The Journal Pioneer

I love to watch the birds frolic around the feeders in the spring. Terry Pearson also keeps a close watch on the comings and goings in his yard near Wolfville, N.S. Late last week, he spotted this gorgeous rose-breasted grosbeak. Terry says this ...

Rainbows are special and double rainbows even more so; they are a symbol of transformation and a sign of good fortune. Double rainbows are formed when sunlight is reflected twice within a raindrop with the violet light that reaches the ...

Right now, there is no place like home, but if you were to cross the Atlantic, this sign atop Signal Hills in St. John’s N.L. could help with directions and distances to Paris, London and Moscow.  When Gary Mitchell snapped the photo, ...

The ocean changes every day and we’re so thankful to have Phil Vogler out there photographing its many moods.  Phil was out for a ride on Mother’s Day.  His mom drove her car and followed him to Morden, along the Bay of ...

Philomene was up at the crack of dawn yesterday morning and she wasn’t the only one.  This year, May 15th was dumping or setting day for many fishermen from northern Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton. The wind ...

I’m not sure if the snow helped, but the rain and sunshine we enjoyed earlier this week gave Paul Dauphinee’s flower beds a nice boost.  This pretty pansy is a welcome splash of colour in Paul’s garden in Shortt’s Lake, ...

Michelle Croxen snapped this exceptionally beautiful photo of a budding lilac late last week in Hammonds Plains, N.S. Since then, this much-anticipated sign of spring has been whipped around by the wind, rained on and whitened by snow. As soon as ...

Hubert Hall heard my forecast of the incoming windstorm and potentially damaging winds midweek last week, but there wasn’t much he could do.  He says: “We got them all right; it was Saturday afternoon and evening when it struck ...

The song of the cardinal can be heard echoing throughout our neighbourhoods at this time of the year, but we don’t always get a good look at the gorgeous birds.  That was not the case for Bryan Parks; Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal stopped in for ...

I get lots of amazing photos from every corner of the region. Susan Maclean didn't take this stunning photo, but her friend Megan Gardiner did and with her permission, we get to enjoy it.  The picture was taken from Chelton Beach on ...