Windsor is the Shiretown of Hants County, home of North America's oldest Agricultural Fair, 1765. As a young country doctor, I became familiar with many of the farms as I made house calls to visit patients, beginning in 1960. The rural settings are as beautiful in one season as another and lend themselves equally to interpretation in all media. Often a quick sketch or photo was all that was possible, as I gathered images for later painting, as time permitted. The first farmers were the French Acadians, as early as 1684. They built dykes along the river shores, trapping ancient silt and thus created magnificent farm soil. The Acadians were expelled by the English in 1755 to New England and Lousianna. Today, in that setting they are known as Cajuns. Next, The Planters came from New England in the 1760s, followed by immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. Next, British Empire Loyalists arrived following the American War of Independence.
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