HADDON HILL

FENCED-IN VIEW ON HADDON HILL IN CHESTER, NOVA SCOTIA, OUTSIDE HADDON HALL

LUNENBURG HOUSE

BEAUTIFUL RED-DOORED HOUSE ON PELHAM STREET IN LUNENBURG

LUNENBURG ACADEMY

LUNENBURG ACADEMY

OUTSIDE YORK REDOUBT

THE WALLS OF YORK REDOUBT 

VICTORIA PARK IN HALIFAX

BENCH IN VICTORIA PARK ON SOUTH PARK STREET IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

LAWRENCETOWN BEACH SURFING

LAWRENCETOWN BEACH SURFERS

THE DUKE OF KENT'S MUSIC ROTUNDA

On the Bedford Highway perched on the shores of the Halifax Harbour's Bedford Basin is this privately owned house. In a former day, this was building was a music rotunda. Part of an estate owned by Edward, the Duke of Kent, the music rotunda was actually on Governor John Wentworth's property. The Duke of Kent was the commander-in-chief of the Halifax Garrison. He lived on the estate with his French mistress, Julie St. Laurent.

JENSEN CV8

JENSEN CV8 ON THE HALIFAX WATERFRONT

UPSIDE DOWN WATER AND TREES

BIRCH COVE LAKES WILDERNESS AREA

TERENCE BAY LIGHTHOUSE PANORAMIC

As the skipper of any vessel will tell you, the sight of a lighthouse in the night or through the fog is like a rainbow in the night. From the perspective of land-lovers, lighthouses are simply an added feature along the scenic shores of Nova Scotia. For ocean-goers, lighthouses are the one redeeming feature linked with rocky shores that tear boats apart like tornados chewing on trailerparks. The lighthouse in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia (already featured once) wears the effects of Nova Scotia's coastal weather on its sleeve. Stroll around its perimeter and you'll see three sides in pristine condition. The side facing southeastward, however, has seen better days.

TERENCE BAY LIGHTHOUSE

Not far from the position of this lighthouse in Terence Bay, Nova Scotia, the largest pre-Titanic disaster at sea took place in the late 1800s. Hundreds of lives were lost on the RMS Atlantic. And hundreds were saved by residents of the nearby communities with the help of their fishing boats. A stroll past Sandy Cove and significant private property leads you through a sometimes muddy trail to the rocks surrounding this weather-beaten beacon. In this silhoutte picture, TC was standing near sea level looking southwest. This gorgeous community is only a short drive from Halifax; closer than Peggy's Cove, in fact.

ECONOMY MOUNTAIN PANORAMIC

At the height of Nova Scotia's most beautifully scenic season, on Thanksgiving Day to be precise, we drove up Economy Mountain near the Fundy shore to see Economy Falls for the first time. After seeing the Falls from multiple angles and climbing up some very steep cliffs, we crossed the river that flows into the Economy Falls and began another climb. We were fatigued, I won't kid you. And we still had another destination, Five Islands Provincial Park. So we set a time limit on ourselves before attacking another section of the Kenomee Trails system. At the end of those 10 minutes, this was our view back from where we came captured in vertical panoramic fashion.

GREAT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The Great Village Elementary School is still in service. The basketball net in front is a symbol of its age: I'm pretty sure the school was built before the game was invented. On a day that took SC and TC to Economy Falls and Five Islands Provincial Park, this school jumped out at us on the way back to Truro. For one thing, the clouds. Oh, the clouds. But it also struck us as a building where, looking back as adults, we would have loved to be educated. Unfortunately the children inside are likely under the impression that the big city schools with all their technology and dual gymnasiums are the place to be, but these are the kids who will have a story to tell about the school where they spent their formative years; a story that'll last them for life.

