Thanks For The Memories

I'm fondly saying goodbye to 2013.  Thank you all who visited QDP and especially those who left a comment or two.  "Travel Tuesdays" kept this blog alive when I experienced some lulls in local shooting (and there were many lulls).  The iconic picture of Peggy's Cove reminds me of the magic and majesty of that special corner of the world. 

Travel Tuesday: Blue Rock Point, Nova Scotia

Couldn't ask for a better summer sky as I explored these fish houses at Blue Rock.

Travel Tuesday: Digby, Nova Scotia

Digby is famous for its scallop fleet and those harvested scallops melt in your mouth.  Digby's waterfront was an interesting place to photograph.  I used a creative setting on my camera to bring out the stormy sky in this image.

Travel Tuesday: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

The Parrsboro Lighthouse has succumbed to many severe storms over the years.  This version was built in 1980 and automated in 1987.

Travel Tuesday, Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia

This small fishing village near Lunenburg, is a favorite of artists and photographers.  This part of Nova Scotia was created millions of years ago as part of the continental shelf; underwater collisions and geological actions formed what is today the modern continent of Africa!  The earth continues to evolve in wondrous ways.

Thursday is "This Old House" Day

Today's old house was captured on my recent trip to Digby, Nova Scotia.  My best guess is that it was built in the late 1800s.  Isn't it a beauty?

Quincy Daily Photo has now posted 2000 pictures mostly taken in and around the City of Presidents.

Travel Tuesday: St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

This is an amazing place.  Remnants of the last glaciation period, about 12,500 years ago, are evident wherever you look.  This boulder (erratic) was once carried by a glacier and dropped here.  Not far from here is the memorial site to Swiss air flight 111 which crashed in the bay on September 2, 1998, and killed all 229 people on board.

Travel Tuesday: Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

According to legend, Peggys Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800... a woman named Margaret. Local folk called her "Peggy" and her home came to be known as Peggys Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868.  This is an amazing  place to visit and experience.  (The official spelling is without the apostrophe.)

Travel Tuesday: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lunenburg Academy, built around 1895, is a rare example of a large 19th century wooden structure to survive in Canada.  The building has always functioned as an educational institution and presently serves as Lunenburg's primary school.  I would like walking up to this picturesque school every day, wouldn't you? 

Thursday is "This Old House" Day

This turn-of-the-century house with the twin peaks is a common sight around Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.  Here's a Quincy version of the "twin peaks" from a previous post.

Travel Tuesday: Nova Scotia, Canada

The iconic "Peggy's Cove"   is an amazing place to visit and photograph!