Tranquility

(Photo courtesy of The Ranger)

Just Another Scene From the World of Inbetween

You never know what you will find,

while hiking interior Cape Breton.

This moose dropped both it's antlers in one spot,

with a mighty shake of his head.

This is a full sized, man sized back pack!

One antler weighed 13 lbs., the other, 17!

(Photos compliments of The Ranger)

Finally, A Few Nice Days!

Mother Nature saw fit to grant SE Cape Breton a reprieve from inclement weather just in time to celebrate Canada Day, and I took advantage.  We literally had no spring, but a few warm, sunny days isn't quite reward enough!  I need MORE!  However, if you follow my other blog, KaHolly , you already know I have kept busy at the sewing machine, patiently waiting for a break in the weather.  Any random nice day that DID come along was regretably spent mowing the lawn!

A day on the water resulted in these photos:

Lobster season is over and traps are stacked and ready for storage.

Moon Snail egg case

There were a total of 15 Great Blue Herons

Barrier Beach, low tide.

Score!

Coming in for a landing

Moon Snail with it's 'foot' extended under about 6" of water.

Black-headed Gull

Window Views

While hiking along this past summer, somewhere in Cape Breton, 

we happened upon an old, dilapidated house.

I couldn't resist taking this picture looking up at the window.  

The rounded top made me believe that once upon a time, 

this old house had lots of character in all it's simplicity.

I wonder how many children 

watched out this very window

in anticipation Santa's arrival?

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My World Tuesday

Island Time

"How often we forget all time, when lone, 

Admiring Nature's universal throne, 

Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense 

Reply of hers to our intelligence."

- George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1823 [The Island].

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Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Camera Critters

Variable Darner

This Variable Darner flew at me while 

I was working in the yard one recent afternoon.

I thought, "How cool is this?  He's going to land on me!",

 and I stood stock still.

However, it seems my face was his destination,

 and I couldn't help but step back and dodge his final approach.  

Nonplussed, he landed on a post directly behind me for a quick photo shoot,

before lifting off and trying to land on my face a second time.  The funny thing (for me anyway) is that I've been tracking these darners all this late summer, hoping and waiting for one of them to land.

Not only are they busy, they are fast!

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