how nowHey from Mackormacks Beach, Eastern Passage, #NovaScotia. You can just barely see #Halifax and the bridges in the distance, and a big boxy freighter unloading cars at the Autoport.
Did Julian forget his drink? No, impossible. (Seen at corner of Hollis and Sackville, Downtown #Halifax)
Comparing an old aerial photo of the Mic Mac Rotary in #DartmouthNS with a current Google Maps capture; it looks like the original arc of the rotary is kinda preserved in the off-ramp to Waverley/Prince Albert Rd. I can only imagine how awful the Circ would be if the rotary were still there today. #Halifax #NovaScotia
Took a little hike down Tanner's Eastern Passage Trail, #NovaScotia. Part of the trail is on a rocky beach over a stinky layer of dried seaweed and kelp, but just past that there's a lovely sedimentary formation. (Not sure if it counts as "flysch.")
A bit farther along, at the trail's end, yet more rocky beach, and then the vast Atlantic. From here the view is due south; if one were to swim from here they would eventually reach the Caribbean and Venezuela.
Bedrock Geology Map of the #Halifax Area: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/data/mg/ofm/pdf/ofm_2014-010_d440_dp.pdf -- and more bedrock geology maps of #NovaScotia: https://novascotia.ca/natr/meb/geoscience-online/interactive-bedrock-geo-map.asp
If you're in Canada doing the poppy thing for Remembrance Day and the stabby attachment pin annoys you, they sell a black butterfly centre pin for an extra dollar or two: https://www.poppystore.ca/black-poppy-centre-pin-poppy-not-included-300570 -- ask your elderly Legion dude at the store about it.
The Legion's online Poppy store also sells this incredibly classy neon-style poppy LED light so you can Remember™ at hundreds of lumens: https://www.poppystore.ca/poppy-2/led-poppy-light-with-base-300778
Some shots from around #Halifax Point Pleasant Park over the weekend: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brownpau/albums/72177720322281037
Point Pleasant Park, Halifax
Explore this photo album by Paulo O on Flickr!
Was back in #Halifax Point Pleasant Park Saturday and the winter sky over the Atlantic was right out of a JMW Turner painting: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brownpau/54191585409/in/album-72177720322281037
Point Pleasant Park, Halifax
Beaverton on Woody, the animatronic Christmas tree at Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth #NovaScotia: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2021/12/nova-scotian-mall-insists-giant-tree-will-only-eat-3-to-4-kids-max-this-christmas/
Nova Scotian mall insists giant tree will only eat "3 to 4 kids, max" this Christmas
DARTMOUTH, NS - With international media picking up the story of “the creepiest Christmas tree of 2021”, administrators at Mic Mac Mall have assured shoppers that Woody will consume no more than 4 children this holiday shopping season.
Theodore Too, iconic Halifax tugboat that was sold to a new owner in Ontario, partially sank in shallow water off its dock and had to be refloated. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/theodore-tugboat-safely-righted-1.7415557
Theodore Too lives: N.S.-built tugboat named after TV series 'righted' after partial sinking in Ontario | CBC News
Theodore Too, the 65-foot replica tugboat that was built in Nova Scotia and named after a years-long TV series, has been refloated in St. Catharines, Ont., after partially sinking this week, according to the boat's owner.
Donate your discarded Christmas trees to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth #NovaScotia before Jan 1st, to provide wild rescue animals with some natural winter shelter, climbing opportunities, and porcupine nibblies: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/hope-for-wildlife-gives-second-life-to-christmas-trees-1.7159022
Did a short hike on Friday and got this nice view of Bissett Lake, all wintry and iced over. #ColeHarbour #NovaScotia
Nice view of #DartmouthNS and a fair weather sky seen from the bloodwork clinic this morning. #NovaScotia
Freezing rain overnight left everything under an inch-thick layer of hard, smooth ice. It was also recycling pickup day with 30-65 km/h winds so everyone's recyling bags slid festively down the street. I strapped cleats to my boots and spent the afternoon chipping at the driveway with a metal spade till my hands hurt. Even more freezing rain coming Sunday. #NSwx
Quick winter visit to #Halifax Citadel. No admission in the off-peak season, you can just walk in. Not much to do or see; the museum and indoor interpretive displays and ramparts are all closed, but they still fire the noon gun every day and there's a nice panorama from the viewing deck on the Hill. (This was before the ice storm, it's probably too perilous to walk around there now.)
