HYANNIS PORT BEACH OUTSIDE THE KENNEDY COMPOUND

On the beach next to the Hyannis Port Kennedy Compound in April, these seashells formed the perfectly peaceful backdrop to a dramatic location. The Kennedy Clan is not the political powerhouse it once was, but the innumerable seashells located on the beach outside the house would still have plenty of stories to tell if only stored inside were the voices of JFK and Jackie rather than the sound of a thousand waves.

PLANTERS BOXES ON BIRMINGHAM STREET

Tainted by a few dead flowers and a Nova Scotia Power meter, the character of this picture pulls in urban dwellers and probably turns off rural folk. Look to the distance in order to spot Clyde Street and, if your eyes are really good, Spring Garden Road. On-street parking is limited, so most of these houses have back gardens that have been turned into gravel parking lots. Thankfully, some homeowners let the nature have its way out front.

GRASS & AN ACADIAN CROSS

Look closely. Beneath the lamp post. Spot the cross? That cross springs out of a monument to Acadians who were imprisoned on Georges Island in previous centuries. In the Great Expulsion which began in 1755, the French-speaking Acadians were expelled from what's now Nova Scotia. Of course, that describes the background. Closer to the lens was this lovely beach grass that grows between a large parking lot and the boardwalk of the Halifax waterfront.

HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL TATTOO PARADE WATCHERS

Only a few acts remained when an opening for TC to jump into the middle of the action appeared. Though over-exposed at the top of the photograph, it is the shiny super-exposed pavement more than the feet of the parade watchers that really sells this picture. The Halifax International Tattoo takes place for about a week every July. It's rather expensive to catch the whole show at the Metro Centre. But on Canada Day, a small sampling of each act can be seen in the Tattoo Parade. This picture was taken on the corner of Spring Garden Road and Brunswick Street right in front of the Fireside restaurant.

SPIDERWEBS AND SAILBOATS

You may have heard of the security guard who asked TC and SC to depart the sea level docks on the harbourfront boardwalk. If requests like that were adhered to, photos like this wouldn't happen. This wonderfully formed spiderweb was strung along between the bars of a walkway that led downward to a floating dock, just like the one holding the sailboat in the background. Read between the lines to spot the tugboat in the distance.

MUSIC ON THE ROCKS AT POINT PLEASANT

On such a beautiful spring-like day, TC and SC could not help but spend a large chunk of their afternoon walking along the dockyards in Halifax and through Point Pleasant Park. The park was a going concern. Everyone and their dog showed up. This girl, hidden from view of the general public, was strumming and singing softly - completely enjoying the beauty of the day in her own musical way.

A CRISP HALIGONIAN MORNING IN JANUARY

Leaving early for work and freezing SC's legs became well worth it, when she stepped onto Halifax's Harbourfront Walk and saw this sight. Halifax, Nova Scotia,  is well known for being the second largest ice free harbour in the world. What it may not be so well known for, is the mysterious sea mist that appears during the coldest season of the year. 

A FIERY SUNRISE IN HALIFAX HARBOUR

At 8am on Friday, January 16, 2009, the temperature in Halifax, NS, was -22° outside with a -32° windchill. The seamist in the Halifax Harbour was incredible. In this photo, George's Island is rising from the mist with the sun casting a fiery glow on the cold waters.

RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR THE DARTMOUTH FERRY TERMINAL AT ALDERNEY LANDING

Fooled you. Rural this is not. Only steps from the downtown Dartmouth Ferry terminal in Nova Scotia, these tracks are no longer busy but remain "No Trespassing" territory. Oops. Shocking though it may sound, this wildly thick fog lifted completely about twenty minutes after this picture was taken.

UISGE BAN FALLS

Not far from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, a brief hike to the Uisge Ban Falls is as scenic as the falls themselves. The fast-flowing water is stilled (not distilled) in this lush but rocky picture.

AFTER THE FILMING

After heavy construction that led to a ship being built beside this parking lot, shooting for the movie Sea Wolf (Neve Campbell) began in this parking lot on the Halifax waterfront. Demolition was a sight to behold behind soaking wet old containers from cargo ships of days gone by.