A Nice Walk ( with photos )

PeppermintPatty said:
Thank you Kaila. It’s great seeing you here.
How are you feeling today?
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Thank you for the message here , Patty.🥰
I've thoroughly enjoyed looking at this entire thread this morning, from where I'd last left off! I found it relaxing and interesting and positive. A good effect on my day. 🤩😀☺️
I also enjoyed the posts from @Kadee very much.
And the other posters here too.😀

I'm not feeling good but not miserable either so I'm trying to just relax and accept how I am at the moment. Your thread helped. ☺️

I spoke to someone this week about a few local nature places I've wanted to try to walk, but the descriptions let me know they're quite a lot beyond what i could manage. I would have loved to take dh as well, but it wouldn't be safe for either of us, so I'll just keep myself going with what i am able, for now.

I've been watching the cardinals out my window; For weeks, they've been growing through their stages. Fledgings to juveniles to adults, males and females. It's fascinating.

The trees here are just starting to have tinges of red and yellow. Have yours begun yet?
 

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Kaila said:
Thank you for the message here , Patty.🥰
I've thoroughly enjoyed looking at this entire thread this morning, from where I'd last left off! I found it relaxing and interesting and positive. A good effect on my day. 🤩😀☺️
I also enjoyed the posts from @Kadee very much.
And the other posters here too.😀

I'm not feeling good but not miserable either so I'm trying to just relax and accept how I am at the moment. Your thread helped. ☺️

I spoke to someone this week about a few local nature places I've wanted to try to walk, but the descriptions let me know they're quite a lot beyond what i could manage. I would have loved to take dh as well, but it wouldn't be safe for either of us, so I'll just keep myself going with what i am able, for now.

I've been watching the cardinals out my window; For weeks, they've been growing through their stages. Fledgings to juveniles to adults, males and females. It's fascinating.

The trees here are just starting to have tinges of red and yellow. Have yours begun yet?
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Hi Kaila, I’m sorry you aren't feeling well today but glad that my thread made you feel a bit better. That’s very comforting to read.

It’s good that you know and understand your limitations. No sense trying to do something that could harm you. When my father in law was here, my husband really wanted to show his dad our property. It was a nice thought but it was WAY out of his league. The property is quite steep with lots of trees and underbrush.
Luckily he didn’t fall but I could tell he was too worried about his footing to fully enjoy the walk..My husband didn’t quite understand that the walk was too much for him. There were so many other walks that were far easier for him to do, certainly making them much more enjoyable.

I love looking at the birds. In Ontario we had several pairs of cardinals visit our feeders. Apparently they mate for life, meaning they stay with the same partner. My husband and I used to enjoy watching them feed off of our feeders. They’d come around mid day while all the others were out but they’d also come by just before the sun set. I have some photos I took of them but they are amongst all my other thousands of photos. I DID happen to find a cardinal carving my husband did years ago which I’ll post for you.
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Unfortunately we haven’t seen any Cardinals here even though we are in a gardening zone higher, meaning temperatures are significantly warmer overall. It must be priceless being able to witness all the stages of life of young cardinals. They are such a beautiful bird.

We did have Robin birds breed and lay eggs a couple of times. You probably saw the photos. It was interesting seeing the baby birds turn into fledgings. At a certain time the mother basically just boots them out of the nest. Then again, theres a certain point in time where there just isn’t enough room for ALL of them in there. They have to learn to fend for themselves.

Autumn sure is showing up in places here and there. The temperatures are dropping, the daylight hours are getting shorter and some of the trees and bushes are starting to change colour. There’s one tree in particular in the provincial park that always starts early and its colours are strikingly beautiful. I’ll take some pictures of it this week and show you.
 
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Today we went to the provincial park again. It was the pirate parade today so the road leading to the park was very busy with people on both sides of the highway. I’ve never seen it so busy. Many people were dressed up as well some houses and businesses.
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Here’s an older couple dressed up as privates and here’s a house/ business staged for the event.
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We walked the opposite way today. We walked up the steep hill to the lookout point and then looped along the nature trail coming out where the campsites are.
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Here’s a fishing boat going out to go fishing.
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By the time we were finished our walk, the pirate float had gone through the main part of the town and the street was backed up but not for long.

