Nearly the end of March and the snow is gradually fading away but today overnight freezing rain was followed by much plain, old wet rain. On the other hand, this tree was standing tall and caught the eye.
Almost too much light this morning, I should have ignored the wind and taken the pictures earlier in the day while passing along the road and thinking “that would make some nice images, but it’s too cold”. Today is the day of the vernal equinox and for the first time you can see changes in the quality of ice on the river. This tree is an old favourite.
One of my more popular recent photographs was of the Red Barn here in town that serves as a community centre. I wondered what it looked like back in the olden days …
Needing some exercise I went down by the river – this is looking north-east along the St-Lawrence into Baie-D’Urfé with the temperature just a couple of degrees above zero and the very slow start of a very slow thaw. Willows along the shore are shining with their late winter golden bark.
Sundown after the snowstorm ends – wondering when we will be able to get into the greenhouse and start growing green things again.
It will a few weeks yet, the buds of the Magnolia tree that is touchable from the front door step will release huge flowers come spring. Even now, in a quiet way, they are enjoyable to look at.
Out this morning doing birdy things at -20C windchill. Mad, yes perhaps but we enjoy it. This tree is on the entrance road to the Arboretum and I have photographed it several times over the years but this is the best, I think. Nothing wrong with my older cameras, nothing at all, but this new one finds colours and details the others can’t really manage. Great 3-D effect too.
Getting to grips with the 250 page instruction manual for my new camera I struggled through the garden snow to find this winter-dried flower head from a PG Hydrangea. Interestingly, it was better (to my eye) in monochrome than colour … anyway, colour original below.
A calm end to a February day settles over the river in Baie-D’Urfé
Dark-eyed Juncos come south for the winter but even today’s -25C (-38C windchill) barely seems to ruffle their feathers. Very tough little birds.
