Just wanted to put in a plug for Lunenburg MLA Pam Birdsall and her website. I first saw Pam years ago when we both had booths at the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council shows. Pam was a force behind that organization, as well as local business organizations and community groups like Second Story Women’s Centre, [...]
Father’s choice on Father’s Day, so of course we went to the Rope Loft on Chester’s Front Harbour. We didn’t dock and dine this time, but you can do that, and berth your boat for the night too, if you’re lucky. If the walls could talk, they would have many nautical yarns to tell. The [...]
Kids in Mahone Bay learn to swim at the Mahone Bay Pool, a gem in the heart of town. The pool is open in July and August, and welcomes visitors as well as locals. There are public swim times in the afternoons and evenings. Mornings are devoted to Red Cross swimming lessons, from beginners to [...]
The storm predicted by the red sunrise in my last post has passed, leaving the world cleansed and transformed. And so the shoveling begins. We have about 3-4 inches of very dense snow here near Western Shore on the shore of Mahone Bay. A friend near New Germany, inland, reports at least a foot and [...]
Don’t ever imagine that life in the more rural parts of Nova Scotia is devoid of fine cultural experiences. In fact, there is more going on in many communities than a busy person can take in, and often it is all the richer for being home-grown. Such was the case tonight when the St. John’s [...]
Many people were without power for a day or two due to trees and branches falling on power lines.
Around noon, it brightened up, the wind died down and then shifted, and blue sky started to move in. We weren’t expecting a well-defined eye, but when we saw blue sky, we got excited. Was it really the eye? Perhaps it was just the sky just clearing after the brunt of the rain had passed, [...]
We woke early to the sound of the wind, and the news that Hurricane Earl is tracking more easterly than predicted last night, and should pass us directly overhead. Right now it is just south of Yarmouth and has not made landfall yet. Environment Canada calls it a marginal category 1 hurricane, though some other [...]
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 [...]
