Wreckhouse Wind Warning

Another Wreckhouse Wind Warning issued for our area. No matter how far in advance it's issued,some will still ignore it. Here's the results from earlier in the week when a few ignored one.

One from today,March 8-2014.

The snow seems to continue this winter in Cape Ray. I cleared my Driveway just 12 hours prior to this and by midnight I suspect it'll will have to be done again. A Video from this afternoon (Brother Inlaw in the pic and video clearing the snow) ,,,,, Click on Photo to open.

A couple I did for the moment.

Update on the injured Snowy Owl. It has arrived in St. Johns on an EPA Flight and probably now at Salmonier Nature Park. (Photoshopped Owls in a photo of the Cape Ray Lighthouse area.)

Marilyn & Michelle Osmond hold an injured Snowy Owl waiting for Wildlife Services to pick it up.

With all the Snowy Owl sightings in Cape Ray this year it was not unreasonable to think they all would survive. At least this one might get a second chance at Salmonier Nature Park.
Gulf Newspaper Story on the rescue here.

Sightings of snowy owls have become common in Cape Ray, but stumbling upon and capturing an injured one is really rare.

© Chantelle MacIsaac photo

Charlie Osmond holds this Snowy Owl that he and his wife found on Norwest Cove Beach on Jan. 17. The couple could tell it was injured, and so brought it to safety. The conservation office was called and the owl was transported to the Salmonier Nature Park in St. John’s for rehabilitation.

Click here to read the rest of the Article.

Great move MHA Parsons! Today I see Finance Minister Tom Marshall crowing about how 63 Million was shaved from our Provincial Deficit. Maybe if they recuperate a lot of those unpaid Fines Tom can crow a bit more next year.

Snowy Owl Photo I shot December 26 - 2013 at Cape Ray.

I have not been Blogging much lately but hope to get at it again in 2014.

Cape Ray Lighthouse,Nov. 30 - 2013.

We have been seeing quite a few Snowy Owls in our area lately. Today I spotted four and captured a few photos. Some of my friends have saw up to a dozen at times near the Lighthouse at Cape Ray. Apparently this is common every decade or two according to this interesting Article by Bruce Mactavish in the Telegram.

It started without warning when Gerard Hickey reported three snowy owls on the Cape Race road on Nov. 15.

Cape Race road is traditionally one of the best places to see snowy owls on the Avalon Peninsula. The sudden appearance of three was just an indication of what was about to unfold.
More of the Article,click here>>>>>>>.

Wasted hours and wasted days Article by Russell Wangersky

"Other than wasting the House’s time and hearing your own voice droning on and on, what’s the point?" -Russell Wangersky.

Mr. Wangersky, come spend a night driving with me to and from my workplace here in the Shadow of the Wreckhouse. Others from my community also do shift work and all of us at some point or another have been stranded out there in the snow. Our MHA has heard our pleas and will not give up until we receive the same treatment as other Districts in the Province.

Telegram Article:

I don’t think our provincial politicians have enough to do.

Why? Because more and more, going to the House of Assembly seems to be a waste of time, a place where hearing your own voice is far more important than devising legislation to improve the way government works.
And the time-wasting is becoming institutionalized. More,CLICK HERE...

Erosion a growing concern at Cheeseman beach

 

The beach at J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park isn’t what it used to be.

© Brodie Thomas photo

Wayne Osmond stands by an old railway retaining wall recently exposed in an eroding bank. Osmond is alarmed at how quickly sand dunes have been washing away at Cheeseman Beach.

Just ask Wayne Osmond. The resident of nearby Cape Ray has lived in the area his whole life and he walks the beach at least three times a week.
Lately the amount of erosion has begun to concern him.More,CLICK HERE.....

Looks like Climate change has taken its toll on Cape Ray Beach. With the increase in Atlantic Storms and maybe the lack of ice in the Gulf the past several years,our Beach is loosing sand.A Retaining Wall built sometime in the past by the Railroad is now exposed to the elements. No one seems to know what year it was put in place but it was placed there to protect the Rails that ran just yards from it. After the demise of the Railway it was converted into a T'Railway and maybe the next major storm when it comes (and it will) we'll see the collapse of the T'Railway and maybe the Ocean carve deep into the Lagoon behind it.

Bedrock is now showing on the Beach. This was never seen before.

The Beach once covered the entire wall and the sand went quite a distance out to the Ocean.

No one seems to know when the Retaining Wall was built.

The Beach,known as Cape Ray Beach has lost much of its sand.

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Once Tourists and Locals sunbathed on sand here much higher then the height of the wall.

An Aerial View from above shows that the Section affected is also the narrow part. The next Storm may cause a break into this section and the ocean may spill into the area known as the Parking lot.

It's been 4 years since I purchased a new Camera. My Kodak Z980 has taken over 14,000 Photos and been through quite a few ordeals over that time. I can't remember the actual number of times I dropped it,lost it in bogs,etc. So we recently purchased a Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18 MP Digital SLR Camera Bundle with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens and Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens. It'll be our first SLR and with the options it has we hope to be able to do a lot more with it besides dropping it and getting it wet on occasions.The Autumn Colors are starting and I may be posting a few photos when I start capturing a few.

The Demise of another little Outport Community.

The writing may be on the wall for another Outport Community. Second expression of interest in McCallum The chair of the McCallum Relocation Committee said that the committee is in the process of organizing a second expression of interest concerning possible relocation. A section of the community of McCallum where permanent residents will be asked to participate in an expression of interest on October 1 to possibly relocate over the next two year period or so. Andrew Wright, the Manager Community Liaison with the local government division in the Department of Municipal Affairs, held a public meeting in the community on August 22 as requested from the first expression of interest, which showed that 79 percent of the people would like to relocate. More here from The Gulf News.>>>>> An Article on the tiny outport.>>>

Maybe this guy should of taken that so called "Vow of Silence."

'The poor are lying, drug-abusing illegitimates': Catholic priest's astonishing attack on homeless Father Ray Blake wrote a furious blog denouncing the homeless, in an online post titled, 'The Trouble With The Poor' On his Blog he posts," And although I care little for the opinion people have about me as an individual, I care a great deal about the opinion people have of the priesthood. Mr Bill Gardner and other journalists have been enjoying trashing my reputation as a priest nationally and internationally and therefore of course all Catholic priests and bishops have suffered, because of way I have been portrayed, it is of course an attack on the Church." He sure does sound like a caring person!

A Video we did a few days ago on a walking Trail near here.

A view of the Table Mountain at Cape Ray,Newfoundland.

Just another Pan of Toutons. A short Video of a hike we took along our Seashore. We stopped to cook a pan of Toutons on an open fire and the Grandkids enjoyed the outing.This part of our Seashore at Cape Ray may soon see changes. A Subsea Cable,180-kilometers long will send power from Cape Ray in southwestern Newfoundland to Lingan, N.S., in Cape Breton.

MV Blue Puttees runs aground in Port Aux Basques,Newfoundland. July 31 - 2013.

Cape Ray Sunset,July 31 - 2013.