Year: 2025

Japan 2025

Land Of The Samurai

A new adventure awaits. Monica, Ryan and myself along with good friends, Maneau, Jake and Maneau’s mother, Yolande (Yogi), are about to embark on a 3-week journey to the other side of the planet… to Japan. 👺🏯🇯🇵👘⛩️

Through On The Go Tours, we booked a twelve day tour called “Land of the Samurai”. We will arrive in Tokyo four days before the tour even begins giving us lots of time to adjust and see some sights not on the tour. Then, with the tour, we will continue three more days in Tokyo to really discover the city before we head west with stops at Mt. Fuji, Kyoto, Hiroshima, back to Kyoto and return to Tokyo for the flight home.

Excitement and anticipation are very high. Everything is expected to be strange and fascinating. I am most psyched for the food, the art and the night lights. Monica is looking forward to the shrines, castles and gardens. Ryan is seeking the history of Japan and anime culture. Yogi hopes to see Mt. Fuji and Geisha. Maneau & Jake will lead us on the search for fine Japanese beer, gin, sake, and whiskey.

It’s going to be an Epic Journey. God be with us as we join 40 million other tourists to visit the world’s favourite destination in 2025, Japan. Monica is wearing her silver Shepherd’s Bell for safe passage.

Public Art

Beaverbrook Gallery Exhibits Tour

Post author By nellyglass
Post date August 30, 2025
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Monica and I enjoyed an inspiring late August Friday afternoon at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. We went specifically to see the Canadian Impressionism exhibit but also enjoyed several other exhibits at the same time.

Here are six Google Photos albums highlighting our visit.

Family, Friends and Food

A Hot August Night

It was a beautiful hot August day and equally beautiful night; full moon, calm and quiet except for the excited story telling on Glenn and Judy’s deck. It was good to see them and be treated to excellent homemade food and wine. As night descended, the fire was lit and the bats came out to entertain us. Talk about tranquil… Thank you Glenn and Judy. Looking forward to returning the hospitality.

Important Dates to Celebrate

Father’s Day 2025

The weather was perfect on the back deck for sipping summer cocktails and munching yummy tapas. Monica prepared it all while I enjoyed it all. Thank you, my darling wife. Happy phone calls from my children inspired me to remember my own father. I still have his airplane propeller. It was a good day.

Spoiled? YES! … Grateful? Oh, YES!!

Family, Friends and Food Public Art Sushi

Good for Mind and Body

For a change of view, Monica and I went uptown today for our daily walk. The sun was out and the wind was calm. We parked our car at the Brunswicker (frigate terminal) and walked to the Saint John Arts Center to take in two exhibitions: Delights (Fabric Art) and High Schools Student Art. Then a stroll through the city market and some window shopping along the streets. Lunch was at Ta-Ke Sushi and then the walk back to the car. Total walking distance was 5 kms.

Public Art

Beaverbrook Art Fix

Monica and I, along with our son Ryan, had a wonderful visit to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton to see two amazing exhibits:

Radical Stitch (bead and embroidery)

Tom Thompson – North Star

The Beaverbrook is a favorite of ours. It’s big, bright and beautiful inside but small enough that you can see everything in a couple of hours. We always make sure to visit all the wing galleries even when we’re there for a specific exhibition.

The first exhibit was titled Radical Stitch. We saw many articles from suits of beautifully embroidered clothing to a variety of articles and wall art made out of thousands of tiny beads sewn onto cloth. We even met the Beaverbrook’s Artist in residence, Mel Beaullieu, and got to watch They/Them making art. Fascinating!

Next we saw the Tom Thompson exhibit. It was amazing to see so many of his paintings all together at once. They were curated from several galleries and private collectors. Great historical placards also on his life and work. Such a tragic end to his young life… in a canoeing accident on Canoe Lake. It must have been a favorite spot of his… there are paintings in this exhibit of Canoe Lake from 1915 and ’16. He was back there again in 1917, that’s where and when he died.