“Just dandy,” she said sarcastically. by jgoldrup

“Just dandy,” she said sarcastically.

If you do go to Cape Breton during the ‘shoulder tourist season’, you may end up wasting some of your time waiting for bird watching tours that get cancelled due to lack of customers. This happened to me, twice, with 2 different companies based out of 2 different towns. Luckily it was a beautiful day so I was able to let off some steam in a couple of nearby provincial parks while I waited. To make myself feel better about not being able to stalk puffins, I decided to spend the night at the cheapest B&B in Baddeck, rather than continue on to the next campground. Best decision ever.

*catching up on editing/organizing some old photos*
Ahhh, bummer about the cancelled tours and no puffins!! They are the cutest birds ever! But a beautiful snap all the same and I love B&B's!
May 23rd, 2011  
@jupiterjanes ~Thanks Sarah. NL eventually came through for me in spades in terms of puffin viewing! And yes, Mother Gaelic was a lovely and helpful hostess. ;)
May 23rd, 2011  
I love how bright and cheery this is!
May 24th, 2011  
Beautiful colors! Glad you were able to find such a happy photo to go with the frustrating story.
May 24th, 2011  
so so pretty! such a happy shot! love the processing!
May 24th, 2011  
oh and glad that your day finished better than it has started and what a lovely photo came out of it!!
May 24th, 2011  
Nice angle, love that yellow, as long as it's not in my yard.
May 24th, 2011  
I love the colors. Just beautiful.
May 24th, 2011  
This is gorgeous, Janna!
May 24th, 2011  
Gorgeous! Love the colors
May 24th, 2011  
So beautiful! Love those warm summerly colours!
May 24th, 2011  
love the composition on this and that it's not quite in focus gives it an impressionistic painterly feel ... love it!
May 24th, 2011  
love the tilted horizon (!!) and blurriness (Orton?)
May 24th, 2011  
this is very pretty! i don't think i have ever saw a puffin in my life. lol now i like the name "puffin" it sounds funny :)
May 24th, 2011  
I love all the colours!
May 24th, 2011  
@janmaki ~ Hmmm...I think it was actually Lomo-ish, but I do get those 2 mixed up. I first softened and boosted the dandelion field and trees. I think Orton would've fuzzed up the clouds too.
May 25th, 2011  
@laurentye ~ The tours were supposed to leave from Englishtown and Big Bras D'or....and go to the 'Bird Islands' just outside of St. Ann's Bay.
May 25th, 2011  
Sweet dandy field shot! Crappy about the cancelled tours though:( That happened to us in Dominican, wasted our last whole day waiting for tour operators that never showed, and then trying to get our money back. Grrr.
May 25th, 2011  
@pwallis ~ Sounds pretty shady. And sucky.
May 26th, 2011  
Fantastic colours!
May 26th, 2011  
Byooootiful! :)
May 27th, 2011  
the focus is very creative! I like that! The colour's really summerish... very nice!
May 27th, 2011  
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