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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I've Been Side Tracked For A Bit


I will be posting regularly again in a day or two - sorry about the paucity of posts but between our bee problems and travel I have had no chance to snap and upload any photos or pithy comments (ha ha as they say) - sigh Norvell
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The Admore, Legacy, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

a quick note with a fuller review later - I was disappointed, not badly as this is a very good whisky,  but the 40 %  Alc/Vol smoothed out the drink as compared with 'The Traditional' at 46 % (see my review - found in the listings to the right) and I really grew to like the 'burr' of The Traditional' - however it (Legacy) is a really decent whisky that you can serve with verve to friends that blanch at some of the 'volcanic' whiskies that are highly rated. - and right in my  own personal ball park.
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The Heat Wave Is Really Stressing Our Bee Hives - III


I even gave the 'marbel' water-feeder a bit of shade - they buzzed about for a few moments but then one got the idea and the rest followed,
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The Heat Wave Is Really Stressing Our Bee Hives




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The Heat Wave Is Really Stressing Our Bee Hives


The last seven to ten days of temperatures in the mid to high nineties F - along with humidities in the 80s 90s range has not only affected us humans but it is really stressing the bee hives up and down the coast. An old friend in New Jersey who raises bees called me when he saw my earlier 'bearding' photos and told me to call him and in the course of the ensuing conversation when I described the usually normal behaviour, he told me that our hive was over heating and probably melting wax (the bees were hauling out dead or dying larvae) GET SHADE ON THEM IMMEDIATELY was the advice.  The photos here and maybe to follow show my effort this morning to both head off a similar occurrence on the non-bearding hive and to do damage control for the bearding hive.  It catches the sun earlier in the morning by about an hour (strange and so close together) and then gets the sun as long as the other for the rest of the day AND in addition has a metal covering at the top which supposedly reflects the sun and heat but it gets unbearably hot to the touch (I plan to paint it white when we get through this present problem).  Although he suggested 'brushing' the bearded bees into a bucket and then dumping them in the top Carol and I decided to wait a bit longer - and I have already observed the top of the beard bees crawling in and onto the top inner cover now that I have raised the outer cover and shaded it.  Stay tuned.
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