Spring in Mabou

When I first arrived in Cape Breton the grass was yellow and dry and the deciduous trees that interspersed the pines were grey on the hills. The weather has been really lovely over the weekend and after a nights rain green is beginning to appear on the land.




Dandelions bursting through the dry grass

On Sunday I went for a walk to the coast where there is still some ice and a freezing mist sits at the edge of the tide despite the blazing sun; it was about five degrees colder than inland.

The edge of the mist

This is the beach at Mabou Mines on the left last week and on the right before I arrrived and the ice had receeded.



Because of the sudden and extreme temperature change the beach stones are splitting into precise sections. They remind me of cutting eggs using an egg slicer.