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Post Tropical Storm Arthur

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
C. S. Lewis

We found this robin's nest in our grapevine the day after post tropical storm Arthur came through in July. They remained in the nest for twelve days and then were gone.

The Three Churches of Mahone Bay

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. Ralph Waldo Emerson 

In the stillness of the early morning, the view of the three churches is breathtaking

I love the scenery in Mahone Bay, a picturesque little town on Nova Scotia’s south shore. People come from all over to see these three churches. I had plans to go to a service in each one of the churches over the summer with a friend, but unfortunately life got in the way. I'm a little anxious to see the inside of these magnificent buildings. I guess I'll have to wait.

The Ocean

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.~~~Mother Teresa

These photos were taken recently on a trip to the shore. Beautiful Crescent Beach. 

I love the white sandy beach!

Wile's Carding Mill, Bridgewater

Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.
William Henry Ashley

With the new fallen snow in Bridgewater, I couldn't help but take a few photos of the old carding mill....Lovely!

 

There was a lot of water coming down over the dam.

  

Lonely

You can't get too much winter in the winter. ~~Robert Frost

I'm not so sure I agree with Robert Frost. This beaver dam at Whetstone Lake looks pretty lonely in the winter. 

 

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.  ~Author Unknown
 

I love these oddities in nature. Here's a rock my husband found embedded into the root of a small tree. I think it's kind of neat!

The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between themis sometimes as great as a month. ~~~ Henry Van Dyke.

Today it certainly felt like spring here in Nova Scotia. My husband spied these pussy willows today as we were getting in the car to go into town. Although the forecast is calling for a storm tomorrow, today these pussy willows are a welcomed sight.

Winter Road

You can't get too much winter in the winter. ~~Robert Frost

This photo was taken along of stretch of road called, The Four Mile woods. I've always loved the sound of that. I'm sure one day I'll set a story there.

  

The Christmas Tree Capital of the World

"Symbolizing eternal hope, the wreath goes 'round and 'round, And where it starts or ends cannot be found. Woven of things that grow - for life, and hung for holiday delight. The wreath must be left in place from Advent through Twelfth Night.”

I've known for many years that Lunenburg County held the title of  "The Christmas Tree Capital of the World." While, once upon a time, a small part of Dalhousie over-lapped into Lunenburg County, this is no longer true today. Got to love Government for messing with the boundry lines. Still, Christmas trees are grown and cut in our area each fall. And with Christmas trees also comes the making of wreaths. 

Shown here are 715 12" wreath, baled and ready to be loaded.

This year I tied 1065 wreaths by hand. My daughter helped clip and pack some of the brush for these.

Busy as a Beaver

Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.
John W. Dawson

This beaver was very busy as you can see by the photos. I  can`t imagine how long it must have taken to gnaw through  this tree.

Autumn Already?

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many.  ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Hints of orange and red have been present here since some time in late August. Perhaps fall is anxious to get started, anxious to show off her colours for the rest of the world to see. Why is it we refer to the seasons as she? Is it because the seasons are part of Mother Nature?

Gone Fishing

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.~~ Herbert Hover

I love this sign posted on the Lahave River in Lunenburg County. Porky Pig's face is hidden, and I couldn't get a clear shot, but I'm sure anyone stopping by the river got the message. 

 

Hay Day

"Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die."~~~ Joe Hill

Hay bales in Farmington, Nova Scotia

 

Floater Planes

More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination.  ~Wilbur Wright

The South Shore Aviation Club flew by New Germany Lake on Saturday to put on a display. The shoreline was filled with these little floater planes.

 

Big Pine Tree

You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.  ~Denise Levertov

 

Eagle Nest

“We are eagles of one nest - the nest is in our soul.”  Led Zeppelin

This nest is just outside Sobey's in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at the top of a high pole. We saw one head moving about but couldn't get a good view. Not sure if eagles are occupying this nest or some other large bird.

Apple Blossoms

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~~Anais Nin

Blossoms from the apple tree outside my back door

Ditch Trout?

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking. ~~Oliver Wendell Holmes

If lake trout are found in lakes, and brook trout in brooks, what do we call trout that were found in a ditch? 

Storm Clouds

“A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.” ~~Richard Bach