Monthly Archives: August 2020
Delicious treats (and fog)
Over dinner the night before, we chatted with a lovely women who was from Church Point. She strongly urged us to visit the town, which is famous for its church. And, of course, the side hustle of snacks is probably equally important.
Church Point, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.29.2015
Unsafe Harbour
Why yes, random sign. I concur that the harbor does appear to be dangerous. If the piles of stuff on the ground are any indication, anyway.
Whale Cove, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.28.2015
Back Yard
Here’s another image from Nova Scotia. It’s a pano, made from two images. Because why do something the easy way, when you can made it much more complicated?
near Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015
Dérangement
I haven’t been out shooting new images much lately. Good thing I have a practically endless backlog of stuff* I never posted.
This is a pano, stitched together from four images, of an important historical location in Nova Scotia: it’s the place where first group of Acadians were deported by the British. That deportation, or le grand dérangement, lasted from 1755–1764. You may be familiar with the story from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Evangeline”, (and this is way less likely) from the 1929 silent film of the same name.
But anyway, we went to the place and wandered among the ghosts of families that were torn apart.
near Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015
*Calling it an archive seems way, way too pretentious.
Boundless
“Clouds overhead were ghostly gray.” – even though these clouds aren’t really what I’d call “ghostly gray” my brain still made the connection between the clouds and the song lyrics, which are from Bruce Cockburn’s song “Boundless.” (Another part of the song says, “The sky looks troubled but I feel free” but my brain wasn’t smart enough to make that connection.)
Anyway, I decided to listen the song while I wrote this post. I’d forgotten that the song started and ended with chimes; I have the same chimes in my backyard, so for a second I was confused if I was hearing the yard or the song. (The chimes are made by Music of the Spheres, in Austin. If you need chimes in your yard, check it out. And if you don’t need chimes in your yard, check it out anyway. You can play the chimes, a surprisingly pleasant pastime.)
Oh, and this picture? Just something I saw last fall in Minnesota.
Iona’s Beach Scientific and Natural Area, Minnesota
photographed 9.25.2019
One Day | One Image 