Postcard from Nova Scotia

Realm of Enchantment:


Halifax, Evangeline Beach, Fundy Bay, Lunenburg, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Cavendish, Peggy's Cove . . .

. . . ice cream, lobster, lighthouses, mussels, maritimers, mermaids, and more . . .

. . . . getting lost and finding our way again.

Green Gables

" . . . There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If i was just the one Anne, it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting."

--Anne of Green Gables

"It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, I was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond-only a glimpse-but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile."

--L. M. Montgomery, The Alpine Path

R&R

All play . . .

. . . and no work!

Bay of Fundy

With the highest vertical tidal range in the world, the Bay of Fundy gave us the opportunity . . .

to watch the monumental and mysterious tides go out. . .

. . . and come in! A full day's effort.

Culinary Delights

Seaside Villages

Natural Wonders

The world is a mist. And then the world is

minute and vast and clear. The tide

is higher or lower. He couldn't tell you which.

His beak is focused; he is preoccupied,

looking for something, something, something.

Poor bird, he is obsessed!

The millions of grains are black, white, tan, and gray

mixed with quartz grains, rose and amethyst.

--Elizabeth Bishop, "The Sandpiper"

The New York Dimension

From within outward: Frank Lloyd Wright, MOMA, Hair, and The Norman Conquests. The latter a triptych: three plays seen throughout the day from different vantage points.

Art, theater, and life:

A true wonderland.

What else is there to say?

Blog Birthday Bash: 07/08/09

This week happens to be the birthday of many notable figures in my life. Thanks Vinnie, Anna, and Marshall for sharing your birthdays (sequentially) with me. I feel honored to celebrate with you--and with the Dalai Lama! As you will note in a posting below, it's also another momentous occasion in my life: the first birthday of my blog, a true and constant companion over this past year of much rambling.

For further celebration, I'll be going to New York City and then a week in Nova Scotia. Hope to post pictures and notes while on these journeys.