"Billy"

My mother's budgie "Billy" is another member of the family, he is unable to stay at her residence, so he is with us.
Billy is a far travelled, he left Oshawa in May 2016 and resided in Greely, Ontario until August when he flew (via Westjet at $56) from Ottawa to Halifax. He now happily lives in Pleasantville and is having the time of his life ….

 

The power of the ocean

I have always loved the sea, growing up in Scotland I had access to it at any time, but took it all for granted. Later I lived in Northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay where I often witnessed with joy and excitement some of the fiercest weather conditions the Atlantic Ocean could provide. I came to Canada and lived almost thirty years in Ontario every day without the sea, I really missed it. Now I have the sea back in my life, I will never leave it again ….

John F. Kennedy said in September 1962 ~

"I really don’t know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it’s because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it’s because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea – whether it is to sail or to watch it – we are going back from whence we came" 



Peggy's Cove in sepia

When the subject suits, I like to take photos in Sepia. I find our local area provides lots of opportunities to capture a mood within photos that could be described as a visual hangover from the past.
Below is a selection of Sepia pics taken at Peggy’s Cove.



Lucky Friday the 13th

On this lucky day, a visit to Rissers Beach. The tide was out, the wind high and the waves big.

See the Sand Dollar ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bush Island on ice

8th January 2017
A few photos of Bush Island on a snowy cold day. We did venture onto the adjacent Bell Island and got stuck in the snow. With every effort to free us from this dilemma, "UGA 742H" was just getting deeper into the drifts. Fortunately four guys on their ATVs' came by and with lots of coordinated muscle we got out.
No photos of the incident ...!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pleasantville in the snow

Fall in Pleasantville