M is for Murder.
11 February 2012 | Halifax
Alex, wet and raining
There's a new show in town.
Well, partly new, because we're not big TV watchers so it's new to us.
My son said he was watching it the other day.
And he said Mom, you've got to watch it.
Your boat is in it !
Our lovely Banyan. On TV ? How could that be ??
Before she was Banyan to us, she was "Mad Dash" to someone else.
So really, "Mad Dash" was on TV ?
Oh really ?
That's kind of cool.
Our Banyan, the then "Mad Dash", is famous ?
That's kind of cool !!
So this new show in town ?
Is called HAVEN.
And well, it's a supernatural thriller, filmed on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
And is based on Stephen King's novella "The Colorado Kid".
Hmm... a funny feeling that.
We are all familiar with Stephen King's work.
Mostly horror and scary and supernatural-ish.
That's the first sign of premonition folks, so insert scary music here.
This can't be good.
So over brunch, Dave and I downloaded this particular episode.
We were having sausages and eggs.
Dave's an excellent brunch maker.
God love him.
The name of this episode is "Love Machine"
Season 2 Episode 3.
And it's all about machines coming to life in this small coastal town.
And killing people.
Insert premonition and scary music here.
This can't be good.
We recognized an aerial shot of Lunenbourg.
The famous coloured buildings of this small coastal town.
That we visited just last summer.
Oh, and there's Oak Island.
Another "ghost" story to this little island,
All about buried treausre, that no one has ever found...
And then sure enough, a little later...
An aerial shot of East River Marine boat Yard.
Oh cool...
The Yard where we first met up with our lovely Banyan.
How exciting !!
And the actors were doing their thing,
trying to find out how and why people were being killed.
Why oh why were the machines coming to life ?
But never mind all that, OMG, there's "Mad Dash" sitting pretty up in her jack stands.
We kinda giggle, this is sooo cool !
And the actors are walking underneath our boat, and picking up things.
Things that could be evidence.
And all of a sudden,
insert scary music here,
"Mad Dash's" propellor comes to life.
As someone's head backs into it.
And he falls over.
Deader than dead.
There is. OMG. Blood all over "Mad Dash's" rudder and propeller.
Dave and I sat there. Completely AGHAST, mouths agape.
Our boat is a murderer ?
I think we need to talk to our broker about a refund.
Or maybe they used a double.
It's not really our boat.
It's just another boat, and another propellor that was made to look like our boat.
Ya think ? Hmm, no... Dave knows his boat.
That's our propellor alright. That's our rudder.
PHOTO : Our propellor. The Murder Weapon.