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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New Nuc In The Neighborhood






Carol was worried about the first queen - of swarming fame - from this cold spring so a new queen was ordered - and delivered by UPS today - and then late this afternoon way ensconced into her new home - the 'pi' box on the left -  with a couple of frames of bees and comb from the thriving hive on the right.  Since we did not want the old new queen killed we got a so-called Nuc box from Pristine farm and moved a frame on which she was definitely visible from the 'pi' box to the Nuc box and again with a couple of frames from the original hive.  A bit more on Nuc boxes in the next posting.
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The Real Bee Delivery



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Cinnamon Fern w/focus on Gypsy Moth Caterpillar



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Cinnamon Fern - Osmunda cinnamomea










In the lower photograph you can just make out a Gypsy Moth Caterpillar crawling up one of the cinnamon brown fertile shoots in the center of the fern.
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Cinnamon Fern - Osmunda cinnamomea


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