{"id":2430,"date":"2025-10-30T14:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2025-12-24T03:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:40:36","slug":"duncans-cove-nova-scotia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"Duncans Cove, Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karl’s house in Duncans Cove is about 20 minutes from Halifax and adjoins a Provincial Nature Reserve.\u00a0 Fox, bobcat, lynx, mink,\u00a0 weasel, and deer are all native to the area and will occasionally cross the lawn.\u00a0 In the winter months he has the wood stove to supplement electric heat, which makes for a cozy living room.\u00a0 [All photos \"copyright<\/a> Max Vollmer, Click on any image to enlarge]<\/p>\n

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The house faces east.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Karl in the kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Warming my feet in the living room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spruce trees are sparse on the thin soil and the vegetation is buffeted by strong winds most days of the year.<\/p>\n

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Looking to the south.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking to the north and the lighthouse.\u00a0 Halifax on the distant horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hiked across the reserve to the lighthouse in 50 degree weather and then followed the rocks along the shoreline back to the house.\u00a0 Waves were modest today, October 30, but the effects of hurricane Melissa will bring heavy rain, strong winds, and high surf over the next two days, with the peak of the storm expected on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Granite boulders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Breaking waves down below the house.\u00a0 This is where the harbor meets the Atlantic Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The message?\u00a0 Your guess is as good as mine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Low to the ground Fall color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Subtle leaf colors at shoe top level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gull feather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karl and I rode the “Harbor Hopper,” a converted WW II amphibious vehicle that took us sightseeing around downtown Halifax and then, being amphibious, drove into the harbor so we could see the city from the water.<\/p>\n

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Harbor Hopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sold out!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Halifax waterfront and the Dartmouth ferry from the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karl’s house in Duncans Cove is about 20 minutes from Halifax and adjoins a Provincial Nature Reserve.\u00a0 Fox, bobcat, lynx, mink,\u00a0 weasel, and deer are all native to the area and will occasionally cross the lawn.\u00a0 In the winter months he has the wood stove to supplement electric heat, which makes for a cozy living … Continue reading Duncans Cove, Nova Scotia<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,71],"tags":[373,374],"class_list":["post-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","category-photography","tag-duncans-cove","tag-harbor-hopper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2430"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3062,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2430\/revisions\/3062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxvollmer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}