Rose Garden

Rose garden at Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. I would recommend the Historic Gardens to absolutely everyone. It offers a little something for every type of gardener. You get to see the mature version of a garden plant that you may have been considering for your own garden.

Perennial Gardens Annapolis Royal

The mature perennial gardens at the Historic Gardens, Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia. Curving walkways take you through magical gardens full of wonderful color, fragrance and texture. The gardens are spread out over rolling landscape, and you never know what you will encounter around the next corner.

Rose Hips

Rose hips yesterday.

Rose hips today.


Hurry spring!!!

Maritime Museum Of The Atlantic

"Hello Merlin" echoes Merlin, the resident parrot at the Maritime Museum Of The Atlantic. He was part of the display that we visited, which also included musings of sea monsters, strange underwater sea creatures, and many interesting nautical artifacts.

I Touched The Titanic...

...literally! We took the family to the Maritime Museum Of The Atlantic in Halifax where they are having a sea monster display for the kids this week. Of particular interest was the Titanic display, where they have a piece of the Titanic grand staircase railing,of which you are invited to touch. The wood is ornately carved, and quite beautiful!

The Maritime Museum holds 20 artifacts from the Titanic.Another artifact of interest was the mahogany deck chair, which is one of the only intact chairs in the world, and matches those seen in Titanic photos.

The Titanic sank 700 nautical miles off the coast of Halifax.Halifax was involved in the recovery initiative, and actually holds 150 of the passengers in 3 Halifax cemeteries.

Daylilies

The latin name for daylily, hemerocallis, means "beauty for a day". Each flower blooms for one day only. Fortunately each scape produces enough blooms to keep the plant blooming for weeks or much longer. The daylily is generally a hardy garden plant. There are thousands of hybrids to chose from, with new ones added each year.

Lavender Path

A fragrant lavender pathway in Jenny's garden.


You can only imagine the wonderful fragrance as you take a peek at this lavender pathway. The lavender grows very well at the shore. Maybe from a combination of heavy early morning dew, salt air, and periods of drought.It doesn't flourish half as well in my own garden, which tends to get a lot more water.I have received a couple of lavender sachets from this garden. The fragrance is beautiful!

Bog Rosemary

Bog Rosemary, growing in a heather garden in Annapolis Royal.

Bog rosemary is a heath found in bogs. It's an evergreen with blue tinged foliage and tiny bell shaped pink flowers in the spring. As the name implies "bog" rosemary can tolerate damp conditions.

Queen Of The Prairie

More pictures of queen of the prairie from Jenny's garden.



Like clouds of bubblegum pink cotton candy, queen of the prairie is hard to resist being drawn to in the garden.

Whale Watching

Whale watching in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.





Whale watching in Cape Breton can be an amazing experience! Don't forget to wear your life jackets, because the boats can get pretty rocky. Ask for them if they don't offer them.