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Going back in time...

In January of 2018 I came to Annapolis Royal to meet with artists Sharon Irving Kennedy, Brad Hall and ecologist Gregory Heming to discuss artwork in response to the environment and climate change. Before I left Halifax while daydreaming on the internet I came across Nancy McCabe;s property in Port Royal. I saw it, brought Richard to see it and we fell in love with it. By April 19th we had sold our city home and moved to rural Nova Scotia.

Long Branch Studios is situated on the Granville Road at the base of North Mountain, with the Queen Anne Marsh and the Annapolis River basin right across the road. I was surrounded by multiple ecosystems: marsh, tidal, forest, field, farmland, orchards, brooks and water courses were all part of my daily walks. 

The barnyard with view of the vegetable garden, studio (white barn) and chicken coop on the hill.

The brook flowing across the property at the entrance to the woodlands.

A view of North Mountain from the Queen Anne Marsh in the late fall.

The Annapolis River Basin looking east toward Annapolis Royal.

Kennedy Brook empties into the Annapolis River Basin.

I continued to be fascinated and inspired by microcosms of the earth, tidewrack and forest floor.

Broom moss?

Hosta leaves in the fall.

Frost on the field grasses.

Rain drops on Russian Kale.

Ice formation on a marshland puddle.

Ice on the brook.