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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Light on Trees

26 July 3013     ©smck


The sun in late afternoon disappears from view on our wooded property but it is still shining brightly and giving the woodland paths an ethereal cast.

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Welcome



Welcome Finland 
I cannot remember offhand if someone from Finland has been here before or no but am always glad to see visitors both new and returning.  If you like this blog please pass it on to one of your friends.  Himself!


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Photograph by my son - ©Calum

Walkway to landing-look-off on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
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Fall Trees On My Bike Ride

©smck     14 October 2013
The Sour-Gum  Nyssa sylvatica   (always called Black-Gum by my father and others of a similar age here-a-bouts) shows autumn much sooner than the large Willow Oak  Quercus phellos   (which same father always called Pin Oak) that it seems to be nestling into along the peninsula road leading past the graveled lane to my own house at Black Hill.


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PhotoSketch

©smck     September
I try to keep my photos as out of camera when posting, but often do mild computer enhancements such as 'contrast', 'sharpen', 'crop' etc to get as near to what my eye saw as possible - and since my long time camera now has problems with dust on inner lens I do as much as possible to erase the resultant dark blurrings.  Occasionally I put up a photo which is obviously not 'out of camera' without comment - usually what I think of as the 'negative' of the photo - because I personally like the pattern of light and colour and imagery that results.  Now in the above photo I used 'pencil-sketch".  I tried it for a lark, so to speak, and quite like the result. And here it is.  Judge for yourself.
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