Some Wonderful

<p>In a series of stories Heidi Watts describes more than 50 years of summers on a group of small islands off the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. In deeply personal recollections Heidi describes life in an isolated fishing community watching the sharp decline in fish and a community in transition. </p><p><br></p><p>I wanted to celebrate the beauty of the islands the land and the sea-and I wanted to honor a way of life which evolved over 150 years and disappeared in less than 50. This is a celebration of what is and a lament for what is lost. I watched with pain close-up and personal the increasing destruction and final death of the fisheries and the impact on those who made a living from the sea. I also wanted to capture for you and for myself the beauty of the sea sand sky and rocks-what was unique in the culture of the time and place and the inevitability of change.</p><p><br></p>