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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Last Night's Supper - when I was growing up pre-WWII and during the war most people called the evening meal 'supper' with 'dinner' being the noon-day meal


 A frozen pizza from the grocery store at the edge of town dressed up with olives, left over vegetables, tomatoes, shredded cheese and a green marinade - quite reasonable in taste (though I will skip the marinade next time and use a tomato sauce of some type and also add mushrooms and onions).


Misty Morning - V - the semi-boundary trail comes to the fork and brings thoughts of Mr. Frost


 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

 

Misty Morning - Iv through the wood


 

Misty Morning - III


 

Misty Morning - II


 

Misty Morning On Our Lane - Sometimes I wish that I could stay the pain



 Misty morning on our lane
Sometimes I wish that I could stay the pain
I know it made it hard to see this through
I got this feeling I will be missing you
Misty morning on our lane

State Forest Walk - nearing the Elk River


Garage Apace


Haze - III


Haze Down Bay - and closing in on the sail in distance




Hazey Ending of Day


Son Calum Going Off Trail - to try and clear a red mylar balloon from a tree




In The Land of The Paw-Paw Tree




With leaves and branches that deer avoid, and fruit that is loved by all, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a fascinating native tree. It’s the only local member of a large, mainly-tropical plant family (Annonaceae), and produces the largest edible fruit native to North America. Despite being a small, understory tree, unlikely to ever grow into the forest canopy, pawpaw is the most frequently observed sapling in forest monitoring plots

High In A Walnut Tree