2015 - Sommer in Nova Scotia

West Head, ich komme wieder

Flug gebucht - Auto gebucht - Hotel gebucht - Cottage gebucht ..... happy holidays .....

The Place

I believe the place chooses us
we don't choose it
and once it chooses us it never lets go.
It is with us in the good times and the hard times
and those of us who are chosen are the lucky ones.

Poem about West Head

This little village, I love it still

The weather is cold because I live on a hill.

When spring arrives, how sweet the air,

I love it more, than everywhere.

In early May, mayflowers bring,

in early June, birds come to sing.

Then July, yes, we have our fog,

birds nesting still on the bakeapple bog.

In August, pink clover in the fields,

beet greens from the garden yields.

September, to me, beats them all,

October cool, you're nearing fall.

November with its frosty nights,

make cranberries red and delicious ripe.

December with its early snow,

fishermen after lobsters go.

The other months are not so good,

we pack our sheds with dry hardwood.

And take it easy and keep the animals feed,

this story's end about West Head.

Short Stories and Poems / From a Fisherman's Heart / Eugene R. Roache

Bought this book in January 2008 in the drugstore in Lockeport. At this time I hadn't been in West Head and  I didn' t guess to own one day land on this Peninsula. Today I read in the book,  Eugene Roache lived at the end of West Head. Not far from me.

Fog & Sun

On a foggy day in Lockeport .......

.... but the sun shines in West Head !

Old Postcards

Lockeport Beach - 1910

Lockeport from Mainland - 1920

Fishing Boats Western Head - 1910

White Point in the Right Corner

The white point in the right corner must be Cape Roseway Lighthouse on McNutt's Island, where Anne lives.

Today I registered the first time the lighthouse in the back of the picture. The fir trees belongs to my land in West Head................. I wave my hands to Anne !!!

Driftwood - Crocodile

Das Treibholzkrokodil fand ich im Mai 2008 in West Head, als wir die kleinen Buchten erkundeten. Wir schleppten das Monster zum Auto und deponierten das Krokodil bei Bill auf der Wiese vor "unserem Cottage". Im August 2009 überflutete  Hurrikan "BILL" das Gelände um die Oceanmistcottages und unser Krokodil "schwamm" davon..........back to the Atlantic Ocean.

Tomi Ungerer

Lobster Traps

Tomi Ungerer, geboren 1931, stammt aus einer Straßburger Uhrmacherfamilie. Er verpatzte die Reifeprüfung, trampte dafür durch ganz Europa und veröffentlichte erste Zeichnungen im 'Simplizissimus'. Mitte der 50er Jahre ging er nach New York, wo sein unaufhaltsamer Aufstieg als Zeichner, Maler, Illustrator, Kinderbuchautor und Werbegrafiker begann. Nach einigen Jahren auf seiner Farm zwischen Lockeport und West Head, lebt er heute mit seiner Familie im Südwesten Irlands und in Straßburg.

Post aus Liverpool

Mein "Weihnachtsgeschenk" kam mit der Post aus Liverpool....

APPROVAL for construction and installation of an on-site sewage disposal system to service a single unit detached dwelling with a design flow of 1000 liters per day at PID # 8011.... Western Head, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Den Planungen für ein Traumhaus mit Meerblick steht nichts mehr im Wege !!!

Gull Rock Lighthouse - east of West Head

Sunset in West Head

Mai 2009

West Head Peninsula

Das felsige windige Ende der Halbinsel, in westlicher Richtung ist der Atlantik, der nächste Stopp ist Nordafrika.

Was ist West Head ?

You can walk through fields of flowers and enjoy a great view of Gull Rock Lighthouse. Here is a bird watcher's haven on the edge of the continent, next stop ...... NORTH AFRICA.

West Head is the narrow headland, unlike any other, that boldly stretches into the rugged Atlantic Ocean in Shelburne County, the southern most area in Nova Scotia. It is five minutes from the Town of Lockport, known for its rich fishing history and the magnificent Crescent Beach. The Historic Town of Shelburne with all the amenities, and home to Canada's greatest number of 18th century wooden homes is thirty minutes away. Yarmouth, the terminal for the two ferries from Maine, is 1 1/2 hours away and Halifax and its International Airport 2 1/2 hours. West Head.....basking seals, a myriad of coastal and shore birds plus the crashing waves of the north Atlantic......

Wo ist West Head ?

West Head

Shelburne County

Provinz Nova Scotia

Kanada