Greetings to our new friends, Leah & Chris from Albany, New York, who spent their last evening of a two week visit to Nova Scotia at Ulgedook Cottage, after their hotel was over-booked. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to meet them again sometime.
Saturday, 30 July 2016
Saturday, 23 July 2016
Concrete Creations
Visit "Concrete Creations" at Cosby's Garden Centre (located at 4122 Hwy 3, Brooklyn), where you will see sculptor Ivan Higgins "simply magical and undoubtedly unique concrete creations."
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Friday, 1 July 2016
Sunday, 26 June 2016
Saturday, 25 June 2016
Friday, 24 June 2016
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Friday, 18 March 2016
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Hants County Exhibition 250th Anniversary
This painting
was created by local artist Susan Sweet, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of
the Hants County Exhibition. Sweet has a
lifetime involvement and interest in the exhibition, and her father, Ernest
Sweet, was president of the Exhibition in 1965.
Sweet’s practice of painting is grounded in having lived her life in rural Hants County, surrounded by various aspects of agriculture. She chose oxen for this painting because they have been working the Hants County land for the 250 years of the fair.
Sweet’s practice of painting is grounded in having lived her life in rural Hants County, surrounded by various aspects of agriculture. She chose oxen for this painting because they have been working the Hants County land for the 250 years of the fair.
Other images include:
-
oxen at an event at Kejimkujik National Park
- oxen painted on the wall or an artisan’s shop in Bear River
- oxen hauling a dory at the Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival
- “ox-hauls” at the Shelburne County Exhibition
- Oxen at the Hants County Exhibition
- Oxen painting by Maud Lewis
Friday, 7 August 2015
Church steeple comes crashing down
Today, a church steeple came crashing down... thankfully it wasn't Ulgedook's steeple.
"A crane carrying a church steeple collapsed in front of a crowd in Milton on the South Shore on Friday afternoon. The steeple was being removed from the 150-year-old Milton Christian Church on Highway 8 at about 2:30 p.m. when the crane buckled and the steeple came crashing to the ground."
Read more and see a video on the Chronicle Herald website at http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1304004-video-church-steeple-crashes-when-crane-snaps-in-Milton.
And view my video taken from across the river on YouTube at https://youtu.be/7VxeI2aQZ-o
"A crane carrying a church steeple collapsed in front of a crowd in Milton on the South Shore on Friday afternoon. The steeple was being removed from the 150-year-old Milton Christian Church on Highway 8 at about 2:30 p.m. when the crane buckled and the steeple came crashing to the ground."
Read more and see a video on the Chronicle Herald website at http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1304004-video-church-steeple-crashes-when-crane-snaps-in-Milton.
And view my video taken from across the river on YouTube at https://youtu.be/7VxeI2aQZ-o
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Fox Field Cottages
We took a break from Ulgedook Cottage this past week to enjoy some time at Foxfield Cottages, located in the picturesque village of French River, Prince Edward Island... and what a wonderful time we had (we did not want to return to the mainland).
Here are some photos:
Here are some photos:
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Privateer Days
We spent this past weekend at Privateer Days with friends from Halifax Adventurous Explorers (pictured below). What a hoot!
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
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