Showing posts with label Nova Scotia2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nova Scotia2010. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Caution Sea Monsters (Watery Wednesday)




 And there it is! Spotted in or around Black Rock, Nova Scotia, on the Fundy Shore.

I did a net search for information on the history of this particular sea monster decoration and found absolutely nothing but if you click on the links below you will find some interesting tales about sea monsters, both real and make-believe.

This type of whimsy and fun is part of the cultural charm of  beautiful Nova Scotia.



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Monday, August 30, 2010

Ruby Tuesday - Touches of Nova Scotia Part II

Ruby Red Touches of Nova Scotia












I can't help it - I love Nova Scotia! It's a bit of a therapy for me to revisit my summer travels through photos. I am deeply affected by stress so I am very aware of how fortunate I am to be able to have an entire summer off with such rewarding sights and sounds and textures.  

Thank you to everyone who so kindly leaves a comment. The blog is really for me and as selfish as that sounds, I actually don't mean it that way at all. I say that in a humble way because I post so much and all of it is esoteric or odd or personal and commonplace. It always amazes me how the comments from other bloggers has led me to such interesting discoveries - new friends, new perspectives, new skies, new ways of looking through a lens. I'm especially fond of Ruby Tuesday. Red is a warm color on the color wheel and this is nicely illustrated by the warmth of the Ruby Tuesday participants. Thanks, Mary, for creating it and keeping it going.

RUBY TUESDAY

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Shadow Shot Sunday and Straight Out of the Camera


This is probably one of the most pleasant surprises to come "straight out the camera" this summer! The red of a setting sun over the Bay of Fundi, Nova Scotia, cast its light on the beach rocks and trees, except where the long shadow in the middle lies - that is the rock we were sitting on and the figure at the tip is me.


Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sky Watch Friday

I can't resist posting yet another Nova Scotia sky.  I think I've featured sunsets so far, so let's take a look at a blue sky filled with fluff, shall we?



Cape Split
Nova Scotia




It was cool for July and very windy, especially when a large cloud passed over.


Enjoy your skies; both virtual and actual and have a great weekend
Love and all Groovy Things,
Pagan Sphinx

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Yard Art Thursday


If you ever visit Scots Bay, Nova Scotia
watch out for Bay Boy!
 

Spotted on the lawn of a Scott's Harbour Nova home

Yard Art on Thursdays is hosted by Mary at Work of the Poet

Friday, August 20, 2010

Shadow Shot Sunday



Hall's Harbour Visitor's Center
Nova Scotia
July, 2010






Scotts Bay
Cape Split, Nova Scotia

An anchor at Hall's Harbour


This above was also taken at Scotts Bay, though obviously on an overcast day.  There a few of these but largely, the weather was beautiful:  sunny, fluffy clouds, hot but not humid, chilly nights.

This was a very sweet vacation and I feel blessed to have spent those two weeks with my WP, who is feeling much better these days. Thanks to those friends who asked.
:-)

Shadow Shot Sunday is hosted by Tracie in Brisbane

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Sky Watch Friday

 

Nova Scotia Sunset
Huntington Point Beach
Hall's Harbour 
Nova Scotia
2010

Skywatch Friday is a worldwide internet photo event. It's free, it's fun, it's fantastic!


Yard Art on Thursday

I still have a few interesting yard art photos from Nova Scotia but today I'm featuring my own yard art. One is a birdhouse we brought back from Nova Scotia - see this post. Another is a set of crystal and bronze chimes from Filmore Jazz Festival in San Francisco.

Next week: some zany totally Nova Scotia yard "characters". :-)


Our birdhouse sitting atop the sugar maple in our front yard.


And here we have the source:  somewhere around Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia


The chimes, by now weathering nicely in our yard...



and their original vending place at Filmore Jazz.

See more cool yard art by clicking here
for Work of the Poet blog
Thanks, Mary!


Monday, August 9, 2010

Ruby Tuesday: Touches of Nova Scotia Part I

This week's Ruby Tuesday submission is a series of photos I took at a very unique little Nova Scotia museum: The Charles MacDonald Concrete Museum in Centreville, Nova Scotia. While vacationing in beautiful Nova Scotia, we became interested in aspects of its history and people. Charles MacDonald, a deceased folk hero in the area, left a legacy of creativity, adventure and good deeds. Drawn to it, I've tried to preserve our interest through photographs and conversations with people we met along the way.  One such person was Fred MacDonald, Charles' nephew, who with other volunteers has tried to keep the legend of Charlie MacDonald alive. 

In subsequent posts, you may notice the blue cottage, which my daughter Supergirl Two calls "the candy cottage". That is one of four remaining concrete cottage built by MacDonald during the great depression to keep the workers of his concrete business employed. The results are essentially Canadian heritage properties now.
 

A view of the back of the museum. The other three, obviously, are of relics in the interior, which is essentially one room - the parlor.







 Next week's Party II of Touches of Nova Scotia will feature ruby reds of the more nautical type.
 I hope you'll come back!

Have a fantastic week and see you then!

hosted by Mary at Work of the Poet

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Sky Watch Friday

Straight out of the camera, this sunset shot was taken during our recent stay in Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia. This is the beach at Huntington Point, where I shot the sunset almost every night for two weeks.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Yard Art on Thursday

We just returned from two weeks on the Fundy coast in Nova Scotia, where yard art scenes range from delightful to truly weird. The scene below falls into the former category! This was a lovely yard, with pretty gardens and trees, and a quaint and comfortable looking farmhouse.

Enjoy the yard art extravaganza!


The full dolphin and mermaid scene


 Petite Mermaid



Good- Natured Dolphins


The Eagle Has Landed


Big and Beautiful Mermaid


Father Wind Birdhouses
We brought one home, of course!  :-)

Yard Art on Thursday
hosted by Mary

Window Views and Shadow Shot Sunday

 We recently returned from two weeks in Nova Scotia's Fundi Shore. The cottage next door to ours has a particularly endearing window view and I wanted to share it with you this week. There will be many photos from this trip submitted to the various "memes", as well as a sort of vacation retrospective later in the week. Enjoy! As always, thanks to Mary for hosting a couple of the best photo-themed memes on the blogs!





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