Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Early morning walk

Today I was up on the beach a little earlier than normal and was able 
to catch the sun rising over the Bay of Fundy. 
The beach was all deserted and the air very soft and mild.
We walked by this old tree root. Sometimes it is nearly buried with sand.
Today, after the last tide, it was exposed again.
Looks somewhat like a crab to me.
Someone build this "sculpture" out of driftwood. I wonder
how long it will survive?
We walked only for half a mile before turning in towards Lake Glensevern. 
After the latest rain the water level has risen to nearly normal again.
The lake was like a mirror this morning.
Dixie loves the tall beach grass.
Perfect reaction to my recall. 
What a good girl!
Today she turned 14 month. 


Saturday, October 6, 2018

October hike to Sunsweep Sculpture

One of our favourite trails on the island is 
Sunsweep Trail. 
That's were we went today.
Although the trees are colouring on the mainland we still 
have plenty of green around here.
We followed one of the carriage roads into the park to
Liberty Point and parked close to the trailhead.
Along the path, which is part board walk, part natural,
 we also found some mushrooms.
The trail leads us along the rugged coast of the island, 
facing the Bay of Fundy.
In the distance: "Rugget Point" our destination for today.
In the seaweeds a Great Blue Heron is watching our progress.
This sculpture is only half an hour away from the parking lot.
All of the trails are well marked.
The afternoon sun was bright, the air very clear with
a brisk wind out of the northwest.

After 30 minutes we reached Sunsweep Scuplture,
erected in 1985 by Michigan artist 
David Barr (1939 - 2015) 
as a symbol for international friendship. 
The other parts of the sculpture are located at 
a place near Lake-of-the-woods, Minnesota 
and Point Roberts, Washington.
In the distance the ferry from Grand Manan on
its way back to Black Harbour, NB.
We never get tired of the spectacular view.
Sometimes we spot whales out in the water, but 
we were not lucky today.
Just beautiful nature all around us. 






Translation
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Heute sind wir zur Sunsweep Skulptur gewandert. Dieser Pfad entlang der Küste ist eines unserer Favoriten hier auf der Insel. Eine halbe Stunde vom Parkplatz entfernt, auf der Spitze von "Rugget Point" gelegen befindet sich die Skulptur. Sie ist eines von 3 Teilen. 
Errichtet wurde sie 1985 von einem Künstler aus Michigan, David Barr (1939-2015),
 als Symbol für internationale Freundschaft. 
Die beiden anderen Teile findet man:
 in der Nähe vom "Lake-of-the-Woods, Minnesota und auf "Point Roberts", Washington.
Wir sahen Pilze und einen Reiher. In der Ferne zog die Fähre von Grand Manan in Richtung Blacks Harbour. Wir werden nie müde diese grossartige Aussicht zu geniessen.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Late September Day

After a night with heavy rain and thunder the day turned out
mild and sunny.
Perfect for the daily walk along our favourite beach.
The crowds were definitely thinner this season because 
the ferry connection to the mainland via Deer Island never came to life.
The boat company did not get the new barge going in time. 
Subsequently it was a bad summer for many businesses who lost out on a lot of potential guests,
because not everyone is comfortable with taking the land route through Maine 
to get to Campobello Island.
So, we mostly had the beaches for ourselves.
Just a few people here and there and they never walk as far as we do anyway.
A driftwood pile adorns the beach just waiting for the
next storm to take it apart.
A fishing vessel out on the bay, the island Grand Manan in the background.
Every year we are considering taking the ferry to see how it looks like over there.
 So far it has not happened.
We are always too busy with work during the summer.
Off leash time!
Dixie has a great time digging deep holes into the soft sand.
And we appreciate when she digs here than on our lawn.

At home there was a newly backed batch of ginger cookies waiting for us.
Soon there will be Halloween and Pumpkin time!

Fall is here.