#2400 "Hackett's Cove Memories"

#2400 "Hackett's Cove Memories"

We arrived in Nova Scotia 1977 as my first posting with the Atmospheric Environment Service was Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, CYAW. Nova Scotia was a great place to learn about the weather and meteorology. Fog was the great humbler that always arrived just when you thought you might be starting to learn something. We frequently travelled Route 333 with visitors and spent the day exploring the coves and craft shops. The day trip also took us to many painting places along the South Shore. We made a great many new friends along Route 333. 

Hackett's Cove is one of the many small ports along the South Shore's Route 333. Hackett's Cove is situated southwest of Glen Margaret and south of Woodens River. 

A Google search describes it as "Hackett's Cove is a rural community of the Halifax Regional Municipality in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on the Chebucto Peninsula. The community is home to radio transmitter maker Nautel Ltd." That Internet description does not do the community justice. There was a lot of painting material at Hackett's. The paintings of Hackett's Cove in this series do not even scratch the beautiful surface. 

The timing of this image would have been the spring of 1985 just before we moved back to Upper Canada in the summer of that year. I had a career change to become an Instructor in the Training Branch of the Atmospheric Environment Service. My research in satellite and remote sensing applications was catching on. 

Oils on burnt sienna oil tinted commercial stretched canvas - 14 X 18 (inches) by 3/4 (0.750) inches in depth. Started 11:00 am Sunday August 2nd, 2020.

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