June 19: Halifax part 2: Citadel

[kirkcudbright]

Drill practice for the 78th Highlanders.



Preparing to fire the noon gun. The gunner on the right is in charge, and is synchronized to an atomic clock.



















In case it's not obvious, this is a winch for placing cannon on carriages.











The Town Clock, halfway down the hill from the Citadel, but still above the downtown.



Sculpture called The Wave, outside the tourist info office. It's clearly posted "no climbing", and it's equally clearly been climbed on since the day it was installed.

Comments

[tb]

I've really been enjoying the whole slew of NS photos; they bring back lots of happy memories.

In this set I adore the chain and stone picture. The bagpiper's expression is great too.

[kirkcudbright.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed them. I need to get around to posting some of these to texture.

We were talking with the bagpiper about bagpiping. At the beginning of the trip, we were in an instrument shop in Bar Harbor, and Kylie was transfixed by what turned out to be toy bagpipes (dummy drones, and a cheap-ass chanter). For the same money, we got her a real practice chanter, with book and CD, but for some reason she didn't practice it in the car...

[veek.livejournal.com]

What a great capture, that last one. The rest are pretty entertaining too, but this one I'm kidnapping into desktop rotation.

[kirkcudbright.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Everything's available in native resolution (2272 x 1704) for the asking. Since I host my pix on lyonesse's box, rather than on something like flickr, I'm careful not to consume too much oxide or bandwidth, but I'm happy to share.