What's It All About, eh?

Cape Breton evokes deep memories and strong emotions for me as well as a deep appreciation for the beauty of my adopted island. My hopes are that you too might find the photos evocative - maybe a view you've not enjoyed before, or an 'Oh I've been there', or if from away that you may be encouraged to visit this fair isle so that you might come to love and breathe Cape Breton as I do. One word about place names that I use - some are completely local usage while others are from maps of Cape Breton that I've purchased over the years. I frequently post travel and other photos that are of interest to me - and hopefully you.

On the right hand side bar find my take on Single Malt whiskey - from how to best enjoy this noble drink to reviews (in a most non-professional manner) of ones that I have tried and liked - or not. Also musings, mine and others, on life in general.

Photographs are roughly 98%+ my own and copy-righted. For the occasional photo that is borrowed, credit is given where possible - recently I have started posting unusual net photographs that seem unique. Feel free to borrow any of my photos for non-commercial use, otherwise contact me. Starting late in 2013 I have tried to be consistent in identifying my photographs using ©smck on all out of camera photos I personally captured - (I often do minor computer changes such as 'crop' or 'shadow' etc but usually nothing major), and using ©norvellhimself on all photos that I have played around with in case it might not be obvious. Lately I have dropped the ©smck and have watermarked them with the blog name.

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Shallow Woodland Flows




















The Elk Neck peninsula is basically all glacial till and in some areas the surface soil is thick clay with some thin skin of organic overlay.  In a large stretch of the woodland behind our house it is quite flat so that small depressions of a foot or less collect the run-off rain water and form these delightful small pool-ponds which though neither deep or long lasting enough to maintain a true aquatic life environment they do have an abundance of frogs, salamanders, and other amphibious life, along with the occasional water snake.  Friends of mine that grew up here when we were kids named a very large one of these nearer their home Lake Lovely and skated there often in the winter.  



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1 comment:

  1. shamikThursday, 13 March, 2014

    Awesome photos !!!! but that photo top left is eye-catching and composed ''just right'' in my view... the green leaves make this photo!!!!

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