The ice in the bay at Summerside broke up over the last few weeks and the wind takes it out of the bay one day and back in another depending on the wind direction. On days without wind, pans of ice, which Newfoundlanders call growlers, float around the harbour after an onshore wind. A morning walk by the water on a calm day in spring is a treat for people of east coast Canadian islands.
On one calm, overcast morning, the lighthouse looked like the overseer of proceedings in the bay.
Close-ups of the growlers showed the shadows on the calm surface of the water.
Sometimes the gulls like to stop for a rest on one.
The next day, it was calm and overcast again as we headed to the boardwalk. However the sun found openings in the clouds and slowly the sky turned blue. The water reflected that blue and changed the scenes from the previous day.
There were more birds on the growlers this second day, just enjoying the setting with friends.
As we passed the Front Range Light, the blue of the scene highlighted the ice field in the distance.
Two days later, an off-shore wind took the ice into the Northumberland Strait again and we couldn’t see in on the horizon. Two more days and it was back.
When we arrived at the end of the boardwalk that last day, a young eagle was perched on the ice off shore while two crows were courting in the air around it.
Land, sea, sky and creature provide much enjoyment in the bay by the boardwalk.