A picture out of time

The wooden gaff-rigged sloop was on its way from Lunenburg to Mahone Bay.  But the cable used to raise the centerboard had broken.  So the sailor ran her up on Bachman’s Beach, on Second Peninsula, hoping to fix her at low tide. The team of draft horses was in training, as usual, and was pulling [...]

Posted Under: Boating,Chester,Lunenburg,Mahone Bay,Nova Scotia History,Sailing,Tall Ships
This post was written by Heather on August 14, 2010 Comments (2)

Deer fence challenged by squash

A little more on the deer fence around my vegetable garden: It’s really working very well, as far as the deer are concerned.  The biggest challenge to it right now is the squash, which will go to any length to get through to the other side of the fence.  There has been some damage to [...]

Posted Under: Fences,Gardening
This post was written by Heather on August 14, 2010 Comments (0)