In case you might find this interesting, the "Science and Practice of Road Making", from The Bee newspaper, Pictou, Nova Scotia, January 1836. #urbangeology #historyofgeology

This image is a highlight of 2025. It represents celebration of geoheritage, geodiversity, and community engagement. www.geodiversityday.org/post/geodive...

NEW - Explore Our Collections This new site, Nova Scotia Museum Collections Online, allows users to explore of some of the highlights in the Nova Scotia Museum collection. We will be adding content regularly. collections.novascotia.ca #NSMCollections #NovaScotiaMuseum #novascotia

A summary of International Geodiversity Day @geodiversityday.bsky.social in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark #NovaScotia @visitnovascotia.bsky.social ⚒️ www.geodiversityday.org/post/geodive...

Only those who were there, know how great an event this was. @jasonloxton.bsky.social

A merry and very, very,... old #ChristmasTree. These #NovaScotia pine cones may be from the Cretaceous! Learn more at: museum.novascotia.ca/blog/very-ol...

Am pleased to see the biographic profile of Samuel Gaskin now published in PNSIS. Gaskin was a first generation Bajan Nova Scotian who made significant contributions to innovations in #mapping for #NovaScotia Dept of Mines. #BlackSTEM #BlackinGIS ⚒️ - ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...

Drawing Geology - Reflections on a recent trip to Hobart, Tasmania. ⚒️ edinos.ca/drawn-to-geo...

Zonia Baber is someone I would have like to meet.

A wonderful celebration of #GeodiversityDay in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark - ⚒️ see more and Like/Follow at: facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...

Today is World Maritime Day. With over 13,000 kilometers of coastline, Nova Scotia is shaped by the sea. Take time to explore the stories of our seafaring past, present, and future. #NovaScotia

Found this 80,000 year old seed in #MastodonMud at the museum today. Will it sprout? @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social

For #FossilFriday - ancient DNA shows the #NovaScotia mastodons are older than thought, and have migrated into the Atlantic region multiple times over the past 500,000 years. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️

On my desk for #FossilFriday - these small bones (Northern Leopard Frog) and the spruce cone being removed from a small block of 80,000 year old mud collected during the 1991 Mastodon dig. These have been in a freezer for over 30 years! Will the 80,000 year old spruce cone have viable seeds?

Today - I'm taking a road trip to #Kentville #NovaScotia to search for tracks preserved in Bay of Fundy mud. In 1842, Dr. Webster sent samples of rain prints collected from the muddy banks of the Cornwallis River to Charles Lyell. The rest, is geological history! ⚒️ archive.org/details/quar...

Kissing fish! For #FossilFriday - the latest view of the Platysomid fish from the Early Carboniferous of #NovaScotia found by Dr Mo Snyder and Jesse Demaires-Smith from Acadia University is 2023. ⚒️ Fossil and counterpart - look like two fish kissing.

Drawing a rising tide in the Cliffs of Fundy #UNESCO #GlobalGeopark - youtube.com/shorts/gvTIw...

@markabrennan.bsky.social - you may find this of interest, the article and the talk. edinos.ca/plein-air-in...

Some weekend reading - #Geodiversity, #PleinAir Painting in #Geoparks and #Geoheritage in #NovaScotia all available on edinos.ca ⚒️

Some thoughts about the Geodiversity of a River. edinos.ca/geodiversity... ⚒️

Plein Air Painting and the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, a one-hour public presentation at the #Parrsboro International #PleinAir Festival in #NovaScotia. #GlobalGeoparks #geoheritage ⚒️ youtu.be/QEdlhLsjTKQ

In August of 1842, Charles Lyell visit a fossiliferous limestone on the shore of the Debert River, #NovaScotia. Today, I found the fossiliferous limestone, and am impressed with the view that Lyell enjoyed so many years ago. ⚒️

Drawing Prompt = Pebble Drawing in Geoparks on Facebook at www.facebook.com/share/p/1HFJ...

Am excited for tomorrow’s #geoheritage field trip to visit a site where Charles Lyell stopped on the Folly (Fawleigh) River Bridge to observe the exposed gypsum and draw in his notebook - Aug 10, 1842.

Learned so much tonight from Mercedes Peters @mercedespeters.bsky.social public talk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Keeping the ember alive, and learning strong.

I have been enjoying the past couple of weeks working with the #NovaScotia mineralogy collection @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social - Some new online resources… coming soon. What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?

