On Autumn’s Edge in Nova Scotia

Like a slash from Canada’s Sword of Seasons, autumn seems upon us, although two weeks remain before the autumnal equinox. Always in my mind, when equinoxes or solstices approach, I envision the ...

Gardening with the Birds

With the threat of rain in the forecast, I tilled a patch of well-drained soil early this morning and planted a salad garden in it – spinach, Romaine and leaf lettuces, Swiss chard, beets, red onion...

Birding at Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, Nova Scotia

On a hunt for early warblers, I drove this morning in sun and wind to Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, a freshwater marsh located on the north shore of Nova Scotia about 35 kilometres west of Tatam...

Winter’s Subtle Beauty

At 9 a.m., snowflakes fluttered down in thin confusion, no longer yesterday’s dense, wind-slanted sheets of dry, white precipitation. Diminished residue of a vast snowstorm that yesterday swept ...