Only one day remains to vote for the Bay of Fundy as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Recognition by this international organization would help put the Maritimes on the map and boost the tourism industry. Check out the VoteMyFundy.com website to solidify your reasons, then vote from the links you’ll find there. If you’re [...]
Storms don’t always coincide with high tides, but today’s nor’easter did. Tide was 2.2m (7.2 ft) late this morning (see this link for tide chart), and near the causeway to Oak Island the road was covered with several inches of water. In 8 years of watching storms here, this was the highest storm surge we’ve [...]
It’s one of the South Shore’s favourite beaches, and it was a hit with our visitors from Ontario. The water was cold – but no matter. We had great fun body surfing. In August, the sand is deep enough to bury a treasure. But come back in October, and you’ll find just rocks where there [...]
Late February: the best part of winter. The sun is shining straight through my office window in the semi-basement. How pleasant. Meanwhile, outside, all is white, hard and frozen. Last weekend, a couple of anglers walked about three hundred meters over the frozen sea in front of our house, carrying two chairs, a pack of [...]
I’ve just uploaded new photos to the Lakes and Forests, Blue Rocks and Stonehurst, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg galleries. Hope you enjoy them.
It’s a bit surreal preparing for a hurricane. If it weren’t for the weather forecasters and mass media, we’d have no idea that anything was coming. We take it on faith that they’re right, and act. We aren’t going camping or sailing this holiday weekend. Instead we’ve battened down the hatches and stocked up on [...]
This has got to be one of the coolest webcam locations in the world. It’s in Halls Harbour, where you can see the fishing boats go up and down with the world’s highest tides on the Bay of Fundy. Here’s how it looked today, Sunday March 14, at high tide. Go to www.novascotiawebcams.ca/hallsharbour/ (will open [...]
Across from the tidal inlet near our house is a small island which is a symbolic destination for us, depending on the time of year. We celebrate spring, and the ice breaking up, by canoeing to it. In winter, if the ice is thick enough, we walk or skate to it. Today the ice was [...]
This morning, as a full moon high tide flooded in, and the air temperature hovered around -15°C, steam rose from the warmer incoming water as it met the cold air.
With thanks to my Facebook friends for their contributions. The smooth, quiet brush of fresh snow under your skis. The way ice breaks and cracks over rocks as the tide falls. Empty beaches with shimmering vistas. The mildness, softness and peace a snowfall brings. Like the folks here, a winter is softness and gentility: quite [...]
