Rising to the Challenge

We went to Annapolis Royal to see the exhibition, Annapolis Basin : Rising to the Challenge by Sally O’Grady and David Colville at the ARTsPLACE.

It is there until December 19th. Heather and I loved the townscape paintings by Sally. David provided the maps in the brochure (adding the geography).

It did make us ‘rise to the challenge’. The challenge is educating our Annapolis County community about climate change, and in this part of Nova Scotia, sea level rise.

I can imagine the following. Sally’s paintings show us the current skyline around the Annapolis Basin. Just think, using the latest estimates of sea level rise, and storm surges, with a projector unit, we could show where these estimates would impact the communities. This would offer a wonderful education opportunity. I am hoping there will be a second edition which gives citizens some idea of the changes in 2030 and 2050, based on the latest science. That’s my challenge!

Afterwards, we stopped at the Great Expectations Books & Cafe. JoAnn had found a copy of Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome.

We had promised to find it, and send it on to Quinn in Iqaluit. Imagine our surprise in Lawrencetown, when an hour later we received in the mail from Indigo a modern reprint of the same book. Heather had ordered it, not expecting JoAnn to find the missing volume. A bonus for our grandchildren.

The afternoon was capped with a walk with Siqsiq around the French Basin trail.

Next week (Monday 7-9 pm) there is Annapolis County Extinction Rebellion meeting at the Centrelea Community Hall. This will give us an update on the forestry practices in the Tobeatic region. From the feedback to my last blog (Crown Lands), we need to continue to challenge NS Lands and Forestry on their Crown Lands policies.

This map could be the Annapolis Basin. The sailors could be from the new Gordonstoun School.

Acknowledgements

JoAnn for finding the Arthur Ransome book. Sally and David for their challenge. I hope they can take it to the next level.

References

Arthur Ransome, 1930. Swallows and Amazons Puffin Books (1962)

Alistair MacLeod, 1986. As Birds bring forth the Sun and Other Stories. McClelland and Stewart (PenguinRandomHouse).

Postscript

I found a copy of the Alistair MacLeod short stories at the Great Expectations Cafe. Meanwhile, Tony Berger’s book on Ella Manuel continues to inspire me with the local stories from Bonne Bay.