Wordless Wednesday October 23, 2013 {with LINKY}

Getting That Better Shot!!

On our recent annual drive up the Fundy Trail, my two sisters, their husbands and  my husband & I came across a particularly interesting vista that we just "had to photograph". We each took turns climbing up on the guardrail to get a better shot.Those extra few feet up made the difference, don't you know! Our husbands watched and chuckled at our determination or foolheartedness.

" I'll stop you from falling."

"I'll hold your jacket so you don't fall."

This is the amazing rugged vista we were climbing to shoot.

No sisters, spectators or cameras were damaged in the shooting of this blog.

Wordless Wednesday - Feb. 6, 2013

I don't usually find myself up on our roof, so don't think I've gone completely mad. But, after our wind storm, we lost a few shingles. While my smart and handy son-in-law was up doing some repairs, I got brave enough to venture up there with my camera. These are a few photos from the top of our roof.

The lake is still frozen over, facing southeast.

Just to prove I was, indeed, up there.

Facing Notheast over the lake.

"Hi Brooke & Zazu."

A, B C Friday Post - Feb 1, 2013 "D" is for Damage

Special thanks go to Maple Leaf Mommy and Mom vs the Boys for hosting this Friday Photo Share.

I usually try to have all my posts and photos of a positive nature. However, after going through a  whole night and day of howling winds and pounding, rentless, rains, today I find it a difficult and daunting task.
This personal assault by Mother Nautre on our property, let alone our nerves and recalled memories of a similar day in 1976, have left me a little shaken.

So the following are a few photos of the type of things we'll be dealing with over the next several days.

I am very aware, that these are only minor compared to what others may have encountered and what other parts of the world have  endured and for this I am very grateful. And I can only say, "May God be with them."  But this is our story for today.

Our door blew open and was torn off it's casing, as it crashed against the side of the garage.

Some of the downed branches from the maple tree, littered a now bare, yard.

More downed limbs from the maple trees scattered over the yard, with the gated standing lopsided against the wind.

Some of the most expensive and difficult to repair damage is missing shingles and tar paper from the roof.

A downed cedar tree, now just a snack for the wild deer, until it's cut down for firewood later in the Spring.

We removed the center piece of the gate to keep the whole thing from ripping from the now softened grounds.But it now stands partially leaning against the winds.

                                  

This inside water damage will take several days, a fan, heat and a dehumidifier, to dry, before it's safe to walk on again.

After the Wind Storm - Jan 31, 2013

After a severely windy day, and what I can only describe as what felt to me, something akin to what some of the older locals will remember, as the Ground Hog Day Gale of 1976, the day had an unusual end.

As the setting sun broke through and gently kissed the far hills, it seemed Mother Nature laughed at the damage left by the howling winds all day. The beauty she left in the sky, this evening, told nothing of the destruction  she had left behind.

The setting sun, broke through following a day of howling, rentless winds and pounding rain.

The setting sun gently tosses a kiss to the tops of the Eastern hills.

The setting sun gently caresses the North Eastern hills, before dipping behind the horizon.

Wordless Wednesday - Jan 30, 2012

These little ice fishing villages spring up in many coves, that have fresh water, this time of year. Some can be quite elaborate, but they always made a pretty picture.

  See the seagull flying over,maybe, looking for some cast off pieces of fish?

Wordless Wednesday October 17, 2012

                       An Autumn morning from my house.

 Pine and Maple trees, from my office window.

Home made Autumn wreath 

Pumpkins waiting to be claimed.

Two different types of Maple trees.

Autumn across the fields. (See the deer?)

                                                                    

Wordless Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012

By the Bay in Tracadie, NS

We spend a couple of days being treated like royalty, by our new cousins.