Home :An Amazing Place To Be

Upon announcing that we were moving to New Brunswick, Eric and I were first met with a puzzled look and the question; Why?
This was then followed by a smile and the statement; The people are so nice there!

We've been in NB for about 3 months now and I can certainly attest that the people really are very nice and also a little different in comparison to out west.
Life moves a lot more slowly here and people will go out of their way for you if you show even the slightest interest in being a good neighbor. The flip side to this is that grudges are held for a very long time, maybe even generations and with the meeting of each new person we hear a new story about one of the other neighbors.

The first to come and say hello were friends of our farms former owners. They are a lovely couple who are about to be married and live just over the hill from us. Life tends to revolve around their kids, hunting, quadding, and Tim Horton's though I wouldn't say it is necessarily in that order.
Next was a truck filled with 2 couples who showed up to make the introductions. Here we met our closest neighbors (who proudly lived on their land for 10+ years with no power while raising there 5 children and home schooling them) and their best friends Gail and her husband Junior ( he has another name but no one here knows him as anything but Junior so od knows what it is!). From this happy four-some we learned all about the pit falls of our dirt road, the pain of the snow plow and that our apples were to be picked right away so as not to entice the bears closer to the house.....Picking didn't do the job though as bears have been spotted a few times on our road and one has had to be shot for bothering someones horses.
We also met Roland who had been described to us as ' Special', Different', and a few more colorful names. Roland turns his hand to anything from making maple syrup to refurbishing old wood pallets and the remnants of his escapades litter his front yard. His public belief that he has the right to cut down a tree or hunt an animal should he need it, despite the time or the place has resulted in more than a few enemies around here,but we accepted his gift of home made maple syrup and his friendly smile and decided to take a neutral stance on the local politics.

With each new person, comes a new story and the chance to see an integral thread to the beautiful tapestry we are weaving ourselves into. No matter if it is the wonderful horse-obsessed woman at the Co-Op, the Eco warrior manning the environmental booth at the farmers market, or the amazing Danielle who has introduced his passion of saving the Canadian horse with us. All have made us feel like we are home and home is an amazing place to be!