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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Welcome South Korea

I never know how people from other countries find my site but it always pleases me to see another country somewhere around the world show up on my statistics.  This is a relatively small blog in terms of numbers of people a day - at the most a hundred or so - but considering the laid-back, down-home content that seems to be of steady interest to some I am well pleased.  So welcome South Korea and please return again.  Himself!

나는 결코 다른 나라에서 온 사람들이 내 사이트를 찾는 방법을 알고 있지만 항상 내게 다른 나라는 세계 어딘가에 내 통계에 나타나는 것을 기대시킵니다. 이는 상대적으로 작은 블로그에서 약관의 번호의 사람들의 당일에 가장이나 백지만 등을 고려하고 편안하고 아래쪽 홈 컨텐트는 것의 지속적인 관심에 이들도 매우 기쁘게 하더라. 다시 반환하시기 바랍니다 한국 환영합니다. 자신!

I used an on-line translator for the Korean output.  However when I played the reverse translation it seems some of the meaning was skewed.  I did NOT mean go back South Korea, I meant return here again.

Mistletoe - Phoradendron serotinum

9 March 2013


9 March 2013
9 March 2013