Passing Ships

As I've mentioned once....or maybe even twice (*wink*), I love looking out over the Atlantic Ocean and seeing all it has to offer. No two days are ever the same.

One thing we see a lot of here, is passing ships. Some big, some small (although...I'm sure if we could get close enough, the small ones, wouldn't actually be that small). Some look like 'normal' boats, while others look downright strange. Some are obviously fishing boats....and others...well....we're not quite sure. Because we are on the northeast corner of North America (betcha didn't know NA had 'corners'...did ya?), it always leaves me wondering about these ships...where they are going, where they have been and what their purpose is.

Here is a sampling of today's passing ships. Click the pictures to enlarge them.

This one headed south (sorry..I know it blends in with the water and is hard to see...but if you click to enlarge, it will bring it up better)




Sailing away....soon will disappear around the point...




Later this afternoon, three more.... (traffic jam....Newfoundland style ;) )




And...an early morning sunrise picture from the other day....




Taken from a trail not too far from our place...




This is only our third Spring here, so we're hardly experts lol....but by this time for the last two years, our bay (and most of the whole island) was packed with sea ice. Not this year though....not a single piece of ice to be seen (not from here anyway). Apparently, it is a very poor year for ice...which has left me wondering about icebergs (specifically if this will mean no icebergs). I was asking our neighbour (who is a Scientist), about this. She said there are a few out there....they aren't very big ones...but there are some. Woo hoo! (Little icebergs are better than no icebergs). She also feels it will be an early iceberg season! Woo hoo!!! I'm just hoping they are big enough to make it down this far south. ('cuz you know if there are icebergs out there....they're sure to get mentioned here. Yep...and pictures too.)

Stay tuned....