Rather chilly …!!!

Apparently the overnight temperature in Pleasantville dropped to about -24°C ~ rather chilly.

With the arrival of the morning, I was encouraged by the bright blue clear sky to take a drive down the LaHave River for a wander on the islands and Rissers beach. As is often the case for this time of the year, a winter bright blue sky can mean it is ~ rather chilly.

The frozen Lahave River looked extremely bright in the morning sunshine and so too did the islands, but when I got to Rissers the clouds where moving in, the wind was picking up and with that it was ~ rather chilly, in fact so cold I aborted the intended wander and came home for a lovely bowl of porridge.

We stand on guard for thee ….

Something new on this afternoon’s beach wander the ~ Canadian Coast Guard ~ I had never seen a Coast Guard vessel off any of my beaches before.

It is probably no surprise that they turn up on the same week that President Elect Donald Trump, threatens Canada’s sovereignty with the proposal to remove that “artificial border”. Well I can confidently highlight to Mr. Trump, if the rumours are true that he does in fact read my blogs, there is no way an invasion of Canada could take place close to Lunenburg County’s sea border, because the Canadian Coast Guard Ship ~ “G. Peddle S.C.” ~ is offshore, anchored and waiting, with its full complement of nine all briefed and ready.

Today’s pics including some natural ice sculptures on Rissers Beach …

Mr. One Antler ….

On this first day of this New Year, I had a personal first ~ I saw a North American deer with an antler. In my time here in Nova Scotia where I have probably seen dozens if not hundreds of deer, I had convinced myself that the local breed did not grow antlers, well this afternoons visitor proved me wrong.

Initially when I saw buddy in the backyard, it looked like he had impaled himself with a small twig, but with the aid of my zoom lens I could see that it was actually a single antler. Then upon closer inspection through the lens, it was clear that in the past, he did have a second one.

Below are the pics of Mr. One Antler, together with some photos I took in June of last year in the Highlands of Scotland of his much better equipped Scottish cousins ….

The Scottish cousins ..

All quiet, still and foggy …

Over the last couple of days, it has been a little bit foggy. Apparently it is caused by warm air that has moved in from the south. When this warm air contacts snow or cool moist ground conditions, it becomes cool, the dew point rises, which then creates humidity followed by fog ~ there yae go ….

The following pics where taken this morning down at a very quiet, still and foggy LaHave River.