Thoughts about Summertime in December

Photo of a red fox in the backyard, taken from the loft window

www.tripdvisor.ca listed Argyle Shore as one of the top five beaches in Canada in 2011

A walk on the beach

As always, I start thinking about summer vacation in December, and start counting the days in January!  When I lived in Lowell, I always posted my cottage and beach photos on the refrigerator just after New Year, so I would have something beautiful and warm to look forward to.  Now that we live so close to the shore, I often go for walks in the fall, winter and spring down the dirt road, usually with my daughter and her miniature horse.  The road has just been resurfaced, so it will be nice and smooth in the summer when everyone arrives to open their cottages.  Right now, the weather has been quite mild, and we have had only one snowfall so far, which melted quickly.  Walks to the beach have been cool and pleasant this month.  Just sunshine and a light breeze.  The farmers' fields have been turned over for the new crop going in for the springtime, and the bald eagles ride the wind currents looking for small prey and fish.  With no one in the cottages, and everything closed up for the winter, there is a real feeling of peaceful solitude.

Here are a few more photographs taken in the summer months.  (Kathryn Sawyer took these photos, they are her original works and she retains all copyright in the images.  It is expressly prohibited to copy these images without the consent of the author in writing).  You will see more of her work in the future.  Enjoy a day at the beach!

A view of Nova Scotia across the Northumberland Strait