Two snow days in a row! The kids are happy. We have about 35cm/14″ of fluffy stuff on the ground. We’re glad we stayed on top of it yesterday during the storm, plowing the driveway twice, clearing the entrance after the snowplow went by, and keeping the car near the road and shoveled out, ready [...]
The Heart of Winter: Cold on the outside … and warm on the inside.
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 [...]
Let me take you for a drive after a snowfall. All photos taken on Thursday, January 21, on my way to Pinehurst, just west of Upper Northfield.
Hot off the press: our first Nova Scotia Photo Album video. It won’t be the last! This one shows how tide and temperature create an ever-changing landscape on Mahone Bay’s shoreline, from first frost to spring breakup. The music is an Appalachian tune called Frosty Morning, played by Dennis Robinson on fiddle and Heather Holm [...]
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.
It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day with temperatures well above freezing. We have a lot of snow and ice for that sun to melt. Still, it feels like spring on a day like this. Some people find this time of year difficult in Nova Scotia, when daffodils are blooming in Victoria on [...]
I saw these on the ice the other day. What do you think it is? It looks like 4 dog paws, then another set of 4 paws, then something dragged for a distance, repeat. Leave comments below. And these? Looks like ducks to me; I can imagine the waddle, and there are lots of ducks [...]
It was nice to have a snowfall that didn’t come with a storm. Just 2 or 3 inches and sunshine to welcome February. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be?
