Phil Schappert 🇨🇦
@philschappert.bsky.social
Fingerstyle Guitarist | Composer | Author | Ph.D. Ecologist (Retired) | CFA Nova Scotian | Entomophotographer | Rabble-Rouser & Artist-in-Residence at Chez Curmudgeon. Hear my solo acoustic guitar (and some trio Papilio) tracks at http://philschappert.ca
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I think my inaugural post should be something special. So here is my main guitar these days, a custom multiscale Russel Crosby Festival Elite with some pretty special, personalized, inlay work. The butterfly is Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing, a favourite from my time in central TX.
Hope my siesta alarm didn't wake EVERYBODY!!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hope my siesta alarm didn't wake EVERYBODY!!!
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/2 Beach Provincial Park and she said she’s willing to consider development proposals in other protected areas.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
/2 Beach Provincial Park and she said she’s willing to consider development proposals in other protected areas.
Had a new visitor to the yard today, travelling with a pair of robins. From the short-ish mostly black bill I suspect this is an immature Bicknell's thrush (but it could be a Grey-cheeked thrush). Thoughts?
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Had a new visitor to the yard today, travelling with a pair of robins. From the short-ish mostly black bill I suspect this is an immature Bicknell's thrush (but it could be a Grey-cheeked thrush). Thoughts?
I'm surprised no-one has posted:
"There must be some kinda way outta here..."
"There must be some kinda way outta here..."
What’s the greatest opening lyrics to a song that you’ve ever heard?
October 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm surprised no-one has posted:
"There must be some kinda way outta here..."
"There must be some kinda way outta here..."
Had a dinner guest last night: this handsome somewhat lopsided antlers-in-velvet white-tailed buck. He's a regular visitor to our yard. Last night we literally had dinner together as we ate on the back porch and watched him eat his own dinner. He politely posed for photos...
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Had a dinner guest last night: this handsome somewhat lopsided antlers-in-velvet white-tailed buck. He's a regular visitor to our yard. Last night we literally had dinner together as we ate on the back porch and watched him eat his own dinner. He politely posed for photos...
Me as that one weird kid...
July 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Me as that one weird kid...
Song for the day (and from hence onward) on this day of days when I'm thankful for my independence from the US of A...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
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July 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Song for the day (and from hence onward) on this day of days when I'm thankful for my independence from the US of A...
This is me.
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is me.
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What is your current favorite song(s)?
May 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What is your current favorite song(s)?
I must say, "I don't feel a day older than 69!" Sorry, just had to say it...
April 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I must say, "I don't feel a day older than 69!" Sorry, just had to say it...
Give him some time...I'll bet he can (and will) do better.
This is as dumb as it gets...
This is petty considering half the building is on the Canadian border side. #Canada #USA
U.S. blocks Canadian access to iconic Stanstead border-straddling library, local officials say
Quebec town says move 'undermines the spirit of cross-border collaboration' /1
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
U.S. blocks Canadian access to iconic Stanstead border-straddling library, local officials say
Quebec town says move 'undermines the spirit of cross-border collaboration' /1
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
March 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Give him some time...I'll bet he can (and will) do better.
Just got our notice of another Netflix Canada price increase (yes, again). Been a member since 2011 but this most recent shakedown is $3 too far for way too little.
Bye Bye Netflix Bye Bye.
Bye Bye Netflix Bye Bye.
February 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just got our notice of another Netflix Canada price increase (yes, again). Been a member since 2011 but this most recent shakedown is $3 too far for way too little.
Bye Bye Netflix Bye Bye.
Bye Bye Netflix Bye Bye.
Life, and Death, in the Backyard. At some point this morning, only visible after yesterday's fresh snow, it looks like a Sharp-shinned Hawk (hawk photo from last year), killed and ate a small songbird, from the feathers it was likely a Chickadee. All that's left is the evidence...
February 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Life, and Death, in the Backyard. At some point this morning, only visible after yesterday's fresh snow, it looks like a Sharp-shinned Hawk (hawk photo from last year), killed and ate a small songbird, from the feathers it was likely a Chickadee. All that's left is the evidence...
