Staying the Blazes Home!

With beaches still in lockdown, one of my main sources for nature and landscape photography has been taken off the table. We all want to do our part to beat this pandemic, so while i'm not convinced closing beaches in the off-season in Nova Scotia has much of an affect in this battle against covid-19 i am doing my best to be a good citizen and stay away from the shoreline.
I am fortunate, however, to live in the countryside and to have a lovely wooded area at the back of my acre of land that i can explore with a fairly secure assurance of social distancing. This land keeps me sane in these uncertain times and allows me a necessary communion with the natural world that would have been impossible if this had all gone down back in my days of deep urban living.

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Forgotten Rocks

Forgotten Rocks? Well, maybe not. I do, in fact, find these rocks at Risser's Beach quite unforgettable and have made it a mission, of sorts, to get to know them even better. No, it is not the rocks that are forgettable here, just i who is forgetful. Sometimes i will pick up shells and stones on my beach walks, only to find them weeks later when i put the same jacket back on and reach into the pockets agains. The same thing can happen with images. 

I shot this series of photos one fine, sunny afternoon and then completely forgot about them, moving on to the next thing and publishing more recent images instead. So it was a nice surprise when i was looking back through past files from a couple of weeks ago and found them (already selected and ready for editing) only to say, "Oh yeah, those pictures". 

Always check you old folders kids. Never know what you might find kickin' around back there. 

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A Walk on a Winter Morning

The north winds have returned today (gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour!) to remind us Nova Scotians that, despite indications to the contrary, it is indeed still winter. But March came in like a lamb and has remained fairly soft and wooly ever since, so perhaps spring really is just around the corner. I tend to get out for winter adventuring regardless of bad weather (and sometimes specifically for it), but it was a somewhat warm and pleasant morning yesterday for a beach walk with my sweetie so we made the best of our good fortune. 

Risser's Beach is a frequent destination for our walks since it is just a couple of minutes down the road, so we threw on some clothes for a quick pre-breakfast hike. Of course quick is a relative term, especially for photographers, and so we passed two and half hours without even noticing. Though our grumbling bellies should have provided us with some clue of the time.

Risser's provides a fair bit of diversity within a relatively small geographic area. Wooded pathways, colorful rocky ocean outcroppings and tidal pools, a fair stretch of sandy beach as well as the river and estuary side with an elevated boardwalk, all provide a good variety of subjects and viewpoints for the photographic eye. Still, i am always surprised at the amount of unique compositions i can gather in this one small place on such a short and singular visit. 

Every visit provides something new to focus on as the tide washes new subject in and then away again, in the rhythmic dance of the ever-forming seascape.  

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Spirits Emerging

February days are short and cold, but winter's grip is growing old...

There is surely more winter to come, but the darkness is receding and its icy hold is beginning to develop cracks. 

These past few days hints of spring have flirted with the land. The air has warmed and the robins have returned to my backyard in sudden and massing number. 

Out in the swampy back forty the ice is slowly melting and through its glistening crystalline cover spirits and sprites are emerging. 

Now i must tell of the flight of the King...Regifugium! 

Is it too soon to begin preparing the way for the Queen of the May? 

Perhaps...but her handmaidens are waiting...

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