Hang out on Bachman’s Beach, Second Peninsula
Enjoy this song and video by local musician Michael Hermiston, and perhaps relive something from your own childhood….
Summer Days at Hirtles Beach
It’s one of the South Shore’s favourite beaches, and it was a hit with our visitors from Ontario. The water was cold – but no matter. We had great fun body surfing. In August, the sand is deep enough to bury a treasure. But come back in October, and you’ll find just rocks where there [...]
23 Things to Love about Winter in Nova Scotia
With thanks to my Facebook friends for their contributions. The smooth, quiet brush of fresh snow under your skis. The way ice breaks and cracks over rocks as the tide falls. Empty beaches with shimmering vistas. The mildness, softness and peace a snowfall brings. Like the folks here, a winter is softness and gentility: quite [...]
Of right, privilege and freedom
I woke up this morning with my family aboard a sailboat at a peaceful anchorage in Mahone Bay just a couple of hours sail from home. And shared my thoughts: “We are so privileged to be doing this. Not just having the boat, but to be able to sail where we want and drop the [...]
Pond meets ocean at Queensland
Beyond the waves rolling into one of Queensland’s beaches on St. Margaret’s Bay, a windsurfer in a full-body wetsuit spent the afternoon learning to master his board. Meanwhile, an afternoon party rolled on at a cottage on a sheltered pond separated from the ocean by a bar of rocks and sand. Some of the guests [...]
