Rockport - Jessica's weekend visit

Jessica and I, with her gorgeous pup Nola, try to meet up a couple times a year in Carroll, New Hampshire, half way between our homes in Montreal and Boston. This year we changed things up because, as you all know, I am not going anywhere this summer! So she drove the 5 hours from Montreal to Rockport last weekend arriving just in time for a sunset dinner.

Ammonoosuc Upper Falls, Carroll NH 2023

Jess and I know each other from our Halifax days just before I made my way to Scotland to start my academic studies in Architecture. We lost touch for a while, probably when life took over, but fortunately crossed paths in 2016 in Cape Cod all thanks to Facebook!

At the Lamb and Flag, London 1990

Falmouth Cape Cod, 2016

And recently, I came across a card she sent to me before visiting me in Edinburgh in 1989/1990 - what a blast from the past!

Stories from 1990!

Thanksgiving in Montreal with Nola, 2023

It has been very special reconnecting over the last 8 years, and again like all true friends you pick up where you left off. I do have to include one further photo I took with her beautiful daughter Eden when they visited me in Manhattan weeks before the shut down in 2020. I truly think this photo is quintessentially us.

Eden, Jess and Kate, Staley-Wise Gallery, NYC 2020

And here we are today in Rockport Massachusetts. I'll share a collection of photos from our weekend ventures, including visits to Cape Hedge Beach, Jones River, Wingaersheek Beach, a concert at our favorite Rockport venue, cocktails on The Cove terrace and more.

Life long friends!

Floating at Cape Hedge Beach

The haar is rolling in!

A foggy Jones River paddle to Wingaersheek Beach.

Mornings on the terrace

Rockport and Gloucester fun!

Early morning swim to the dock

The storm cleared us from Old Garden Beach very quickly!

And finally ... I never knew Jess was a Swiftie!

It has been a fun weekend and hope the drive was worth it!