More summer

Our last two weeks haven't been as planned or organized but they have been fun. Last week for the first time in years we went to a movie in Bridgewater. We enjoyed our night out, and since we had a gift card we had a free evening of entertainment. We have revisited a couple of our favourite drives along the shore both east and west. Yesterday we had a day trip to the Noel shore in NS. We saw a couple of lighthouses that we didn't know were there, Walton and Burncoat Head. We are really enjoying our visits to the many lighthouses in the province. Who knows how long some of them will be able to survive now that the federal government has announced they will no longer maintain them. Another piece of history lost.

We stopped for a picnic lunch at Cheverie and my little camera got a few pictures which I will share below.

In addition to our staycations we have also done a little bit of work at home...emphasize little. We replaced a few of the board in our deck which had some rot in them, and we have started piling the dreaded wood for the winter. There is still a lot to do but all work and no play does spoil life.

Card Lake Provincial Park on Hwy 14  Beautiful spot

Card Lake

Lookoff at Cheverie.  The land in the far distance is across Cobequid Bay towards Parrsboro

Taken at Cheverie

Lighthouse in Walton

Lighthouse in Burncoat Head. 

Well another week, and another month gone. I am really finding that the time is going by very quickly. We did have a few out and abouts this week, last Sunday was a family reunion, then a trip to Lockport to see the wharf, the old houses build by descendants of Locke, another jaunt into Lunenburg and area, this time to see the Bounty and finally a trip to Digby and home via Yarmouth and the South Shore. Not much wonder my housework isn't getting done.

I have become fascinated with ships, fishing boats and wharves. I love the colours and the textures and I am enjoying my amateur attempts at photography. The pictures that turn out well are my skill, the ones that are blurry and have sloping horizons are the fault of my cheap digital camera, either way I have it covered. Although the best pictures are the ones that Frank takes with that same cheap camera.

The following information was taken from the Bounty website at http://www.tallshipbounty.org.

The HMS Bounty is one of the most famous ships in the world. Known for the storied mutiny that took place in Tahiti in 1789 on board the British transport vessel, the current Bounty, a replica, has survived to tell the tale. Built for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” with Marlon Brando, HMS Bounty sails the country offering dockside tours in which one can learn about the history and details of sailing vessels from a lost and romanticized time in maritime history. Since her debut in “Mutiny on the Bounty”, HMS Bounty has appeared in many documentaries and featured films such as the Edinburgh Trader in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest with Johnny Depp.

HMS Bounty ~ World Traveler! In 2010 Bounty sailed through all 5 Great Lakes as part of the Tall Ships America Challenge. During the winter months Bounty was docked in Old San Juan Puerto Rico and for our 2011 sailing season we visited Europe. In 2012 we are back on the U.S. East Coast.

The replica of the original Bounty was built in Lunenburg NS. How great is that? And she is in port this week in Lunenburg, leaving later today or tomorrow.

Below are a few pictures from this week's staycations.  

Love water scenes, this one on the road to Blue Rocks

Looking for supper? This was taken on the Second Peninsula Road

Digby...Beautiful town on a hot summer day

Love the colours of summer, this was taken at the wharf in Digby

Gilber Cove lighthouse, didn't know there was a lighthouse there.

Another lighthouse...second peninsula road

The Bounty visiting Lunenburg, tied at the Museum wharf. Didn't see her in full sail but this is pretty neat.