Sunday, January 27, 2013

I won't miss this bitter weather but,


I won't miss this bitter weather but, boy it has created some unusually beautiful conditions.


Yesterday I took Wendy and Trey for a bit of a walk along Shore Road.   This is a section of road that leads up to Hartlen Point.  There are several spots where it's possible to park your car off the pavement and then, it's a short walk to the shore.

It was low tide.  


Close to shore a thick, slushy, ice mixture undulated as the ocean breathed in and out, in and out.


The frothy mix created by the retreating waves of the previous high tide had frozen into wonderful curving shapes.




What you can't see in these shots are my frozen fingers.

I wore thin gloves under a pair of mittens but had to take one mitt off to take the photos.  The thin gloves were no match for the bitter wind.


Sometimes when walking along, with the sun on my back I'd think "this ain't so bad".  Then I'd turn to walk back, discovering that I was now walking directly into the wind.  Head bent over, hands rammed in pockets, I strode back toward the car.


After throwing the ball a few times, of course.

15 comments:

  1. Ahhhhh....BEAUTIFUL Syb!

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  2. Wow! Sybil these are wonderful pictures. It looks like a moonscape rather then the beach! Good for you for getting out in the bitchin' cold!
    V xx

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  3. Wow! These are fabulous Sybil! It looks like a moonscape rather than a beach. Good for you for getting out in the bitchin' cold,
    Love Vicky xx

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  4. Beautiful shots! I miss living in the passage.

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  5. Beautiful shots! I miss living in the passage.

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  6. These are SUCH beautiful photos .. and I KNOW how COLD it was, too!!
    GACK!!
    You are amazing.
    Natch.

    xo Deborah

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  7. Very cool. Your close-up views look like photos of a Dairy Queen chocolate chip Blizzard.

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  8. It's really pretty, Sybil. That's the best advertisement for winter. I like the curvy patterns a lot.

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  9. Sybil: Having just returned from a 'visit' to Fort McMurray to see the grandkids, I can certainly appreciate frozen digits!

    Kathy Fife

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    1. Fort McMurray in January. You must love those grandkids. ;-) Thanks for stopping by Kathy.

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  10. What beautiful photographs! Thanks for sacrificing your poor, cold fingers to take them!

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    1. Thanks Cindy. I'd never seen frothy waves like that so I figured it was worth it. Thanks for stopping by.

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  11. Ice can indeed be beautiful (especially the third from the top). I've always wanted to travel to Nova Scotia. Seems like such a lovely place, even in winter!

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    1. Thanks for your kind words and for stopping by. Winter would not be my first seasonal recommendation for a visit here. ;-)

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  12. Wow, I've have never seen foamy waves like this before! They are like clouds on the beach. In the second photo I can even see a face (right at the front of the photo). If it wasn't for the cold, I bet you could spend hours there. :)

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