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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Fish Kill and Weed Killer - Coincidence? [note: update]



I will follow with a series of photographs and comments about my little jaunt to photograph the Eagle at Stony Run and how the dead fish and the road-side weed control seemed to be bound togeth er.

This is a considered update, after supper and thinking that my posting was sounding a bit 'memesh' as it stood.  I do know that weed killer run-off is usually deleterious to fish, but had no idea if the dead fish were like salmon which usually die after spawning.  I did not think that shad and herring and similar fish did die and a quick check on the internet confirmed that in normal circumstances they do journey back to the ocean sometime after spawning.   So I feel that I can let the posting stand as it is, i.e. a good query to think about.  I was too late in the day to contact environmental resources to see if they could look into the matter but will do so tomorrow if all goes well.  So stay tuned to some more photos and my grumblings about habitat destruction and the state of mind of the average American garbage thrower across the highways and onto the verge.


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