This is our home on the LaHave River in Lunenburg County,
Nova
Scotia, Canada.
It was built in 1898 by a Sea Captain. Note the
"Widow's Walk" on the roof.
In days of old, the wives of seafaring men would watch the horizon from this platform to catch a glimpse
of their men coming home from the sea.
As there were many ships and crews
lost at sea,
some vigils ended in sorrow.
The upriver view from the Widow's Walk.
This river is alive with
pleasure craft in the summer months.
Sailboats are especially enjoyable to watch in the warm summer breezes.
The greenhouse, which was added in February 2000,
has provided many hours of enjoyment in the winter. It is heated by a duct
from the furnace and supplemented by an electric heater. The windows
are angled to provide maximum sunshine in the winter, but minimal sunrays
in the summer.
I usually start my daylily seedlings here in March.