Nova Scotia Spring

Early this morning I walked in frost, the sun a pale gold ball burning through thin trunks of birches growing alongside Balmoral Road. I heard the sharp chatter and ‘cheerio-cheeriup-cheerioR...

Snow Like Icing and Birds at the Edge of Winter

On this, the official first day of autumn in Australia, new snow topped with an icy crust glistened like icing over the hills and meadows of Balmoral Mills – one more snowfall on the way to a northe...

Snowbelisk

The snow that enwraps northern Nova Scotia reflects sky colours, infusing the landscape with shades of blue in shadows and dim light. In the tropics of Australia, milky blue and periwinkle cumulus clo...