Signs of the (Mari)times

I just returned from a relaxing week in rural Nova Scotia, and thought I’d do a Maritime edition of my Signage of the Apocalypse series. Also available on my Flickr set. Enjoy!

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Spotted at the parking lot of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, on the Bay of Fundy - the rocks may be old, but the thinking isn’t. There were several of these spaces near the entrance to the interpretive centre (right up front, by the wheelchair parking.)

No vehicles parked in them, though.

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Seen outside the Union Church in West Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. You know, in case the meaning of “church” isn’t clear.

I suppose they eventually they meet in the cemetery, too. Or in heaven. Dual purpose sign.

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I just can’t get excited about this place.

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Nothing funny about this, just quaint and rather true. Though I would have paid good money to adjust the frickin’ rain clouds.

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OK, this is really cool. My friend works at the Jost Winery, in Malagash, N.S. Not only do they have a good website, but they have the largest URL you’ve ever seen. They hired a surveyor to map out JOSTWINE.COM on an unused field behind the winery, and they plough it a couple of times a year. The letters must be a couple of hundred feet high each; above is a photo I took from the bottom middle tip of the “M” in “.COM”. Despite the rural location, there are now quite a few jets flying overhead on their way to the posh Fox Harb’r Gold Resort & Spa. And of course, it can be seen from space via Google Maps. Behold below:

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Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 08-15-2008 | 02:08 PM
Posted in: Apocalypse signs