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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Countries VisitingToday - update 03Oct'12

1st Time Countries: 03 Oct 
none today

 returning countries:
Brazil
Canada
Poland 
Russia
United States
Ukraine 


  other countries in the last seven days: 
 China
France
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Netherlands 
United Kingdom
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First and Last Day In NFL


©  09 Jul '12     photo by smck
© 15 Jul '12     photo by smck

The somewhat drear coast-line picture was taken from the about to dock ferry on what was to be our first day in Newfoundland.  Between the appealing vista of these barren hills and a bit of tourist information on our Newfoundland map about a reconstructed historical light-house we, ad-hoc, decided to take the first right out of the ferry terminal and head to Rose Blanche and explore both  the Lighthouse and the moor-like hills.  The second photo was taken on our last day in NFL as we headed to a recommended restaurant on that same road to Rose Blanche.  Even though I am sure we saw this sign on our first day it did not register as we were focused on our destination not some little country village.  However this day of the photo we were looking for Margaree and a good evening supper at what turned out to be a delightful down-home restaurant that our hosts at Caribu Inn had been glad to suggest. And we were not disappointed. 
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Himself! with Honorary Grandson and Dog

© Aug '12     photo by Sue

Among the many things I love about my summer in Cape Breton are my incredible friends.
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Hills, Spruce, Fog,and Rain

© Aug '12     photo by smck
When you're happy, grey days are a needed flavour to your life - but when your mind is grey, drear days are as a burden to bend you down -
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Contemplation

© 30 Sep '12    photo by smck
This is almost the same view as before but at just a bit larger scale in which you can see the roughness of this old and seasoned wood.  It is somewhat wet from soaking up rain but will dry quickly when I have split the rounds into 1/2s and then 1/4s and leave it stacked here, covered on top with a thin two foot wide piece of plywood until I have finished cutting in this area.  Later I will haul it back to my wood-rick near our house to split the larger pieces to nice stove size and stack it all again. This old dead wood burns well with little creosote output but the one main drawback is the 'dirtiness' of the bits of decaying exterior wood that litters the floor after every loading of the stove - when I do occasionally cut either a living tree or one that is newly deceased I always have a minor enjoyment of how little litter there is in handling the wood.  In general though it's load the stove - then sweep and vacuum around the stove. 

However when the stove is burning nicely with the flames flickering their hypnotic lantern show through the tempered glass doors and I am sitting in my comfortable chair with my book and my single-malt of the day, laze-ally enjoying the warmth on a bone cold winters day then the labour has been well played.   
 
I have to fess-up, that actually I drink much more tea than single-malt - but the single malt does fit right into the ambiance of the moment.
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