A Late Spring Cape Breton Ski

April 25, 2013 by pxnewton

I was so pleased to make it up to Cape Breton again for a late season Cross country ski adventure this April.  It has become one of my winter highlights to catch this last vestige of snow in the highlands. Late April is when there is often a 1 -2 week window where the deep snow has had a chance to settle and turn granular to provide a hard surface where one can ski anywhere without trails, through the wide […]

Categories: Hikes and adventures, photo blog • Tags: archies brook, aspy bay, beulach ban falls, cape breton, cape north, dingwall, north harbour, North Mountain, North River, south harbour, south mountain, spring skiing in cape breton nova scotia

Eagles, Ravens and A Western Canadian Vacation

April 1, 2013 by pxnewton

Sherry and I have just returned from a two week vacation to BC and I am excited to share some of the scenes and adventures we had while out there. Without fail, wherever we went the ravens and eagles seemed to show up so I dedicate the title of this blog to them. Arriving in Kelowna we stayed with good friends Eric and Min and I was quickly whisked off for a ski at the Telemark nordic trails where Eric […]

Categories: Hikes and adventures, photo blog • Tags: Columbia River, Deep Cove, Eagles, Galena Bay, Halcyon Hot Springs, hawk, Moose, Mount MacPherson, Quarry rock, Rabbit, Ravens, Revelstoke BC, Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Revelstoke nordic trails, Shannon falls, Stanley Park, Stawamus Chief, Telemark cross country trails, Totem Poles, Vancouver BC, Whytecliff park

Rhythms of The Planet

March 2, 2013 by pxnewton

In the past couple of months I have been rising early to catch the sun rising and the moon setting as well as ending my days watching the sun set and the moon rise.  As a result of this quest I have become much more aware and in tune with the natural rhythms of the planet…. the timing of these cycles, days and nights, tides, storms and the pre/post storm calms.  I feel more at one with the planet and […]

Categories: contemplative, photo blog • Tags: Broad cove, crescent beach, Fancy Lake, moonrise, moonset, rhythms of the planet, Rissers Beach, sunrise, sunset

A winter sunset at Rissers Beach

February 22, 2013 by pxnewton

I had one day between work days this week and felt the need to get out in nature.  There were a few clouds in the sky that suggested a potential sunset so Sherry and I headed out to Rissers beach and we were not disappointed with the show.  There was a nice surf pushing wide bands of water up onto the sand which made for great reflections of the setting sun colours.  The colour in this wetted sand was much […]

Categories: photo blog • Tags: Rissers Beach, sunset

A Winter Sunset

February 6, 2013 by pxnewton

My camera was away for repair for a couple weeks and I was going through Camera separation anxiety, however it came back to me with its problems rectified several days ago. Yesterday I could see the potential for a great sunset after a fresh snowfall so decided to head out to Feltzen South where I figured there would be some good western views over the ice and water.  I put my camera through its paces and was very pleased with […]

Categories: photo blog • Tags: feltzen south, ice, sunset, winter

The Changing Faces of One Day in Nova Scotia

January 10, 2013 by pxnewton

Another caption here could be – “If you don’t like the weather in Nova Scotia just wait 30 minutes!“ My friend Sherry and I had been wanting to get some sunrise photos at a certain place in Feltzen South. So, on  Jan. 6, 2013 we set our alarm to get up in time to set up our cameras however on the way there, passing by Rissers Beach, we caught a glimpse of an incredible deep purple horizon.  Figuring this spectacular […]

Categories: contemplative, photo blog • Tags: Bush islands, Green bay, Hoarfrost, Petite Riviere, Rissers Beach, sunrise

Ice Flowers

November 21, 2012 by pxnewton

A few days ago I revisited my mothers perennial garden In the hopes of trying out my new macro lens.  I wasn’t too hopeful there was anything left after several heavy frosts but there were several tiny flowers still managing to survive and indeed blossom!  There was a wonderful hoar frost on many of them and the macro shots really picked up the beauty of the colour and ice crystals.  I am very impressed with this new lens especially after […]

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Sunrise and Dusk

October 31, 2012 by pxnewton

Last weekend My daughter Erica came for a visit and we had three amazing photo  adventures together.  It is one of the most fun things we do together when she comes for a visit! The first day we hiked up Varner’s Mountain above New Germany and were rewarded with some beautiful views over the LaHave River.  Unfortunately the fall colours were mostly gone up there and I have featured this spot in a previous post so I didn’t include any […]

Categories: Hikes and adventures, photo blog • Tags: Fancy Lake, great blue heron, lahave river, lantz falls, petite river, solomon river, sunrise, Varner mountain

Transitions

October 22, 2012 by pxnewton

On October 2012 I visited a friend on Digby Neck Nova Scotia and we went on a couple of hikes.  One was to a trail to some marshes and dykes overlooking St Mary’s Bay.  and the other was to the end of Brier island.   You really feel like you are at the end of the world here and the energy is hard to comprehend. It is at the meeting place of the Atlantic ocean and the bay of Fundy with […]

Categories: contemplative, Hikes and adventures, photo blog, video • Tags: Autumn colours, bear river, bear river vineyard, brier island, Digby neck, dykes, long island, marshes, mickey hill, seals, St Mary's Bay, sunsets, transitions

Abundance

October 5, 2012 by pxnewton

I went Cranberry picking yesterday up to Lake Rossignol with my best friend Pierre and was struck by the abundance of berries, colour, blossoms and the silence.  It was a beautiful warm and still day.  It didn’t take us long to pick our berries so I had lots of time to take it all in, take lots of photos and still have some time for rest and reflection.  There were so many berries that we only picked in a very […]

Categories: contemplative, Hikes and adventures, photo blog • Tags: abundance, Cranberry picking, gratitude, Lake Rossignol