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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Green Shelf Mushroom


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Eagle (nesting) Update



I had reported earlier that the several days of high wind had destroyed the eagles nest that I have been photographing for a number of years - and that I thought they were nesting in another less accessible (for me to photograph) area, along with some photographs showing the eagles there.  Then for a few weeks I could not discern any eagle activity there at all.  Well yesterday I checked again and took a number of photographs, none of which turned out well enough to post (and as you know, they have to be fairly rough for me not to post for informative reasons).  I will say that I am trying to determine if what I saw yesterday were eagles or black turkey vultures - I did have some glide photos but they were not definitive enough in giving me information on the extended wing pattern that would easily identify the eagle from the buzzard.  After I post this I am going to go photographing and hope to resolve if that eagle family is safe or not.  (that new nest is so scrawny that I did not think they would be raising a brood there this year but one of the unposted photos of the nest definitely show a large bird form but I will have to resolve the wing spread flight pattern to say with any certainty whether it was the young dark coloured eagle or just the black buzzard.  Check back later if it is of interest to you.  



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Blue on Blue


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Visitors this past day or so


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Looking Easterly Across The North East River - toward the Gilbert Memorial in the town park



in this view the marsh shows both the invasive Phragmites australis, cattail, and also green briar (mostly red/green in colour this time of year)
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