Fall in Nova Scotia is really quite amazing. The trees change colours, pumpkins are carved and in Kentville pumpkin people start popping up on every corner.
Waxing leaves is a family tradition, which my mom used to do with my brother and I in the fall. Passing down these fun traditions, to my own daughters, is a way for me to honour my mother, and the great job she did raising me.
The leaves in the Atlantic Provinces change into multitudes of reds, yellows, oranges and browns each fall; but they don’t last long. You can easily preserve them longer through waxing. There are a few different ways to wax leaves. This is the ironing method.
1) Pick some of your favourite leaf types and colours. We chose traditional red maple.
Today we visited the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Farm Museum in Cole Harbour, NS. The Farm Museum is a community museum set up to preserve and teach the public about agricultural history, in the Cole Harbour area, as well as educate about plants, animals and farming today. The museum is free to visit and relies heavily on community support, so be sure to leave a donation if you visit.
Everyone should take some time to play tourist in their own town. Not only is it cheaper than travelling far away but you always end up learning something new about your own town or country that you share with others. It’s a good thing to learn to love where you’re from and celebrate it!
Today we decided to head to Peggy’s Cove, NS for the day. Peggy’s Cove is a very busy tourist site and today was no exception. Luckily, there is plenty of parking and space for people to spread out and walk around, so at this location crowds aren’t a bad thing.
On Friday night we took our next door neighbours, who are 14 and 16, to the Parks Canada Ghost Tour of Citadel Hill in Halifax, NS.
We wanted to test out the tour to see if it was too scary for our own children, who are 8 and 10, and we had a great time doing it!
Citadel Hill is a National Historic Site in Halifax, NS. A British fort, completed in 1856, it was built to help defend the city of Halifax against invasion from American forces; however, never saw battle.
The Citadel is impressive in the dark, seeming larger than in the daytime. It was a beautiful, clear night and there was a wedding going on at the Citadel so it wasn’t as quiet as it might be on another night. It’s a little harder to get spooked when there are people walking around you than if you were all alone in the fort. We stepped through the main iron gates and gathered to hear the first story of the spirit of a heart-broken woman who wanders inside the main building of the fort.
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