Buoy Man
In the early ’90’s Art Doty came up to Nova Scotia in his brand new RV to search for his roots. His mother emigrated from Port Mouton to Massachusetts at a young age and Doty grew up not knowing his Canadian family.Every year Art and his wife , Donna, would travel up to their 2 acre lot on the Lighthouse Route, just past White Point Beach Resort , and weigh anchor – literally. He has antique anchor by his driveway surrounded by score of loster pots. But the big attraction is his baby barn. It is a typical red miniature barn, however, on it’s sides hang a kaleidescope of color from his hand-painted buoys.
The buoys are cut from 4″ x 4″ road sign posts which were donated by the highjway crews when they put up new ones. Art brags that he, himself, cut them off at night without the government knowing about it and that’s why the signs in his area are only a foot off the ground.
Art sells them and the miniature key-chain variety but he never counts his money. He likes the color of his barn.
See you next year, Art and Donna!
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