Monday, June 5, 2023
I took a trip to Guelph with Stewart and Devena when I was about 10 ( I'm 70 now.) We drove up in his yellow convertible that contained an air conditioner which at the time was bucket-like contraption filled with ice chunks that had air from the vents blowing through it.
He loved his cars and kept them immaculate just like my dad did and just like I have always done because of their influence on me. I often flash back to memories of Stewart and George “babysitting” us on Alexander Street while mom and dad went out bowling or dancing. They were,” simply the best.”
I remember Stewart playing the piano at George and June Caldwell’s on Clyde Avenue, Sydney Mines. You name the tune and he’d play it. Totally by a combination of ears like magic and born to it skill. I do NOT remember ever seeing a song sheet.
He got to play one of Victor Borge’s pianos that was in a Halifax music shop ( I forget its name.) Stewart was always smiling and smoking and being the spit of his mom and dad in various ways...h=just a delight to be around and what a memory he had...wow...just ask Stewart was what we did when we had,"I wonder..." moments.
This is another family icon down for us all. I can only imagine the magnificent game of Auction 120 they’ll all get together to play “up there.” We now have lots of candidates to make the triangle sandwiches and tea. The absolute truth is…there will definitely be more than one ACE OF HEARTS!