Gave a guest lecture/workshop today for Geology 2 @dalhousieu.bsky.social students = Drawing Skulls / Drawing Skills. The students appreciated getting some tips and having ltime to practice observation drawing.

In conjunction with the Monsters of the Abyss exhibit, a small display of historical specimens was installed in the Marine Gallery of the Museum of Natural History. #FindingHoneyman

This heart rock was given to me by young Emma during an urban geology tour in Halifax in 2023. The treasured rock remains on my office desk. #HappyValentinesDay #HeartRocks ⚒️

Charles Fletcher, a fourth generation African Nova Scotian became a key man in the Mining #Geology Laboratory of #Harvard University from 1930 through 1970. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #GSAToday #NovaScotia Legacy in Action: Celebrating Black Brilliance at: rock.geosociety.org/net/gsatoday...

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science - remembering Elizabeth King (1923-2010). In researching and telling her story, I've come to really appreciate her determination and passion for geology. She wrote her first paper at age of nine years old! ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...

Samuel Gaskin made significant contributions to the mapping department of the #NovaScotia Dept of Mines from 1950 through 1977. Gaskin brought innovations in using aerial photographs to create more accurate maps for geology and tourism. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/mapping...

For #FossilFriday a portion of a Calamites stem from Port Hood, Cape Breton, found by Rev. David Honeyman in 1851. This is one of earliest fossils he collected and accessioned in the museum collection! ⚒️ @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social #FindingHoneyman

For #FossilFriday - Rex was very excited to have the opportunity to sniff some #NovaScotia Mastodon bones. Good boy Rex.

You are an Urban Geologist - when you find yourself looking at pieces of concrete sidewalk. #urbanGeology ⚒️

Ideas worth sharing - Netukulimk www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmBm... #Mikmaq

A special #FossilFriday post for the holiday season. ⚒️

Charles S Fletcher (1896-1970) biography now published in December issue of GSA Today. A fourth generation African Nova Scotian who became a key man in Harvard Mining Geology lab. #histgeo ⚒️ Available at: doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...

#TRANSITions museum exhibit idea - could include geological, biological, and cultural examples of transformative change of transportation. “The 300 Million Year History of Commuting” - from waters to land, from land to air, …. Walking in the exhibit along a shore with ancient footprints.

Last year I became inspired by the beauty of snow crystals and the historic plastic models made by Edwin Reiber in 1940. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/beautif...

A sketchy morning walk in Dartmouth #NovaScotia - The Geary Street homeless encampment still has numerous tents. It would have been cold last night. The glacial boulder at the top of the commons has been here for about 15,000 years. The monument commemorates the settlers of Dartmouth in 1750

Today I facilitated an observation drawing event for youth in the exhibit gallery of the Museum of Natural History - one hour of drawing, lots of fun and learning. Everyone completed four drawings on a folded sheet of 11x17 card stock, resulting in a hand drawn poster.

Calling all field naturalists, zoologists and botanists... what does this look like to you? Remind you of anything?

Seeing the forest with the trees. Yesterday visited a new Carboniferous fossil forest site in Cape Breton with Dr. Jason Loxton from the Cape Breton Fossil Centre and CBU. An amazing new fossil locality. ⚒️

It’s a BiG day when you can put Mastodon bones together. On left a partial pelvis from Milford, Nova Scotia collected in 1992, and on the right another partial pelvis from Little Narrows Cape Breton. #paleontology

A folded piece of tabloid size 11x17 card-stock and a mechanical pencil are all you need to complete a series of 5 minute drawings. The folded card-stock paper provides a strong enough surface for drawing. When unfolded, the drawings provide a poster like presentation. Why not give it a try?

Digitally retracing Charles Lyell’s field drawings from his trip to Nova Scotia in 1842. ⚒️ youtu.be/SK1NGxQQlNc?...

Rock Cycle: A boulder of Carboniferous conglomerate fell from the cliff. The cobbles inside once travelled down a ancient river. Today, the tides erode cobbles onto the beach. After a 300 million year rest these cobbles return to their journey in the rock cycle. ⚒️ www.facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...

Drawing geology - boulders of sedimentary rock used as armour stone on First Beach of Parrsboro Harbour, #NovaScotia. ⚒️ Cliffs of Fundy Global Geopark www.facebook.com/share/p/Cx9k...

After several inspiring discussions and experiences at the recent European Global Geoparks meeting in Reykjanes, Iceland - I created a Facebook page to build interest and promote observation Drawing in Geoparks. You can Like and Follow along at: www.facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...