ROSES.

MAYBE THE NEXT CAST.

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Hope lives eternal in the heart of a fisherman.

RAIN DROPS ON A LUPIN LEAF.

SAILBOAT SAILING PAST BEAUTIFUL LANCE COVE.
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The shoreline is still littered with a string of ramshackle campers, Just like gull-shit on the cliffs of Little Bell Island. One of the most unsightly "gravel-pitts" in the province.

No pride of place!

THIS REMINDED ME OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO SET DOWN THEIR ROOTS IN SOME HARD AND MOST UNLIKELY PLACES.
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I may go back there again when the light is more favourable.

FOGGY SUNSET THIS EVENING AT CHAMBERLAINS BEACH.
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How I will miss this when I am gone. Our government shows little compassion for the elderly of limited means without first reducing them to paupers and then placing them under the aegis of the burgeoning bureaucratic Welfare Department. Our Danny, good man though he is, is so obsessed with oil dollars, he has dismissed the outports as being no longer "viable" and seems totally incapable of understanding the difference between dollars and quality of life. Consequently there has sprung up in our midst a fool's paradise. Those who are too blind to see what is happening are perhaps the lucky ones, at least they can milch some tourist dollars by building, for their entertainment, mock-up replicas of the past.

Any and all comments are appreciated.

RED CAMPION.

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A fairly common wild flower except most are a pale pink. It's unusual to find any that are such a brilliant red. I found these on a roadside embankment near a ditch which is the location where most wild flowers can be found. Thank God noone can get at them with their lawnmowers; however, if Environment Minister, Charlene Johnston, had her way, she would probably have them sprayed with herbicide. Great make-work project!! Yes, we still have a few "newfies " remaining, but it is lamentable when we find them in government office.

I am not a botanist, but depend on Dr. Peter Scott at the university for help in identifying the various species. He is not only graciously helpful but interested in my amateur photogtaphs. I've been picking his brains ever since I returned home. I want him to know how much this is appreciated.

IGNORANCE.

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If it had a brain , I would call it tempting the Fates". Unfortunately there is no intellectual involvement. Where irnorance is bliss........" Here is this critter siting comfortably on 15.000 volts of live electricity . He has only to touch a ground connection in order to be fried alive. It reminds me so much of confederation.

WINTER CRESS.
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I have been advided by Dr. Peter Scott (botanist) that this plant is Winter Cress and is edible.
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Next to dandelion, this has got to be the most common of our "weeds" Even in the most ordinary, there is beauty, if only one would stop to look

ROBIN.

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There are very few robins remaining around here. I saw only one last summer and only a couple so far this year. Drove at least 100 km to get this shot of a mother gathering food for her nestlings. The question is, will they learn to fly before the gulls get them!! Gulls are just one example of how we have turned the planet's ecosystem into chaos.

MORE APPLE BLOSSOMS.

CEDAR WAXWING.

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Feeding on apple blossom petals.

LILAC BLOSSOMS

STRAWBERRY BLOSSOM

APPLE TREE BLOSSOMS.

CHERRY BLOSSOMS.

CHUCKLEY PEAR.