Seagulls and other things …

The wandering conditions on Crescent Beach this morning was absolutely perfect, the tide was on its way out, it was comfortably warm, a slight mist, no wind and the best bit ~ the smell of the sea was strong and probably at its best.

I mentioned in the following blog from October last year,

“Misty, Warm, Still and a generous sprinkling of Silence …”

https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2022/10/misty-warm-still-and-generous-dose-of.html ~

 …. that “I have detuned a little and lost some of the sensitivity to the smell of the salt air, which always seems so obvious to the out of province visitor.” ~ It is a terribly unfortunate condition, but one I am willing to put up with.

Below are this morning’s pics, they are mostly of some fine-looking seagulls, who appeared to be enjoying the conditions as much as I was ….

Absolute bliss ....

With the tide on its way out, the morning sun shining brightly and an internal debate over whether the wind was cold or warm, I had a fantastic wander on Cherry Hill beach.

It is a location that never disappoints and offers a direct route to happiness via its empty curve of fine grey sand, exposed water and endless sky. The only living souls there this morning was myself and a few Plovers ~ absolute bliss …

Any closer we ........

 ….. would have had a couple of new windows, a roof and some siding.

With wind gusts of 110Km per hour (70mph) Hurricane Lee came by yesterday and took one of our trees at the front of the house down. If it had fallen perpendicular to the house and not slightly off to the side, it would have caused some extremely unfavourable damage.

"Lee" also knocked the power out for about 36 hours, which considering all the pre-hurricane alerts that was not too bad. This meant the “Champ” was pulled into position in the well vented garage and used to keep us going on coffee, hot food, lights, the internet and flushing toilets.

You can see more about the Champ from April 2017 at ~

“Bring on the power cuts ~ The Champ is ready .... ~

https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2017/04/bring-on-power-cuts-champ-is-ready.html

Today with the help of Buddy Brett we got the fallen tree cut up and the wood split. Brett brought along his tractor, wood splitter and chainsaw, which proved to be a lot better over my own Barbie brand designed by Mattel and manufactured by Husqvarna, which is recommended to be used sparingly by those who are genuinely petrified of chainsaws ~ me …!!!!

The link below to a previous blog from May 2018 ~ “A new family member” ~ tells of the acquisition of my chainsaw ~

https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-new-family-member.html 

This other link below is to a blog from September 2022 ~ “After three years …..” ~ is about another tree which was removed three years after Hurricane Dorian brought it down. At that time Buddy Rejean and Brett where on hand for that event ~

https://southshoretidewatch.blogspot.com/2022/09/after-three-years.html

With what I believe to be a somewhere between two and three hundred trees on our lot and the many predictions of more aggressive hurricanes in the future, there is potential for further blogs on this subject …..