It's not an earth-shattering secret to declare that I don't like garden gnomes.  I resisted the temptation, some years ago w...

Today was one of those weather-perfect days that are rare gems in my province during the month of NO-vember. Regular readers of my writings ...

It shouldn't be at all surprising that TS Eliot is one of this English major's favourite authors, and The Waste Land one of my favo...

Trying to be optimistic here, as we have had two outbursts of really bad weather in the past 5 days. This has resulted in more snow, but als...

While western and southerly parts of North America are beginning to relax into their anticipation of spring's arrival, SOME of us are st...

Most of the time, I don't mind winter. I really don't. It's an important part of life in much of North America, and it's cru...

The first serious, get-down-and-boogie snowstorm came along on Wednesday, with nearly a foot of snow blanketing everything and creating wond...

I trust that everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, although many of us have been plagued by weather challenges. Here, the Green Christmas ...

A wee bit of verbiage to explain today's photos, which are only taken with my iPhone. Monday night, the Annapolis Valley was lambasted b...

It's no secret that NO-vember is my least favourite month in the calendar. The lack of light gets to me, and today, the first day of goi...

Since autumn's official arrival, we've had an amazing amount of wind here on the upper Bay of Fundy. Wind scouring in off the Bay ca...

I am almost fashionably late with my Skywatch Friday post, but since I popped up for air from working and started reading other blogs, I re...

Thursday morning I went outside just after sunrise, when the sky was simply heat-haze coloured as opposed to blue, to take a walk around the...

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The weather finally remembered that this is April in Nova Scotia, and threw a hissy fit worthy of a ...