Question:
I was checking out the Photo Manager settings, and I saw an option to view PhotoBlog. How does one go about creating such a thing?
I've uploaded some pictures that I took last summer. Most of these are actually from last May, when I spent the month in Wolfville, NS. I don't have that many photos of Aylesford Lake, as I wasn't quite as fond of it, and didn't have as much time to go exploring. Being out there really sucked the life out of me.
Exploring out there was fun. One night I ventured out along the dykes at low tide along the Cornwallis River, and was so amazed at the wavy grass formations! It was really neat because the grass was so tall and yellow, and it stretched for a few miles. It kind of looked like the prairies, but right next to the river. I went to the water again the next day and was completely stunned that it was all under water!
There was another day where I spent almost the entire evening out there. I think I left at about 4:30, maybe 5, and didn't come back in until about 10. Ok, maybe it was 9...
You can't quite see it in this picture, but to on the left side, in the middle of the brown area, you can see this "peninsula," if you will... There was maybe a five meter gap between me and it, at one point on the Wolfville side of the river. I was pretty determined to get to that peninsula, and didn't want to get too too muddy (or stuck in the mud!) by just climbing directly across.
A lot of the time that I spent out there that one night was wandering along the dyke trying to find a crossing point, or a smaller distance to jump across. I got pretty close to the highway that goes to Canning, Kingsport, and Blomidon before I found anything! I did manage to hop across a couple parts, but the gap between me and the peninsula only got bigger!
Although I didn't get across to the peninsula, I had an awesome time out there, and discovered many neat things along my path. The structure below is apparently the leftovers of Acadian farming... I never found out what they were called, but they were used to store bails of hay. So I have been told by a couple people... Most of the people I asked had NO idea what they were for! My guess was an old wharf or something.... Whatever they may have been for, I referred to them as the Stonehenges of the Annapolis Valley.
This photo is pretty underexposed, but it's still my favourite....
One thing that was really neat was hearing roosters and chickens clucking across the river, and in the background hearing cars and trucks going by on the highway that was pretty near. It was just such a contrast, but one that suited the way of life of those that lived in the Valley. It wasn't like when you drive through the parts of Toronto being developed from farmland... that's completely different.
With Toronto, it's a matter of development of the land formerly used for agriculture into urban settings. The GTA growing more and more... In the Annapolis Valley... the highway is just THERE so that people can commute! The only development taking place is really on the little towns that are along the highway, like New Minas and some parts of Kentville. Wolfville is developed, but it's established for a long time as a university town and small business centre. It's already in place, and you can feel that when you're there....
...At the "end" of my quest to get to the peninsula, I found a huge driftwood tree root structure and perched myself upon it to watch the sun as it was going down. It was so amazing to see it going down against something that wasn't the ocean or through a bunch of buildings in the city...
When I was on my way back home, I got back to the main path and this bald eagle just swooped across the sky and did so about five feet ahead and maybe 15 feet above me. It was incredible! There are quite a few eagles and ospreys where I'm from, but I've never had that experience before!
I really ought to start studying for my math exam that is tomorrow, so I'll leave this and tell more tales from the East Coast later on. After Peter and I come back from the West Coast, I will tell you some tales from there! I assure you, none of them will be quite as tall as my shadow in the mud:
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