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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
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Swirling Snow


the storm sweeping up the east coast of the United States is bringing a mixture of snow, rain, and sleet to the Maryland area today with only a small accumulation expected this early - though by tomorrow evening we should be loaded with eight to 12 inches (@25 - 40 centimeters off the top of my head) 
BUT while driving home from the orthopedists, the precipitation though mild was making lovely swirls across the highway as I drove, reminding me of long ago in January of 1974 when I was driving a U-haul Truck loaded with house furnishings as I drove from Maine to my newly acquired farmhouse in the rural environs of Cape Breton - only the swirls were larger and lasted for hours getting larger and larger until I was driving in a complete white-out doing about 10 miles an hour - what an adventure, I drove across one bridge not even knowing it was a bridge until the wind ceased enough to let me see that I was coming off the bridge driving in the 'oncoming lane' - eventually I made it to the causeway to Cape Breton still in white-out and with the Mounties letting me cross but closing the road behind me to all traffic for the night.

I had pulled over to take this photograph but not quickly enough to capture the great swirls I had just drove through here in Maryland.


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