On Canada’s East Coast
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – A day at the beach, but not in our bathing suits. Winter jackets yes. The shore in Chapel Cove was a little rough, a few days after a wind storm of 100+ km/h gusts. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, located on the southeast Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – After last week’s spectacular photo of a cold January sunset, I thought I’d post this photo of a stunning winter sunrise for this week’s photo. It was 20 minutes later when the sun peeked over the trees and the dramatic looking clouds turned into soft blue fluff. If you’d like Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – A winter scene in L’Ardoise, the Black Bridge on Chapel Cove Rd. On this particular day, the temperature hovered around the +1C and just a bit of a breeze. Nice enough for a short walk and take in a few minutes of fresh air. If you’d like to keep track Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – The Atlantic ocean is roaring during a winter storm. I set out to take a few shots of the shore, but the only road there was flooded, so I managed to get this shot from behind the house. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – Winter solstice. Yesterday, Thursday December 21st was the shortest day and longest night of the year here in Earth’s northern hemisphere. Did you know the word “solstice” comes from the Latin sol for sun and sistere for standing still? So here we are, starting today (Friday, December 22nd) the sun will be up Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – Took this photo on my walk the other day. No skating on the ponds yet, the temperature will have to drop a few more degrees first. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, located on the southeast shore, check out the Cape Breton Living webcams Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – L’Ardoise at sunrise. Dark clouds moving in from the south/west transformed the bright warm sky into a gloomy grey day. I’m glad I was up early, just in time to see the calm before the storm. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, located on Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – Another spectacular L’Ardoise sunrise. The wonderful thing about this time of the year, one doesn’t have to get up at 5AM to witness this brief moment of bliss. Thank you Carl for capturing this! If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, located on the southeast Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – Moonrise in L’Ardoise on the evening of October 4th. The next day was actually the full moon, but it looked pretty impressive on that evening. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions in L’Ardoise, located on the southeast shore, check out the Cape Breton Living webcams by Read More …
L’Ardoise, Cape Breton Island – This is the first time seeing this type of bird hanging around the ponds by home. I’m thinking it’s a Lesser Yellowlegs? There are 3 other ones, slightly smaller, all walking around pecking with their long bill in the grass. If you’d like to keep track of the weather conditions Read More …