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Sunday 12 November 2023

Two blue sky days

We have had two weeks of rain, temperatures in the low single digits and high winds. Sometimes the rain becomes sloppy, wet snow. We haven’t been able to have any picnics and we’ve confined our walks closer to home. Most days, we walk between the raindrops. 


The skies are occasionally dramatic with heavy cloud cover and this recent deep blue with the clouds looked foreboding though beautiful. It was the bluest cloudy sky we’ve ever seen.





On the last beautiful blue sky day prior to the change in the weather, we drove to a beach which is new to us at Tracadie, on the central northeast coast of the island. Tracadie Harbour sits among sand dunes, an area constructed by the sea itself, without the fortification of sandstone cliffs.





In the harbour, the sea is surrounded by flats of sand exposed at low tide and dunes which are farther inland as time and the sea add more sand. The red sandstone cliffs elsewhere on the island are noticeably absent.





Cormorants stood along the shoreline in the harbour, enjoying the October sun, probably anticipating the long flight south.





We walked towards the beach which borders the Gulf of St. Lawrence and a Bald Eagle caught my eye in the distance. It sat surveying the area from atop a dune along the Gulf coast.





Along that coastline, the pristine beach stretches out to the west and appears to go on forever. 





This coastline is not developed although an occasional house/cottage dots the shoreline. To the east, the entrance to the harbour is marked with two buoys. 





The remnants of an old wharf stretch diagonally across part of the beach, some of it submerged at high tide. 





Besides the eagle, 





three other people were on the beach that day but a restaurant near the parking lot was attracting people for lunch. We enjoyed our picnic lunch nearby. 


Tracadie is a place of rare beauty which is peaceful and natural in a modern world. We will be back.


41 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Beautiful new beach!

Ginnie Hart said...

That kind of pristine beauty is something most of us never see, Marie, except in rare situations. Lucky for you that you have it at your fingertips!

Maebeme said...

It is a beautiful beach. Love the shot of the eagle too!

Shammickite said...

Your old wharf photo is very dramatic! Beautiful beaches, I'd love to bundle up and stay warm walking along the sand.

DJan said...

It's a lovely place, and I hope you visit in other seasons so we can enjoy it more.

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

The remnants of the wharf really tell a story of bygone days, while the new beach tell a story of what is to come!

Anvilcloud said...

What a phenomenal outing. I love the mood in the first photo, and the tree on the right.

Rhodesia said...

A lovely set of photos and your weather sounds much like ours. I cannot remember the last sunny day!! Cheers Diane

John's Island said...

In image #6 I see the piers of the long-ago wharf in the distance. Reflecting on that for a moment … human construction is truly at the mercy of nature. Excellent capture of the Eagle. I love all your photos at this new location. You know, PEI continues to amaze me … so many beautiful, wonderful, places.

Bill said...

A lovely new beach. Excellent sighting on the eagle, he's a beauty.

Elephant's Child said...

What a gorgeous outing. Of course you will be back - and I hope you take us with you.

Jennifer said...

Glad you were able to slip in that trip to the beach before the weather turned! What a lovely spot!!

Salty Pumpkin Studio said...

The ocean beach vistas there are stunning, all the sand as far as you can see. Very nice photos. I hope the weather is better there for your walks. Have a wonderful week

photowannabe said...

That's so wonderful to find an area you hadn't been to before. Lovely photos, especially the weathered wharf. I'm looking forward to seeing this beach in other seasons too. Wish you could send some of your rain our way. The weatherman always teases us with the chance of rain reports..so far nothing but talk...
Sue

margi said...

A lovely place! The colour of the sky is amazing!

Hena Tayeb said...

So many beautiful pictures.

Helen said...

A 'place of rare beauty', captured stunningly through your lens, especially in the first and last images.

Helen said...

Just recalled that the first image was not at Tracadie Bay but it is so incredibly mesmerising.

Billie Jo said...

Wow! So peaceful! And beautiful.

Joanne Noragon said...

A beautiful beach. Beautiful eagle, too.

Red said...

That's a dismal stretch of weather. When there are nice places to go it's frustrating when there is down weather. Awesome photos of the beaches.

eileeninmd said...

What a beautiful beach! It is good to take advantage of those good weather days for you walks and picnics. Pretty skies and sunshine and a beach, make happy times. Great sighting of the Eagle. I like the cormorants too! Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.

Tabor said...

Love the wide open spaces. Something hard to find in these woods! We do have lovely views of water in the rivers and across the ocean. Love the bald eagle, much more commn than when I was growing up.

MARY G said...

You take us to such beautiful places; I am consumed with beach envy, truly. And the posts photo is a fine, almost abstract, contrast. Thank you.

Debbie said...

you do have the most beautiful places to walk, take pictures and have picnics. i am lucky that way also!! and the eagle WOW!! what an amazing picture!!

Granny Sue said...

Oh, that dark, dark sky! What a sight! This beach sounds just perfect. We were lucky enough to spot an eagle yesterday on our way to town, always a special pleasure.

The Padre said...

Another Peacefully Beautiful Post

Well Done,
Cheers

DUTA said...

I bet your picnic lunch was more delicious than the meal at the nearby restaurant.

baili said...

Fascinating beach Marie!
Spectacular shots as always
The eagle is beauty indeed

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Back from vacation abroad, I am trying to catch up on blogger's posts and enjoyed seeing these beach scenes and those in the previous post, Marie. My husband would dearly love to live near an area where he could see the beach everyday instead of the river that our apt overlooks here in Nashua, NH. I remind him that it's still a water scene!

peppylady (Dora) said...

If we have blue skys now. It mean on cooler side.
Coffee is on

Breathtaking said...

Hello Marie :=)
It's rare to find a beach as lovely as this one. Beautiful photos, and I enjoyed seeing the Bald Eagle and the Cormorants.I hope your weather improves, so you will return to picnic there in better conditions.
All the best
Sonjia

Pam said...

Loving the blue skies. Wow, on the logs sticking up out of the sand.

Liz Hinds said...

It sounds lovely. I love our long empty beaches too.

Sherry's Pickings said...

such glorious scenery! how lucky are you to have that.

gluten Free A_Z Blog said...

All the blue colors in the photos is so beautiful. I love the photo of the eagle. I never see them where we live.

Barwitzki said...

Your photos look like paintings... what light... what blue.
I really like it.
Thank you.
It's a pleasure to walk with you.
A hug to you.

Heather Noire said...

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HWIT BLOGG said...

Your pictures are just amazing!!!
Love from Titti

William Kendall said...

Beautiful shots.

baili said...

it can be stressful when sun is sky is cloudy and sun is off sight for more days
i love sunlight more with growing age

how nice you could enjoy blue sky for two more days .Sky look serene and divine!

so good to have lovely sea birds nearby when one is having meal wow :)