Day 11 - Churches and Lobster

To be perfectly honest, the architecture just wasn’t as impressive for me as the rural churches. Sure, these things are big, but I sometimes wonder about the inherent value. Between the half-life-sized stations of the cross, three or four obvious confessionals (maybe more), two shrines to Jesus and two shrines to Mary (sorry RC friends, don’t know the proper names), and TWO pipe organs... I couldn’t help but feel that this money maybe could have been better spent. Beautiful nonetheless.








Went for a drive, ended up in New Glasgow (what a perfect excuse for another lobster dinner). Visited the Island Preserves Company to load up on jams, jellies, and other goodies for us and for friends. Visited the Toy Factory to look around, seems that most of the items we found so charming last time (mailboxes, painted sea glass, island themed wood work) were all gone in favour of more generic wooden children’s toys and stuffed animals.

Hit Cavendish on the way home, I enjoyed the view from the top of the cliffs while the family enjoyed the rocks and beach below (ankle isn’t ready to brave the less-than-ideal pathway down).





Got back to the cabin, waited around for an hour or so for the sun to set completely, then headed down to the Covehead lighthouse for some photos and the general experience. I love to watch the beam of light sweep across the dunes and then cut a clean swath through the misty air above the bay. Occasionally you will see fox eyes reflecting the light back from the grassy dunes. Our drive back to the cottage was, as it usually is, a fox hunting excursion where we drove down the coastal highway with our high-beams on and our heads out the windows, looking for some sign of ‘the locals’. Caught a few fleeting glimpses in the bushes along the ditch but got to watch one of the red foxes as it sniffed its way around the parking lot for Ross Lane beach (our regular beach). Combine that with the site of one earlier in the afternoon, gnawing on a vole by the side of the road, and today was a fairly good day in terms of foxes.



(You'll see a small horizontal line out on the water, it is a freighter cruising through the strait. We could hear the thrum of its engines even from the shore)