Tag Archives: Weekly Photo Challenge

Rainbow Colours of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (WPC-Roy G. Biv)

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Peggy Pilkey

When I first read the subject of this Weekly Photo Challenge, I knew that my pictures of Lunenburg, NS would provide all but one of the colours of the rainbow required to appear in this assignment. For violet, the “v” in the … Continue reading →

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Fisherman’s Monument (Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Peggy Pilkey

This one hundred foot, granite rock face in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, honours both the living and those lost at sea.  Sculpted by William Edward deGarthe (1907-1983), it incorporates thirty-two fishermen, their wives and children, enveloped by the wings of a … Continue reading →

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Lunenburg Characters

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Peggy Pilkey

I was quite taken by the number of life-sized, wood carvings of seafaring characters in the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Canada)–a UNESCO World Heritage Site–one of five designated as such in this beautiful Canadian coastal province.  Although this photo was … Continue reading →

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Butterflies in Flight (Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed)

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Peggy Pilkey

Late afternoon sun coming from the direction of my patio doors, passed through a glass plate on top of my bookcase and created a shadow-image of a butterfly on the wall behind it.  This was an unexpected, but lovely coincidence relating to a recent Weekly … Continue reading →

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The Yellow House (Weekly Photo Challenge: Yellow)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Peggy Pilkey

I had written about this yellow house for a post in January of 2014 entitled Remedies for Winter Blues, and this is the second time I’ve been unable to dismiss an earlier Weekly Photo Challenge from my mind, succumbing, at … Continue reading →

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Gone, But Not Forgotten (Weekly Photo Challenge)

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Peggy Pilkey

This photograph was taken a decade or so ago, before it became necessary for Betty–my mom–to move to a senior’s care residence, and before our beloved pet “Bud” passed away from complications of hemophilia within two and a half years of her death.  This … Continue reading →

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