New year? New car! A 2025 Mazda CX-50 GT AWD Hybrid. Our first brand new vehicle in more than 20 years (and it may be our last)...
January 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New year? New car! A 2025 Mazda CX-50 GT AWD Hybrid. Our first brand new vehicle in more than 20 years (and it may be our last)...
Some photos of our "invasion" of pine warblers which appeared on Tuesday and returned to the suet feeder, in numbers, yesterday. From my photos I think there are 2 males, 1 female and 2 immatures (1 male, 1 female) in this little flock. So nice to see them after 18 years!
January 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Some photos of our "invasion" of pine warblers which appeared on Tuesday and returned to the suet feeder, in numbers, yesterday. From my photos I think there are 2 males, 1 female and 2 immatures (1 male, 1 female) in this little flock. So nice to see them after 18 years!
Only the bird nerds will get my excitement on this but we had a male pine warbler at the suet feeders this morning! On the coldest of mornings. First one we've seen in NS (they were common in central TX) so it's been ~18 years between sightings...!
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Only the bird nerds will get my excitement on this but we had a male pine warbler at the suet feeders this morning! On the coldest of mornings. First one we've seen in NS (they were common in central TX) so it's been ~18 years between sightings...!
This recording is from 'the distant past' (aka 2009). A medley of Breton (not Cape) tunes arranged by Kate Dunlay (RIP). Fancy's Flight, at this time, was Kate (violin), Jennifer Publicover (flute), Cheryl Reid O'Hagen (harp, keys) et moi (acoustic guitar). Enjoy!
soundcloud.com/katedunlay/b...
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Breton Set
Fancy's Flight demo recording. Breton tunes arranged for fiddle, flute, guitar, organ. Kate Dunlay, Jennifer Publicover, Phil Schappert, Cheryl Reid O'Hagan.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:43 AM
This recording is from 'the distant past' (aka 2009). A medley of Breton (not Cape) tunes arranged by Kate Dunlay (RIP). Fancy's Flight, at this time, was Kate (violin), Jennifer Publicover (flute), Cheryl Reid O'Hagen (harp, keys) et moi (acoustic guitar). Enjoy!
soundcloud.com/katedunlay/b...
soundcloud.com/katedunlay/b...
I'm not a video kinda guy (I have a radio face) but I did do a couple with my former trio, Papilio. Here's one...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EqW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EqW...
Papilio Josefins Dopvals
YouTube video by Papilio Trad
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November 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM
I'm not a video kinda guy (I have a radio face) but I did do a couple with my former trio, Papilio. Here's one...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EqW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EqW...
Icefield, a tune from my 1st album. soundcloud.com/phil-schappe...
Icefield
I wrote this piece in 2010 shortly after receiving my Crosby FS Elite. It pays hommage to one of my favourite Don Ross tunes, “Thin Air,” which Don wrote after a harrowing bus trip down the Icefield P
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November 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Icefield, a tune from my 1st album. soundcloud.com/phil-schappe...
Salsa Falsa, a tune from my 2nd album. soundcloud.com/phil-schappe...
Salsa Falsa
A new original acoustic guitar piece, recorded with Scott Ferguson at FMP Matrix Studio in Dartmouth, NS on January 15, 2021. This is a track from my 2nd solo CD,
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November 22, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Salsa Falsa, a tune from my 2nd album. soundcloud.com/phil-schappe...
I think my inaugural post should be something special. So here is my main guitar these days, a custom multiscale Russel Crosby Festival Elite with some pretty special, personalized, inlay work. The butterfly is Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing, a favourite from my time in central TX.
November 20, 2024 at 12:14 AM
I think my inaugural post should be something special. So here is my main guitar these days, a custom multiscale Russel Crosby Festival Elite with some pretty special, personalized, inlay work. The butterfly is Heliconius charithonia, the zebra longwing, a favourite from my time in central TX.