Ice leaves, buffleheads take over
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Scotian Hiker
A fun new site about hiking in Nova Scotia has just been launched by Don Crowell of Kentville. He has videos, screensavers, high-resolution photos you can download and print, contests, a blog describing his adventures, etc. Like me, he obviously loves living in Nova Scotia and getting close to nature, and he’s done a good [...]
Watching the sea ice float away
The powerful north winds of the storm earlier in the week pinned the ice to the shore, even while driving cracks into it. Now there is no wind, and much of the ice that we walked on in January seems poised to float out to sea. What will it take for it to leave? A [...]
Spring breakup
Spring is coming – we know it from watching the ice disappear. Martins River down the road is completely clear now, but outside our sheltered inlet there is a large, solid sheet of ice that goes up and down with the tide but hasn’t yet broken up, except around the edges. When it does, the [...]
Feeding mallard ducks in Mahone Bay
A friend has been feeding ducks in his backyard in the town of Mahone Bay.
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Mark of the tide in the snow
I stood and watched the tide start to go out, leaving traces in the snow to mark how high it had been, ice crystals transformed by the brief caress of the ocean.
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Spring breakup on Martin’s River
It was about 8 degrees Celsius today, and sunny – a gorgeous day that drew us outside. We went for a walk along Martin’s River, which flows into Mahone Bay between the towns of Mahone Bay and Chester.
We saw quite a jumble of ice from upriver blocked by the two bridges: the former railway bridge [...]
First sign of spring: maple syrup!
Just about the most authentic, old-fashioned maple syrup operation you could ever find is Mountain Maple in the Annapolis Valley, just outside of Wolfville. Perry and Judi Munro are typical of Nova Scotian back-to-the-landers in that they decide first that they want to live here, and then figure out how they’re going to make a [...]
Derek Hatfield sails again
Canada’s Derek Hatfield (who makes his home in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia), was forced to retire from the Vendée Globe round the world, non-stop solo sailing race in December, due to damage to his boat. He nursed his Algimouss Spirit of Canada to Hobart, Tasmania, where he fixed the damage, and on February 27, he [...]
