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My home is in Chamberlains, CBS, Newfoundland: a place close enough to sea so that I can go there to watch the glorious sunsets over the bay, and the other infinite variety of sights and sounds that are forever changing, yet forever the same. I'm not as young as I used to be and don't get around much any more, but I've had many wonderful hours of enjoyment with my Yasihca 44 TLR and trusty old OM-2. I've always enjoyed photographing wild flowers, particularly the smaller ones, many of which , albeit mostly overlooked and dismissed as weeds, are exquisitely beautiful. Digital photography, complete with all the magic of its own portable darkroom, has brought a new dimension to the hobby. My OM-2 is retired now, but it is such a beautiful instrument, such a joy to hold and behold, that I don't think I will ever want to part with it. My digital, used mostly, is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30. Its 35-420 mm Leica zoom lens can really reach out for those hard to reach shots. My photographs are strictly amateurish, but hopefully some have succeeded in capturing something of the moment that inspired them.

Monday, October 30, 2006



SEAGULL.

A more pleasant sight in its own habitat than at the city dump. We can't blame the gulls for what we have done to the environment.




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OLD CHURCH .

This building is no longer in use. It is located in St. Philip's, CBS, one of the most picturesque of our coastal villages.


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SUMMER SUNSET.
View across CB from Topsail beach. In early summer the sun sets between the two islands, then gradually moves westward as the season advances.


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Sunday, October 29, 2006

QE-11

Ship too big to enter St. John's harbour. Anchored off Foxtrap marina from where passenger were shuttled to shore. Kelly's Island in background.


TERRA NOVA FPSO.

Anchored offshore , CBS, while en route to Rotterdam for overhaul.



STITCHWORT.

An ubiquitous weed. Found almost everywhere where the grass is not mown. So tiny, and yet so beautiful!

Saturday, October 28, 2006


THE CAPLIN ARE IN.
Every summer they come to shore in their multi-billions to spawn. Being the lynchpin in the ocean bio-ecosysyem, their massive harvesting defies all the elementary laws of common sense.



THE ANNUAL HARVESTING RITUAL.

Scene at Topsail beach.



GATHERING THE STRANDED.



ANOTHER SUNSET.

As seen across the bay from Topsail beach.

Friday, October 27, 2006

COMMON NIGHTSHADE.

Also called , Bittersweet. Easily identified summertime when in bloom. The berries, though they look tempting, are very poisonous.

ROSEHIPS.

Lots of those around this time of year. Saw this today while on my way to the mailbox. Besides adding to the lovely autumn colours, they make delicious wine, and are one of Nature's best sources of vitamen C.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006





WILD ROSE.

Very plentiful in this area. Found almost everywhere where the land has not been groomed.




SQUID, ANYONE??

Holyrood fisherman.



A NICE LOOKING PAIR.



A DRAKE.

Kelligrews Pond.



FEEDING THE DUCKS.

Kelligrews Pond.



FEEDING THE DUCKS.

Kelligrews Pond



SUNSET.

From Chamberlains beach, Sept, 24th.



IRIS.

More commonly known as a blue flag. Found this one beside Kelligrews Pond.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006



SEAGULL SUNNING.



A PRETTY PAIR.

Found those two grooming in a roadside puddle.



SADDLEBACK GULL.

I liked the silken sheen on the surface of the sea.


TEN IN A ROW.

Caught this mallard mother and her brood swimming along the shore, Topsail beach.



BINDWEED.

A common roadside and border plant, but very delicate when examined closely.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

LITTLE BELL ISLAND.
The view from Lance Cove (Bickfordville area) , with CBS, the place where I presently hang my hat, in the background.

KERRY HEAD. Lance cove landmark, named for County Kerry, the homeland of the Kennedy pioneers who claimed and occupied this portion of the cove. Most Lancecovers are a combination of English and Irish ancestry.


OLD HOUSE.

An old Hamond homestead, now demolished; typical of the style of house built by the second generation Lance Cove settlers. Earliest houses were all gable roofed.


SEPTEMBER SUNSET.

In the foreground is the "gut, where Manuel's River empties into the sea.




A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. -- Oliver W. Holmes.





THROUGH THE TREES.




When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before, and the first of what is still to come. Leonardo da Vinci


STURDY COMPANIONS.

Walking is man's best medicine. Hippocrates.


NIGHTSHADE.

Identified by Peter Scott, MUN. Not a native plant. Was introduced here a few years ago and is spreading around the Avalon. Berries poisonous.




JEWELS. (Nightshade berries)

Pretty to look at, nice to hold,
If tempted to taste them,
Don't be so bold.





All rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence rivers come, thither they return again. Ecclesiastes 1:7






SUNNY AFTERNOON.




POTPOURRI.





Everything flows on and on like this river, without pause, day and night. Confucius.

YELLOW HAWKWEED (Found Oct. 20th.)

To see the world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
An eternity in an hour. William Blake






HEADING UP THE TRAIL.

ABOVE THE BRIDGE.
There is no music like a little river's... it takes the mind out of doors...and...it quiets a man down like saying his prayers. --R. L Stevenson





BENEATH THE BRIDGE.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

WILD ASTER.
Still blooming beside the trail, Oct. 18, in defiance of the yellows, reds and browns of autumn's palette, and even the first frost.





BOREAL ARBOR.


There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in the sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been. Shelley





INTERESTING NOOK.

Find the goblin