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