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 in fact the rumours are true that he follows my blogs, that there is no way an invasion of Canada could take place on 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 ….