It was a mixture of sun and cloud as well as a high of 18 degrees Celsius.

Have a lovely day.
 

PeppermintPatty said:
Hi Kaila, I’m sorry you aren't feeling well today but glad that my thread made you feel a bit better. That’s very comforting to read.

It’s good that you know and understand your limitations. No sense trying to do something that could harm you. When my father in law was here, my husband really wanted to show his dad our property. It was a nice thought but it was WAY out of his league. The property is quite steep with lots of trees and underbrush.
Luckily he didn’t fall but I could tell he was too worried about his footing to fully enjoy the walk..My husband didn’t quite understand that the walk was too much for him. There were so many other walks that were far easier for him to do, certainly making them much more enjoyable.

I love looking at the birds. In Ontario we had several pairs of cardinals visit our feeders. Apparently they mate for life, meaning they stay with the same partner. My husband and I used to enjoy watching them feed off of our feeders. They’d come around mid day while all the others were out but they’d also come by just before the sun set. I have some photos I took of them but they are amongst all my other thousands of photos. I DID happen to find a cardinal carving my husband did years ago which I’ll post for you.
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Unfortunately we haven’t seen any Cardinals here even though we are in a gardening zone higher, meaning temperatures are significantly warmer overall. It must be priceless being able to witness all the stages of life of young cardinals. They are such a beautiful bird.

We did have Robin birds breed and lay eggs a couple of times. You probably saw the photos. It was interesting seeing the baby birds turn into fledgings. At a certain time the mother basically just boots them out of the nest. Then again, theres a certain point in time where there just isn’t enough room for ALL of them in there. They have to learn to fend for themselves.

Autumn sure is showing up in places here and there. The temperatures are dropping, the daylight hours are getting shorter and some of the trees and bushes are starting to change colour. There’s one tree in particular in the provincial park that always starts early and its colours are strikingly beautiful. I’ll take some pictures of it this week and show you.
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I enjoyed this post of yours, very much, Patty. I'm still re-reading it, in parts. ☺️
 
We came back to the provincial park to get a picture of the maple tree changing colour. ^^^^.
We spotted a grey heron on the end of the wharf. It looked so peaceful. IMG_0484.jpeg
We walked the opposite way today. The last couple of times I’ve almost wiped out coming down the very steep hill. It’s a tough hill to climb but probably safer going up than going down.
We walked along the beach trail IMG_0492.jpegIMG_0496.jpeg
We had to look this berry bush up. We didn’t know what it was. It’s a possumhaw.

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The lobster boats lined up in the channel.
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It’s a lovely day. It’s 19 degrees and sunny with a bit of wind.
 
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Today we went to Sydney. It’s a 1 1/2
hour drive. We had some things to get which we couldn’t get here. It was fun. We stopped at a 1/2 way spot to let the dogs out and I took a picture. Here’s the view from the little stop.
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When we got to the boardwalk, we discovered that it was a lot longer than we previously thought. We walked the whole walk today and it was nice. We met lots of friendly people on the walk. Lots of people smiling and saying hello. It felt good.

Here’s a picture of the boardwalk.
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There was a huge cruise ship docked near the giant fiddle.,
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Apparently there are 6 more cruise ships showing up this week. I didn’t realize Sydney was so popular.
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Today we had to go to the bank so went into town. We decided to go the the Celtic Atlantic Coast trail. When we got there 2 older ladies asked us which trail would be best for a 15 or 20 minute walk. We told them the direction we were going was best because it shows the most of the seascape whereas going the other way there are too many trees blocking the view. Needless to say they went the way we walked so we had company today…. Sort of.

