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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0316_01C9556D.6C5AB550 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thought I'd get one more paddle in of Black River Lake before freeze-up. = I left from Methals Dam and went down to the south-west end of the lake = to an Island owned by a friend of mine and took our lunch by a campfire. = Great day for it. dead calm before lunch. A little wind on the way home. = We had to break through a few patches of ice when we passed between some = of the back channels between the islands and the mainland, but nothing = serious.=20 Quiet for birds other than chickadees and bald eagles (I think there = were only two eagles, which we saw more than once). I also a small, = long-legged hawk but we were too far from it to make a positive = identification. In the mammal department, signs of beavers here and there, and a couple = of red squirrels. My friend Susan has spent a great deal of her life on this lake, but had = never been out to her island in December. With the deciduous trees = defoliated, the landscape takes on quiet a different character. There = was a fresh blanket of orange pine needles down. I had a great time = looking at lichen, particularly pixie cups. Anyway, going to a place you = usually see in summer in the off season is always an eye opener. Andrew __________________________________________________ GASPEREAU PRESS =B6 PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS 47 CHURCH AVE., KENTVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA 902 678 6002 www.gaspereau.com ------=_NextPart_000_0316_01C9556D.6C5AB550 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6001.18148" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thought I'd get one more paddle in of Black River = Lake before=20 freeze-up. I left from Methals Dam and went down to the south-west end = of the=20 lake to an Island owned by a friend of mine and took our lunch by a = campfire.=20 Great day for it. dead calm before lunch. A little wind on the way home. = We had=20 to break through a few patches of ice when we passed between some of the = back=20 channels between the islands and the mainland, but nothing=20 serious. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Quiet for birds other than chickadees and bald = eagles (I=20 think there were only two eagles, which we saw more than once). I = also a=20 small, long-legged hawk but we were too far from it to make a positive=20 identification.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>In the mammal department, signs of beavers here and = there, and=20 a couple of red squirrels.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My friend Susan has spent a great deal of her life = on this=20 lake, but had never been out to her island in December. With the = deciduous trees=20 defoliated, the landscape takes on quiet a different character. There = was a=20 fresh blanket of orange pine needles down. I had a great time=20 looking at lichen, particularly pixie cups. </FONT><FONT = size=3D2>Anyway,=20 going to a place you usually see in summer in the off season is always = an eye=20 opener.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></DIV> <DIV>__________________________________________________<BR>GASPEREAU = PRESS =B6=20 PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS<BR>47 CHURCH AVE., KENTVILLE, NOVA = SCOTIA<BR>902 678=20 6002 <A=20 href=3D"http://www.gaspereau.com">www.gaspereau.com</A></DIV></BODY></HTM= L> ------=_NextPart_000_0316_01C9556D.6C5AB550--
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