Rockcliffe By-the-Sea Blog

New Web Cam

2011-08-21T11:14:00.003-03:00

Check out the new web cam. Much better definition, 2 sec update, 24 hour replay, watch the tides go in and out and the fog and sun play over the Two Islands. At the moment you can only get the 24h replay on the Nova Scotia Web Cams site. Click below and pick the 24h replay tab in the upper left hand corner. At the bottom choose your time interval from 2 min to 1 hour.

http://www.novascotiawebcams.com/bay-of-fundy/rockcliffe-by-the-sea.html

Glooscap Looses Face

2011-06-16T20:36:00.007-03:00

This past winter will be remembered by those Rockcliffe residents who frequent the popular picnic spot at the mouth of the Moose River as the year that we lost Glooscap. For those not steeped in local folklore Glooscap was a Mi'kmaq god. There are many stories about him but I will have to check my sources before I start on them in a public forum. He was supposed to end up on Blomidon but my wife was always convinced that this profile, shown in the picture to the immediate left, was Glooscap right to the feathered topknot. Unfortunately as you can see in the lower picture, last winter's storms got the better of him and Glooscap is no more.

Treasures on the Beach

2011-06-15T16:44:00.004-03:00

Last weekend was beautiful for a walk on the beach with the grandchildren. Seeing things you are used to through the eyes of a child is always an educational experience but on the beach it is wonderful. Here is a fossilized section of mudflat showing wave ripples (plus a couple of pretty rocks for good measure).

Feathered Friends

2011-06-10T09:37:00.003-03:00

Although the sun is not shining as much as one would like we had some new visitors a few days ago in the form of a pair of Gross-beaks. Though not uncommon in the area they were the first we had seen at our feeder. We were also inundated with blue jays one day when I counted 18 all trying to get a bite to eat at one time. This only happened once and I have no idea what caused the sudden influx or where they disappeared to. The interest in the feeder is waning as the natural food supply increases.

Tremendous Light Show

2011-06-03T08:05:00.003-03:00

How lucky we are. The storm that created devastation and killed four people in Mass. only provided us with a spectacular light show.

Thursday night continuous heat and chain lightning flashed for several hours out over the Bay providing an incredible display of raw energy and making it difficult to turn away for fear of missing the next episode. I noted strike after strike in one certain location. The light of day revealed that the location appeared to be the tip of Cape Blomidon. I wonder what it was like there?

New Years Resolution

2011-06-02T14:00:00.003-03:00

My New Years Resolution was to start the Rockcliffe Blog as a way for the widely distributed owners of Rockcliffe to keep up to date. As the first day of summer is rapidly approaching it is just about time to get started.

We had a great Winter here with lots of snow, excellent crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing and not too much of the icy roads which can make life a little too exciting.

For the downhill skiers the Canada Winter Games were at Wentworth just an hour away and the snow conditions were the best I've ever seen. In fact the spring skiing the end of March was the best I've seen anywhere. Not corn snow but just tons of good soft snow. I hated to see the season end.

Beautiful Sunset Tonight!

2010-05-13T21:51:00.002-03:00

Enjoying the amazing sunset overlooking the Bay of Fundy from our kitchen window tonight.
We all know it won't be the last!

Hello World

2010-05-13T13:29:00.002-03:00

Welcome to the new Rockcliffe By-the-Sea Blog.

We hope that this blog will help keep current residents up-to date with current events in our community, create an archive filled with the stories of our lives complete with pictures which we can look back upon, and give visitors a glimpse into the beautiful life: the dynamically changing landscape of our little piece of heaven which we call home.

Rockcliffe By-the-Sea's scenery changes with the seasons: rich greens of the Spring and Summer fade into a multicoloured explosion of deep reds, yellows, oranges and browns during the Autumn, slip into the icy white of the Winter, and thaw back into the greens of Spring. The mighty tides of the Bay of Fundy compliment the ever-changing scenery with their twice daily journey, moving 100 billion tonnes of water in and out of the bay.

Join us in the journey of the seasons and the tides through our stories, pictures and the live webcam. We hope you enjoy the beauty of what we call everyday life.