This week, WordPress’s weekly photo challenge is the sea. Couldn’t have picked a better one. I was born and grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, a small province over 90% surrounded by the sea and it’s always been part of my world. In addition, I’m a water sign, Pisces, so it’s in my stars too! My city, Halifax, has one of the largest ice free harbours in the world. It is a busy place. The Navy has a major base here. There are major shipping piers and container ships up and down the harbour. There are marinas with pleasure boats. It’s a working harbour and a place for leisure. When the Tall Ships come, it looks like it must have looked 150 years ago.
Most of where I travel, however, isn’t often by the sea so most of my sea photos are from the east coast of Canada with a few taken on a trip to Cornwall, England.
A beach in Blomidon, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. The Bay of Fundy has a lot of clay in the soil so the sand is red. This is the same type of soil as in Prince Edward Island with the “bright red mud”
Surf’s up! Lawrencetown beach, Halifax County
The sea can provide fun for the whole family
The sea also provides a living. Blue Rocks, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
The power of the sea is evident here at Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick where the water has eroded the land over time. You can just see a person at the base of the smaller rock for scale.
Mawgan Porth beach, Cornwall, England
The coast in many areas can be dramatic. This is the coastline near the Minack Theatre, near Porthcurno, on the south coast of Cornwall
I wish we were closer to the sea… our Newfie would love it
Oh yes, and Newfoundland has even better sea than Nova Scotia!
Lovely pictures especially that picture at Hopewell Rocks. Didn’t appreciate the size of the of the hole until you mentioned the person standing by the rock.
It quite an awesome site. There are stairs down to the beach and at low tide you can walk around. At high tide, the water comes up to past where the holes are. Fundy tides are the highest in the world.
Great photos! Nova Scotia is such a beautiful place; I’ve taken the Scotia Prince a couple of times.
Beautiful. I’d love to see your part of Canada one day.
janet
Thank you! it is indeed one of the really beautiful parts of Canada
Great set of awesome pics of the sea. And you captured the water and the waves brilliantly.
THank you!