For many, this *IS* Nova Scotia.
Today, in the company of our friends and neighbors, Billy & David, the four of us drove across the peninsula of Nova Scotia to The Valley on the western shore. This side is also on The Bay of Fundy, an area that has the highest and lowest tides (during the course of a day) in the world.
An important destination was "Grand-Pre National Historic Site of Canada, which is the Acadians' most cherished historic site. The former village dates back to the 1680s. In 1755, this was one of the centres of operation for the deportation of the Acadians__an event that changed the course of Acadian history forever. Grand-Pre Noational Historic Site of Canada is a place that touches the heart of all Acadian people."
The poem, "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) "is his poignant tale of the Acadian Lovers of Grand-Pre. It is enshrined in the hearts of the world, the tragic memory of the expulsion, two centuries ago."
**The Statue of Evangeline**, pictured here, "...is a powerful, evocative symbol of the Deportation. It connects the story of Evangeline to the history of Grand-Pre... The "attitude" depicts Evangeline crying for the lost land."
The church, built in 1922, "reflects the Normandy-style architecture of the 1700s. Built with funds raised from Acadian communities throughout North America, the Memorial Church symbolizes the spirit of Acadians."
The information above is compiled from signs throughout this area. I confess that I knew only a scant amount of the information before coming here today. Interestingly, the Acadian flag, three vertical bars of red, white and blue with a yellow star closest to the standard on the blue, flies throughout this region and elsewhere (Cape Breton, for instance) there are pockets of Acadians living today.
Just a note about my day...we left home at 10 AM and went sightseeing, walking a trail alongside a river, shopping nurseries for plants, had an amazing picnic lunch (you really *must* see this when I get my pictures up on Shutterfly! Billy & David are awesome cooks!
http://365daysintheyear.shutterfly.com/810 ...more coming soon...) , took 340 pictures (which means Ken patiently stopped A LOT for me!), spent an hour in a botanical garden & library in Acadia University, and even fit in a little clothes shopping (Nova Scotia-style...it's *not* Nordstroms!) We reached our driveway about 6:30, and Ken went out to get us a fish n chips dinner...which was delicious! All the rest has been uploading pictures and a spot of 365! It's only 10:50PM, so maybe I'll have a little more time to look at all your pictures. If I didn't leave many comments today, you'll know where I've been!
And if you read through all this, *thank you*...it required copious note-taking from my photos of signage today!
and nice story-telling...
Sad...so sad.
Many of the deported Acadians, became the Cajuns of Louisiana.
And I love that I've been to some of these places, like, the Bay of Fundy. Missed Hopewell Rocks, though.
I also look at the map where you are, it's fantastic place, I wish be there one day. :)
This is more a letter than a comment that I'm sending to you. It's for a while I've been super busy so I couldn't check the site and I wanted you know that I missed you so. I checked and saw you've uploaded this photo. I couldn't read your explanation about it but I just wanted to say a hello and say this is a so beautiful.
Best wishes,
Morteza
It just speaks volumes.
Thanks for your comments over on my "blood-letting!!!" photo! lol School will soon be out and this is the first time in 9 years that I don't have to work till the end of June. I get our when the classroom teachers get out...the bad news is I lose 2 weeks pay but I will get used to that. My 1st trip will be "home" to West Seneca, NY, a suburb of Buffalo to visit my dad. My sis and bro live there also but sister will be out in Seattle visiting her son when I'm home so I won't get to see her :-( Will also visit with my brother and his wife tho.
In July the "girls' (4 of here us in Richmond) are heading to Florida for a week to visit with our 2 other g'friends who moved there recently. Those are the only plans in the works right now so nothing very exotic...of course I am sure I will make a few trips to NC to visit my younger son, his wife and my grandson....going there this weekend too...gosh, little Thomas grows and changes so quickly that I cannot let more than a month go by without a visit! You'll see ;-)
this shot is beautiful, louise. i love how straight out of the camera it is and how it doesn't need anything special done to it because it's already awesome.