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From "The first year of retirement"

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PIGGYMANIA

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - a tourist's view

Walter A. Aue, Summer 2001


Peggy's Cove needs no introduction. Too many rolls of film have been shot there. From the proceeds, Kodak could easily give each of its 70 or so sturdy inhabitants a pension for life. And the for-tourists-only lighthouse a fresh coat of paint for each new season of PiggyMania...
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. The lighthouse at Peggy's Cove - restored and with a fake light

For tourists only

. The cove of Peggy's Cove

For tourists and fishermen

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Etheric

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Choleric

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Granitic

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In the Cove

. In the background you can just see the narrow - and dangerous - entrance to the Cove

Lobster traps

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Reflection I

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Reflection II

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Reflection III

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. Clouds over Peggy's Cove

Fear

. Memorial at Whalesback Beach near Peggy's Cove for Swissair flight 111

Hurt

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. Memorial for Swissair flight 111

Memories I

. Dark clouds at Peggy's Cove

Memories II

. Fishing shack, Peggy's Cove

Memories III

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. The window reflects the church of Peggy's Cove. Few tourists visit the church, but its intimate Maritime mood and affecting murals by W.E. deGarthe are well worth the five-minute walk.

Fisherman's house

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Fisherman's dock

. If you want the official I've-been-here stamp of approval

Tourists' post office

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. Celestial symmetry

Uplook

. Terrestrial asymmetry

Outlook

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