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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Clean-up - III,







I worked today to fairly well have this section of back yard accessible for the riding mower - just need to move most of the oak, both the dry dead wood, and the green wood to the wood rick, in separate stackings for the winter.  I have been working away at the task a bit on odd days as it was an unappealing job with oak limbs and leaves all a jumble mixed in with the Elk Neck Pine that was a crappy mix of tangled limbs etc as left by the tree trimmers as per our pre-cutting agreement.  Today was in the low 90s in the shade and very humid with sweat running in rivulets from my head and arms - so a few small 4 to 8  foot limbs left to saw to stove length and the three or four piles of same to move to the wood rick.  But it is presentable and there is access for the riding mower to keep things in trim.  Many thanks to my son, Calum, for hauling unending piles of pine top limbs down in the back to compost away in a few years.


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