coming home we could see the Southern Alps in the distance, way across the Cook Strait, they were magnificent in their snow-capped splendor. Unfortunately I didn't get a shot with my camera the car was travelling too quickly!