Whew, ice buildup from second sleet-and-freezing-rain-storm was not quite so bad, softer and easier to scrape off the driveway and deck. Getting an aluminum shovel helped too -- better for scraping ice than standard plastic shovel.
Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1926(HD)
What it feels like to go inside Peggy's Cove lighthouse
Bridgewalk yesterday, so we walked back and forth across the Macdonald Bridge over #Halifax Harbour -- dream come true for me, a lifelong suspension bridge fan.
More photos from the #Halifax Bridgewalk: https://flickr.com/photos/brownpau/albums/72177720328329821/ -- I took my NEX3N with VCLECF1 lens along to get some fisheye shots.
Halifax Bridgewalk 2025
Walking across the Angus Macdonald Bridge, closed to vehicular traffic for an afternoon during the Natal Day long weekend. Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2025.
I really like how this one turned out, pointing my camera straight up between a couple of bridge suspender cables: https://flickr.com/photos/brownpau/54717496266/in/album-72177720328329821 #Halifax
Halifax Bridgewalk 2025
Stewiacke #NovaScotia parks and trails: https://www.stewiacke.net/trails.html -- been meaning to check out Mastodon Ridge and the adjacent river trail sometime. Stewiacke is notable for being right around 45º latitude, halfway between equator and north pole. (Although technically the real halfway point is about 16km north due to earth's shape)
Got this nice little #Halifax Ferry fridge magnet at Argyle Art Gallery on Barrington; illustration by Samantha Mills: https://www.etsy.com/shop/baysidebysam/
Harley the cougar at Shubenacadie Wildlife Park has died: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPGmzZigQfn/ -- I had just photographed her a month ago: https://flic.kr/p/2rpkT4G #NovaScotia
Shubenacadie Wildlife Park on Instagram: "We at the park are extremely saddened to announce the passing of our cougar, Harley. She came to us in December of 2021 from Two Rivers Wildlife Park. At the time of her passing she would have been around 15 years old. She came to us with a chronic eye condition called Corneal opacity, which made her eyes appear foggy, and slightly affected her vision. But that didn't stop her from always being very active and full of personality. She loved to run, jump, climb, sleep, and meow loudly at staff members and tour groups that stopped to say hello to her. Earlier this year her health began to take a turn as she was getting older. With some treatments her condition stabilized for most of the summer months, but in the past few weeks her health started to deteriorate again. She passed quietly on the morning of September 19th, laying in one of her favourite spots beneath her tree. If you have any photos or memories of Harley from her time with us here at the park we invite you to share them in the comments to help us keep her memory alive 💕"
320 likes, 8 comments - shubenacadiewildlifepark on September 27, 2025: "We at the park are extremely saddened to announce the passing of our cougar, Harley. She came to us in December of 2021 from Two Rivers Wildlife Park. At the time of her passing she would have been around 15 years old. She came to us with a chronic eye condition called Corneal opacity, which made her eyes appear foggy, and slightly affected her vision. But that didn't stop her from always being very active and full of personality. She loved to run, jump, climb, sleep, and meow loudly at staff members and tour groups that stopped to say hello to her. Earlier this year her health began to take a turn as she was getting older. With some treatments her condition stabilized for most of the summer months, but in the past few weeks her health started to deteriorate again. She passed quietly on the morning of September 19th, laying in one of her favourite spots beneath her tree. If you have any photos or memories of Harley from her time with us here at the park we invite you to share them in the comments to help us keep her memory alive 💕".
Todiay I learned that there are 24-32 Volvo car bodies sitting at the bottom of Bedford Basin in #Halifax, #NovaScotia, dumped there in 1969 or the 1980s due to insufficient paperwork or water damage, depending on which story you read about it: https://jalopnik.com/there-are-still-at-least-24-volvos-submerged-in-a-canad-1649377938
CBC #NovaScotia feature on Gateway Meat Market, a discount grocery in our #Halifax neighbourhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ly5-CC1b8
This store sells groceries for a fraction of the price. Here's how they do it
The annual Christmas Tree for Boston has been selected, a white spruce from Martins Brook in Lunenburg County: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/29/tree-lunenburg-county-chosen-boston -- #NovaScotia sends a tree to Boston every year as thanks for their speedy aid after the 1917 Halifax Explosion. Thanks, Boston. Thoston.
