Thursday Travels: It took my breath away
Posted: January 17, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Critters, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Thursday Travels, travel, Vacation, Walking, water, weather, winter | Tags: birds, Cabot Trail, Canada, Canada Goose, Cape Breton, Cape Breton Island, duck, geese, John Cabot, MaidinSun Photography, Mallard, moose, nature, Nova Scotia, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Rebecca Solnit, sunset, travel, water, weather, winter 24 CommentsLast week we left off on the Cabot Trail, probably not far from MacKenzie Mountain, trying to get to the cabin before dark. We needn’t have worried. We were far enough north and close enough to the Summer Solstice that daylight lasted a good long while.
One of those days
Posted: July 31, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Bicycle Adventures, Critters, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Summer, water, weather | Tags: Akron, birds, cycling, duck, flowers, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, reflections, Summer, Towpath Trail, water, water lilies, weather, whingeing 34 CommentsYou probably know how this goes. You get up in the morning and at first everything seems okay, and then you realize everything isn’t okay. It started with the central air conditioning. It had been running all night, non-stop, and yet the house didn’t feel particularly cool. It refused to turn off when I lowered the temperature. Long story, short, an expert had to be called in to get it working again. Naturally this happens as the weather is heating up again.