Part-time prevaricator
Today was the start of the blizzard ’round these parts. I took this photo of the lacy snow on my front picture window at about 1:20 PM, after I’d shoveled the walk for a second time.
The snow keeps coming, but not as bad here as other places; I’d be happy, though, if the wind would just die down a bit. I guess that’s what I get for living on the prairie.
Nerdy details: 50mm, f/2.8, 1/4000s, ISO 100.
Those who know me know that I much prefer spring and summer to fall. I love the new growth of spring, and I would much rather wear shorts and T‑shirts than long johns and parkas. Autumn’s beginning brings with it the threat of inevitable winter, and it makes me somewhat melancholy.
But I will grudgingly admit that early autumn, before the cold sets in to stay, has its own charms.
Continue reading “All right, autumn can be pretty”
…and a bunny.
I went for a bike ride on Friday and another one today, Saturday.
Friday I snapped a photo of a rabbit on BU campus.
Today, I went on a longer ride, and got photos of some of the branches downed in the storm earlier this week.
As I snapped photos, a tractor came along and started to drag the top of the pine tree off of 18th Street North. I tried to get a picture but it turned out too dark.
I found a colourful combo just off Kirkcaldy, too, that reminded me that blue + yellow = green.
And then, in the south end of town, I decided to get a couple shots of the sunflowers (and the dill) growing in the community gardens.
And then, I went home, content after a 26-km, 2‑hour bike ride.
I’m not sure what the bird in the photo above is; anyone know? It’s a wading bird of some kind, spotted down on 1st Street North near the river.
Here’s a larger version of the picture, in case that helps.
Update: According to my sister, who I think is correct, it’s a blue heron.
Also on 1st Street North near the river: a lamppost reflected in a pool.
I spotted some lovely flowers in a back lane on today’s bike ride. Since I had my camera, I stopped and snapped some photos. Enjoy!
Another weekend, another 27 km on the bike, another smattering of photos.
Got a preference on this one? Near, or far?
Down at the Riverbank Discovery Centre: a blackbird on a perch.
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A couple nights ago we went to see Steven Page in concert at the Westman Centennial Auditorium. It’s been a while; he hasn’t been to Brandon in twenty-five years. He was on tour with Craig Northey of The Odds and Kevin Fox, a cellist.
The show was amazing. I confess, I didn’t know much of Page’s newer stuff, but what I heard I liked. We ended up buying a couple CDs during the intermission, so I look forward to hearing more of his recent work.
Continue reading “Steven Page in Concert”
There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.
—Jo Walton
I pulled up at Chez Angela not long after a car accident. As I was preparing to leave, the ambulance pulled up and parked next to me, boxing me in, so I went back into the bakery and had a coffee to wait them out.
The cars involved are on the other side of the fire truck in the photo. I felt it would be bad form to wander around the site taking photos. Plus it was way warmer inside, sipping my coffee, than out in the street.
When I left, about ten minutes later, the police were still there, and two tow trucks had showed up.
As far as I could tell, no one was seriously hurt, but at least one of the vehicles was not in great shape.