Winter Settles In

After a mild autumn winter has slowly decided to appear on the coast of Nova Scotia.  Not that it has been missed much but it is always nice to see the first snow on the branches especially just prior to Christmas.  This morning I woke to a white covering in the yard and naturally grabbed my camera to capture some of the early moments of the day.  Now that the solstice is past we can anticipate longer sunlight but probably cooler days and nights for the next several months.

The night of the Winter Solstice was clear and majestic as the sky danced with stars eternal.

Nova Scotia byways

I have been in Nova Scotia now for six months.  While it is longer than I anticipated when I left my job in England, I am grateful for the opportunity to care for and be with mom in her final days.  The chance to have her smile in the midst of what she is having to deal with brings a great deal of satisfaction to me.  I am going to be writing a bunch about my work with mom in the near future but for now I want to post some of the photos I have taken in my few hours a week off duty.  Of the 168 hours in a week, I get 12 off to run errands and take a walk.  The other 156 are taken up being in the house and available for mom.

These photos are taken mostly along the coast of the South Shore of Nova Scotia from Lunenburg to Western Head (Liverpool).

East Port Medway Fishing Dock

Medway River @ Charlestown

A Cove on the Medway River

Reflections on the Medway

Rapids on the Medway River

Little Harbor

West LaHave mooring 

West Dublin winter storage

Broad Cove

Little Harbor, Cherry Hill

Marsh on the Medway

Moose Harbor

Western Head

Western Head Light

Our pond at the end of the day

Hiawatha

Tucked away in a small cove on Lake Winnipesaukee is a wonderful home evoking the aura of a bygone era.  Hiawatha is the lake front home of a friend of mine who "dabbles" in inboard speed boats of the same period as his home.  The "basement" is the lodging for his various creations and purchases...all of sleek and varnished tropical woods.  The living quarters takes you back 100 years.  As you look around his home you will see many reminders of the early part of the 20th century that bring the visitor into a world that doesn't exist any longer but which reminds us of the wonders of North America as is was a century ago.

The guest house

 

The Master is never far from his passion.