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Opposite Sides, Still

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The French and British haven’t always gotten along so well in Nova Scotia, so spotting the English cucumber sign on the opposite side from the Tour de New France poster sort of made my day.

Church Point, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.29.2015

The Morning Came to Tell of Silences

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The fog seemed determined to stay around that day, and we couldn’t see across the water at the Petit Passage, which divided the Digby Necks.

It was very quiet.

Except for the foghorn

Petit Passage
near Tiverton, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.28.2015

God’s Robes

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I can get distracted thinking about what goes on behind the scenes, for Mass, for dinner, for a car repair. It doesn’t really matter what it is, I just always wonder about the how of it all.

So I was pretty happy to discover God’s robes in a small room off the sanctuary of this Nova Scotian church.

Église Saint-Bernard
Saint Bernard, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.28.2015

Down by the water

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First of all, where I am from the term “river” does not necessarily imply “water.” So the idea that a river has enough water to have tides? That sort of messed with me. And this river has high tides, as it’s on the famous Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world.

And the other thing is that this reminded me of a song. You know the song I mean – Down by the Water by the Decemberists.

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015

Red, as an accent color

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Wait, what did I do here? Did I mean to post a color image?

Yes.

But only because I like the way those spots of red flow through the image, from the steps to the bands by the doorway, to the bench, to the boat to the quilt. And even to that dot of red on the sidewalk.

Nicely done, red things. Nicely done.

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015