Winter 2015 - continues

     I took the following photos yesterday, the first day of Spring - this evening we're having the third snow storm in 7 days!!  Surely the storms will stop soon - Prince Edward Island has broke all previous weather records for snowfall and cold.  However, when the sun did shine these past few days it's very uplifting!!

Winter 2015 - cont'd

     Well, the snow storms continue - we've had storms every three or four days since the end of January.  The schools are closed again today!  Last week the children got to school every day, however, the week before they missed the whole week from storms and heavy snow on the roads, many rural roads were one-lane wide.
     Here's the stats for February's snowfall from CBC Maritime's meteorologist Kalin Mitchell... 
     "Prince Edward Island.  Measurements taken at Charlottetown: 222.8 centimetres of snow reported February, 2015.  That is the highest amount reported for a February with records going back to 1872. The previous February record was 154.6 centimetres in 1992."
     Here are some photos around the homestead taken on Saturday past, February 28th.

     It's strange the way the snow swirls around and leaves banks of snow in place and bare ground in other places!!!

     I also went out to our little church, Holy Trinity Anglican, on the Western Road in Alma and took these photos...

     I am the present Warden of this church - I took over from my father Wilbert ten years ago.  We hold services here in summer months.  My great-great-grandfather Stephen E. Jeffery was the first warden of this church, built in 1890.  The second warden was my great-great-grandfather William A. Smith - our roots run deep here!!  

Winter 2015

     We were having not much snow until a couple of weeks ago - today is the fifth storm in two weeks!  Here's a few photos from around the homestead - lots of snow!!

Homestead Floor Plans updated

Happy New Year!

     Here's a photo I took nine years ago today from the Homestead verandah of the sun rise over the neighbours house across the road.  It's amazing - looks like the house is on fire.

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1100 kmn coastline
576 fairways on the island
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Harvesting of the Irish Moss near Tignish, Prince Edward Island. Photo taken by reader Donna Butler, August 2014.

Coastal Stories - North Cape Coastal Drive's

     Here's the video that features our brother Kerras and his folk art - just up the road from the Homestead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yI5yh8GMAI

     "Kerras Jeffery operates a folk art gallery from his backyard.  He has to be creative to drup up business in his tiny community of Lauretta, P.E.I."