After what has been (so far) the mildest winter I have experienced during my 35 years in Canada, we finally got a snowfall. The eventual amount was as usual much less than the forecasters had promised us, which was good. Hopefully next week we will return to the mild green winter that I have recently become accustomed too.
Below are some random pics from my wander around the empire ..
With the tide on its way out, I did both Crescent and Rissers Beaches.
On a completely deserted Crescent Beach the wind was behind me for the initial 2.2km, but on the way back, the chilly wind directly from the west got my (face …) cheeks frozen. On such bright, sunny but chilly days, I know that I can rely upon one of my suntraps on Rissers to defrost and pretend its mid-July.
Below are a selection of from today’s outing ….
With a very high tide and chilly wind, I was out early for a two-beach wander.
It was interesting
to see that the sky to the north was bright blue with puffy white clouds, while
to the south it was continually changing but always a little threatening, but
delightful ….
On my regular wandering beaches which are Crescent and Rissers, I have discovered more than a few suntraps. These are little corners located behind or at the side of rocks, that still give me views of the water while offering good protection from the wind. Occasionally, if the wind is chilly, I can be found sitting or standing at those vantage points thoroughly enjoying the stillness and warm sunshine ~ I have also been known to have a nap at those secret places ...
This bright morning with an extremely low tide, I went to Cherry Hill beach and to my delight, I discovered that the whole beach was a one big suntrap, it was warm, still and absolutely gorgeous. Sometimes after a beach wander, I find it enormously difficult to describe in clear words exactly how perfect it was, well Cherry Hill beach this morning was “paradisiacal”.
I was last there on September 13th, see ~ “A beautiful morning at Cherry Hill Beach …” ~
https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-beautiful-morning-at-cherry-hill-beach.html
~ On the last visit, I wandered around to the back of the beach to see
the inlets and salt-water ponds at high tide. I did the same the morning, where
the whole area was virtually drained and exposed the high tide marks.
Here are the photos from today’s wander, including one where
I suspect some folks probably had better views than I did …
