1/3🧵: November 11, 2025. We Remember.
#ArtistinResidence @rosemorrisonmusic, on #SableIsland, playing “Heavy is My Fate”, a traditional #ScottishAir commonly played in #CapeBreton. We recorded it on Sunday morning before the helicopter arrived & Rose left the island…. #fiddletune #music…

2/2: ... For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org
#NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada
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#Residency #Interdisciplinary #sciart
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2/3: … & sand was airborne. Here Artist in Residence Rose Morrison is being heavily sandblasted as she records the windblown sand grains flying over the surface…..
Photo Zoe Lucas. #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada #SableIslandwx #sciart #rosemorrisonmusic #artistinresidence

1/4🧵: In the Sable Island Arts Residency Studio #sciart 🐡
With storm winds of >50 kts this morning & continuing 40 kts with bursts of heavy rain & clouds of blowing sand, it has been a day to focus on studio work…. #NorthAtlantic #storm
#SableIslandwx #NSwx #artistinresidence @rosemorrisonmusic

4/4: … with the response of the rusty, sandblasted metal, storm waves washed over the berm & the carrier was surrounded by ocean floodwater on the south beach.
Photos Zoe Lucas. #rosemorrisonmusic #SableIsland #floodedbeach
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#sableislandnationalparkreserve

3/3: … Before beginning her arts residency on Sable Island, Rose Morrison co-wrote with Dave Gunning a song about a beach in Cape Breton, “Holding Sand”.
To hear the song: soundbox.lnk.to/holdingsand
Photo Zoe Lucas.
#artistinresidence #music #sciart
@rosemorrisonmusic @dave_gunning

1/3🧵: The Remains of the Pine 🌎 🐡
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Before the helicopter arrived, we went to Pinetree Pond West, a freshwater pond that had been named for the Scots Pine that lived on the slope near the eastern end of the pond. The tree died a few years ago & …

3/3: … in flower here, but now juncus, marram, & bayberry contribute to the #fallcolours.
Photos Zoe Lucas.
#botany #nsflora @rosemorrisonmusic
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#sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org

3/4: … bsky.app/profile/sabl... One night we walked to the pond and sat quietly as horses sipped water in the dark, and the full moon – a Beaver Moon – silvered the clouds overhead. #rosemorrisonmusic
Hand Rose Morrison. Photo Zoe Lucas.

2/3: … Years ago, during work downsizing MSC’s operation on the island, a strange and solitary flute-like tune led to a pile of discarded gear and scrap materials. The pole had been cast into the pile at an angle that caught the breeze blowing through the debris. … @rosemorrisonmusic #sableislandnpr

2/2: …. a woman from another era, waiting, watching.
Accidental photo Zoe Lucas
#NorthAtlantic #nightphotography
#SableIslandwx #NSwx #storm
#artistinresidence @rosemorrisonmusic
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more about #SableIsland: sableislandinstitute.org

4/4: … there will be a few more posts about her on-island time.
Photos Zoe Lucas.
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4/5: … on the Sandy Plain. During her first few days, Rose Morrison, Sable's first #ArtistinResidence, visited the site as she got her bearings on the island. There were no injuries or loss of life or fuel spills associated with the wreck, but some Merrimac mystery remains. @rosemorrisonmusic …

4/4: … Photos Zoe Lucas.
#SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #Atlanticcanada
#rosemorrisonmusic
#Residency #Interdisciplinary
#wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
#sableislandnpr #parkscanada
#sableislandnationalparkreserve
For more about Sable Island: sableislandinstitute.org