Sunset and Foxes

An evening wander on the Crescent Beach and a visit to Bell Island was rewarded with a lovely sunset and an audience of curious fox cubs.

Can it get any better here in the South Shore …? ~ Probably ….

Watching seaweed

With the tide gently making its way in, I sat on some rocks and found myself being completely captivated by the random motion of the seaweed around me. Natural, endearing and thought provoking ~ it is hard to believe that we live in such a material world.

Foggy, cool and lots of oysters

A wander on the beach this evening with the intention of catching the sunset, but instead, in complete contrast we were met with a lovely cool fog coming with the tide.

Also enjoying the conditions was “The Drifter” out harvesting oysters.

Beads of water

See what was found this morning on the Wild Strawberry leafs, another wonderful example of nature’s art.

See more on our Wild Strawberries at ~ 
https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/we-have-fragaria-vesca.html

It’s all in our Splash Zone …

A lovely day out exploring all that is close and exciting to us ..... 

With no particular plan we drove down the road and ventured onto one of the two Fox Islands located in Lunenburg County. The one we went too with awesome views of Dublin Bay is adjacent to Crescent Beach and is only accessible at extreme low tides. From there it was onto the beach for a wander and some rock running, followed by a visit to Green Bay and finally the traditional stop at the LaHave Bakery for coffee, cookies and a chat with some locals.

In addition we were also confronted by a hard-line protester, see the last photo ...

Rock Pool

 

Chipmunk buddy protesting School Closures

Why did the chickens cross the road …..?

…………… Because they thought it was an egg-cellent idea to pay us a visit and grab some of our bugs ….

The gals from across the road came by this evening, while they fed on what they could find out front, the little guy in the last photo was busy in the back yard ……

Just a drop …..

In what seemed to be the first in a very long time, yesterday we had a rain. Appearing to be an obvious effort to play catch-up for its recent absence, the rain came down vertically and aggressively at a fair rate of knots, leaving everything thoroughly soaked.

The aftermath was beautiful, with fresh spring leaves in a state of pendulous, the grass many more shades greener and then the best of all the awesome smell of good clean earth and fresh growing things after the rain has fallen on them.

Below are a few close up photos I took from the front deck as we sat very much amused and smiling at the rain …………

A new family member

A new addition to the Husqvarna family ~ a Chainsaw …

It has taken me a very long time to finally decide upon this acquisition. It was not really something I ever seen myself having, the simple reason being ~ chainsaws scare me …!!!

At the back of our house is a very large forest with many trees which have over time fallen down giving a huge potential for an abundance of kindling for the wood stove and good wood for outside fires.

So, after much thought, some coaching from a neighbour, lots of reading and viewing many YouTube videos, I decided that a chainsaw would be a good idea.

The chainsaw which is a Husqvarna 240, 38cc with a 16” bar, now shares my care, attention and cleaning skills with the other Husqvarnas’, see ~

https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-beast-lawrence-and-lb.html

With all sorts of safety equipment and wears, I tried it for the first time today, the freshly cut results can be seen in the photo below ...