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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Lady's Slipper



28 April 2013    © smck
This is listed formally as Moccasin Flower, Pink Lady's Slipper - of the Orchid Family (Orchidaceae) - Cypripedium acaule.  Its habitat ranges from Newfoundland, Manitoba south through northern U.S. and southward in the mountains to Georgia.

Never attempt to re-plant these from the wild into your flower garden both because they are somewhat rare and protected by laws and because they seldom survive even in natural areas.  I have personally harvested about 6 seeds and have had luck by planting these in an uncultivated area of my woodland home, of which some are shown here.

I will post another photo set soon showing the maturation of the flower in a few short weeks.
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Weeds I Have Known

April 2013      © smck
I was in the local hardware store and overheard some one asking for week killer for this particular lovely small spring flower - what world am I living in
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Lovely Dogwood Blossoms

30 April 2013

I have this set as my desktop background - the shadows, the translucent leaves, the blush of pink . .
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Tractor Plunge


My niece plunged over this 14 - 15 foot (somewhat less than 5 meters) embankment when her lawn tractor accidentally went out of control and crashed through the retaining fence..  She survived with some fairly bad injuries but overall had amazingly good luck in that she did not suffer life-threatening injuries or even worse.  There will be some long weeks of convalescence ahead though.
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Spring Bon Mots!!



28 April 2013

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