The bridge you’ve all seen before. lol
They stayed about 200 feet behind us.
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The chairs for resting tired legs.
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The brackish pond between the trailer park and the ocean. Brackish means half salt water / half fresh water.
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This fairly ugly bird is called a Guinea fowl; best known for finding ticks. They live free range down near our mailbox. There’s two of them but I could only get one good picture of one. IMG_1752.jpeg
 
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PeppermintPatty said:
Today we had to go to the bank so went into town. We decided to go the the Celtic Atlantic Coast trail. When we got there 2 older ladies asked us which trail would be best for a 15 or 20 minute walk. We told them the direction we were going was best because it shows the most of the seascape whereas going the other way there are too many trees blocking the view. Needless to say they went the way we walked so we had company today…. Sort of.

The bridge you’ve all seen before. lol
They stayed about 200 feet behind us.
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The chairs for resting tired legs.
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The brackish pond between the trailer park and the ocean. Brackish means half salt water / half fresh water.
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This fairly ugly bird is called a Guinea fowl; best known for finding ticks. They live free range down near our mailbox. There’s two of them but I could only get one good picture of one. View attachment 451457
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Very interesting looking fowl!
Nice patterns on feathers.
And doing an important job, if it is eating ticks!🤩
Looks like a relative of the wild turkeys, that we used to see.
 
Kaila said:
Very interesting looking fowl!
Nice patterns on feathers.
And doing an important job, if it is eating ticks!🤩
Looks like a relative of the wild turkeys, that we used to see.
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Oh yes. A very important job. Ticks carry lime disease. I’ve yet to be bit by one. They DO look like wild turkeys. We used to feed our wild turkeys , corn . They loved having corn. In the winter it was funny watching them dig up the snow to get to the corn. They were definitely entertaining. I loved hearing them doing their gobble, gobble.
 
Today we walked the forest walk. It was 18 degrees and cloudy with a bit of sun. We met a worried couple in a rented camper wondering if they could park on the road and be safe while they took a walk through the park. They asked us what we thought and we said of course they’d be safe. It isn’t a busy road at all. Later on we saw them enjoying the nature trail :)
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
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Hey Patty. I thought I would drop in and say hello to everyone who follows your wonderful ongoing thread.

Patty lives in Cape Breton, in the Province of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton has a long and deep history of fiddle musicians, one of the best is Natalie McMaster. Many of our American friends will be familiar with the PBS TV documentaries produced by Ken Burns from New Hampshire. The documentary is titled The American Revolution.

The theme music sound track for this PBS documentary will be Cape Breton style fiddle tunes, including the title tune "Hector The Hero ".

Here is the "Slow Air " Hector The Hero played by Natalie McMaster from Cape Breton for the PBS special.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rllVluZlPjM

I hope you will enjoy it, and take the time to find more Cape Breton musicians on line. JIMB.
 
Hey Jim,
Nice to see you back on the forum again.
Jim was sick in and out of hospital for 3 plus months. Now he’s back home in the comfort of his own home. I hope you heal up quickly.

Natalie McMaster is a great fiddle player.
Here’s a link to something completely different.

Check out this video from this search, natalie macmaster songs
https://share.google/dgbuF848FCb8SJZSY
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Hey Jim,
Nice to see you back on the forum again.
Jim was sick in and out of hospital for 3 plus months. Now he’s back home in the comfort of his own home. I hope you heal up quickly.

Natalie McMaster is a great fiddle player.
Here’s a link to something completely different.

Check out this video from this search, natalie macmaster songs
https://share.google/dgbuF848FCb8SJZSY
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Not many people can play the fiddle AND step dance, at the same time. Natalie can do both. JIM.
 
Today we went to the provincial park again.
It was a wonderful day. 20 degrees Celsius and sunny. We went a different way seeing some paths with different scenery . We saw some nicer campsites. Some of them we IMG_0607.jpegIMG_0605.jpegIMG_0604.jpegwould have picked if we were to camp here. They offer loads of privacy. A nice bench seat to sit and watch the ocean. IMG_0599.jpegWe met up with a man who works here at the park and talked for quite a while. He’s worked at the park some 30 years or more. Now he is ready to retire. He does woodworking and has some pictures of the stuff he does and I have to admit that he’s talented. It’s nice meeting the odd person now and then.
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