Showing posts with label Eastport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastport. Show all posts

Sunday, April 4, 2021

March - Reluctantly winter looses its grip

March started with yet another raging storm,

Welshpool Landing
the water was pretty wild in the bay.
On the ferry,  Campobello bridge in the distance
A few days later the weather turned very mild, 
Waterside of Eastport, Maine
and we could take pleasure ride on the ferry, without freezing. 

Thanks to the pandemic, our "summer" ferry continued to run all winter/spring, on a 4 days a week schedule, so that. people can reach Canadian mainland without having to cross into the US. 

View over part of Wilson's Beach

Of course,  being March, the mild days came to an end 

Meadow behind the Roosevelt Cottage
with cold fog rolling in.
Window at Hubbard Cottage
A walk across the Roosevelt grounds showed everything looks still drab after the long winter months.
F.D. Roosevelt Cottage, Campobello NB
A few American Robins trying to find the early worm.
American Robin
As the month neared its end the first waves of migrating birds arrived at my feeders. Common Grackles

Lots of noisy Common Grackles.

Herring Cove , near parking lot

On many days there was still frost in the air,

Dixie in frosty morning air
but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless walking up to the view point.

Herring Cove Bay, view point
 There will be another month gone before spring will really be here. 

Until then,

First Crocus

Happy Easter to all!






Translation

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Der März brachte uns mehr Sturm und wilde See, aber auch schöne, milde Tage.  Eine Fahrt mit der offenen Autofähre, ohne zu frieren, war auch schon möglich. Die Fähre, die eigentlich nur im Sommer verkehrt, wurde den ganzen Winter und Frühjahr eingesetzt, 4 Tage die Woche. Ein dubioser Dank an die Pandemie damit man nicht durch die USA fahren muss um auf das kanadische Festland zu kommen.

Ob windig, mild oder neblig feucht wir unternahmen unsere täglichen Spaziergänge. Der Rooseveltpark sieht nach dem Winter noch ziemlich grau und braun aus.

Mit den Stürmen kommen die ersten Wellen der Zugvögel. Man sieht vermehrt Wanderdrosseln, und viele Purpur Grackle, die auf ihrem Weg nach Norden auch bei uns einfielen. Da verschwindet das Vogelfutter wie Butter in der Sonne.

Doch oft ist noch Frost in der Luft und es wird noch einen weitern Monat dauern bevor der wirkliche Frühling bei uns einzieht.

Bis dahin:

Frohe Ostern allerseits!



Saturday, October 15, 2016

Moonrise over the Bay of Fundy

The news was full of the special event today. 
There was the rise of the "Hunter's moon" to experience. 
A few minutes before sunset I hurried out, towards the side of the island that overlooks the Bay of Fundy, to view the spectacle myself.

First I saw nothing at all 
because of a blue haze that covered the horizon. 
But suddenly there was a faint shine. 
I quickly rigged up the camera and started to shoot 
as the full moon slowly emerged.
On the way home I stopped on the opposite coast line, 
facing towards Eastport, Maine, 
and took a few more photos of the scenerey.
I was already quite dark, but the view was so pretty. 
A perfect end of the day.





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Auntie's translation

Heute ist Vollmond. Man nennt ihn in diesem Monat den "Mond der Jäger", weil die Jagdsaison angefangen hat.
Kurz vor Sonnenuntergang bin ich an die Küste 
der Bay of Fundy gefahren 
und habe ein paar Photos von dem aufgehenden Vollmond gemacht. 
Auf dem Heimweg war es schon recht dunkel, 
aber die Sicht nach Westen, in Richtung Eastport , Maine, 
war noch ein wenig vom Sonnenuntergang gefärbt. 
Was für ein perfekter Tagesabschluss. 

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Walk Around The Block

Yesterday, the "weatherman" talked about a blizzard 
that we would get here in Southern New Brunswick. 
That didn't happen. 
Must have ended up somewhere else.
We only got a thin layer of fresh snow; 
enough to make everything prettier again.
View from the the second floor this morning.
Not having a wide angle lens, I have to show it this way. 

After lunch I took Molly around the block. 
There was a cold breeze from the Northwest,
but in the sunshine temperatures read +7°C (44°F). 
Not bad at all.
The walk took us from our upper road 
down to the lower one, along the water, and back up again. 
It is a stretch about 1.4 km (0.8 mi). (See red ring on map) 
Just about enough for the old gal.
While walking I took some photos of our surroundings.
Whether I walk southwards or northwards 
depends on the direction from where the wind blows. 
Today I turned northwards.
I like to have the wind from the back later on.
I like the colourful houses, 
especially now in the clear winter light.
 At the next intersection we walk westwards, 
down towards the Bay.
This is a view towards Deer Island. 
The "white speck" in the distance is their campground
This road runs parallel to our road, just a bit lower 
and closer towards the waters edge. 
That's where I love to stop and look over towards Eastpoart, Maine.
From her on we turn South 
and walk all the way until the next intersection. 
 This lovely view, (taken in 2013) towards where our summer ferry landing is located, 
is now blocked by a new building (built 2014/15). See below.
The one who buys this house will have a fantastic view 
over the water from most angles, that's for sure.


 Arriving at the intersection we turn back and northwards, 
ending up on our road again. 
The snow on the old wooden fence 
makes a decorative picture.
An old shed in the neighbourhood. The view is
again drawn towards Eastport, ME.
That was my daily dose of beautiful landscape.
See, I told you - it was enough for my old girl.
Molly, dreaming about the walk 
we had around the block.



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Auntie's translation

Man hatte uns zwar einen Schneesturm vorausgesagt, aber der ging woanders nieder. Wir haben nur ein bisschen Neuschnee bekommen. Heute Morgen war der Blick vom ersten Stock besonders schön. Ich habe keine Weitwinkellinse und musste das Photo zusammenschustern.
Nach dem Mittag bin ich dann mit Molly einmal um's Viereck gegangen. Ich habe die Stecke auf der Karte mit einem roten Ring markiert. Es sind ungefähr 1.4km, gerade genug für die "alten Knochen". Die Photos zeigen was ich auf dem Spaziergang so sehe. Auf der anderen Seite des Wassers liegt die amerikanische Stadt Eastport im Staat Maine.
An einer Stelle haben sie jetzt die Aussicht verbaut.
Anschliessend musste Molly erst einmal eine Runde schlafen.