HORSES ON GLOOSCAP TRAIL

This tiny little peninsula called Nova Scotia is home to fewer than a million people and just 55,338 square kilometres. Yet many, many tens of thousands of those square kilometres have gone unexplored by SC and even undiscovered by TC, a native to the province. Between Windsor and Truro along the Fundy shore is the Glooscap Trail. Home to the highest tides in the world at Burntcoat Head and some of the most rugged, ever-changing scenery you'll ever see, this section of the Glooscap Trail is worth seeing every year, not once every three decades. Horses seemed to be in abundance, most regularly along the shore side of the road. Although you can't see it in this photograph, these horses are just metres away from a cliff that drops right down to the water (or mud when the tide is out). Happy to stand and pose for a couple minutes, these horses in Selma or Spring Brook may not have realized the stunning backdrop forming behind them. The clouds on this day were spectacular.

HYPER COLOUR SUNSET ON NORTHWEST ARM

It won't require much of your time to discover the bountiful beautiful sunsets on the Northwest Arm, the waterway which separates Spryfield, Armdale, and Halifax. Beginning at or near Point Pleasant Park, the Northwest Arm is, to a degree, a part of Halifax Harbour. Only, rather than continuing in towards the Bedford Basin, the Northwest Arm stops at the Armdale Rotary Roundabout. Obviously direction helps with any sunset - shooting east just ain't a good method - but the Arm is ideally set up for sunset photography: long stretches of smooth water, stunning homes, slight geography changes along the shore, and plenty of places from which to photograph. Locals would know right off the bat that this picture wasn't taken recently; our skies just don't form these clouds or these colours in October. Late August is the timing answer.

POINT PLEASANT PARK STAIRCASE

Deep in Point Pleasant Park, tucked away on a hillside between trees and narrow paths, is a large grassy area where Shakespeare By The Sea performs all summer. This area, the old Cambridge Battery, is surrounded on one side by trees and the other by what's left of... well, Cambridge Battery. What's left is crumbling; but beautiful. Shaded heavily, the Battery's brick walls and cement staircases hold within their grasp blackberries and apple trees and lots of space to run and play for dogs and kids. And adults. But be careful on the staircase. We're not sure how much longer it'll hold up.

DINGLE SUNSET

The Northwest Arm is a jut of water which separates Armdale and Halifax proper from the Purcell's Cove Road area. Situated perfectly for sunset photography from either Point Pleasant Park or waterfront homes near Dalhousie University or the Waegwoltic Club or from the Dingle, the Northwest Arm is definitely a section of the Halifax Regional Municipality worth checking out. But wait a second, this sunset picture is from the bottom of South Street looking toward the Dingle. That would be.... south. Well, some sunsets are overpowering - and this night was indeed just that. Editing, however, never hurts the cause.

DREAM STATE CIRCUS FIRE SHOW

Growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia made buskers an automatic part of TC's life. Every August, an increasingly smaller part of downtown was overpopulated with men in tights, acrobats, jugglers, and hot dog vendors. And tourists. Two times, SC and TC have had the privilege of ending up on the Halifax waterfront just in time for a fire show by Dream State Circus. The trust required by the audience wife toward her husband and the husband toward his wife is measured in gigantic proportions. Click the picture for an enlarged view where you'll see that Jacob McGrath isn't practicing the art of multiple fire-filled hula hoop twisting but rather the exposure from TCs Fuji is just long enough for you to see the fire in various directions. Watch a bit of Dream State Circus on YouTube for a better hint at the excitement.

PUBLIC GARDENS BUTTERCUPS

There are plenty of more exotic flowers in the Public Gardens of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Yet these little buttercups drew our attention because of their height. From the grass, one look up reveals little else but the early evening sky. Focused on the flowers with a big flash, the sky dims while the flowers brighten. Loverly.

FENWICK STREET ART

Without knowing who lives at 5624 Fenwick Street we can't be sure if this home holds a currently famous artist or if it's just somebody who really wants to be like Vincent Van Gogh. Regardless, it's not very often you walk by a massive construction site and see, just metres away, a large black and red canvas sitting on someone's doorstep.