It is May. It is May. It is May.
I keep saying that it is May because it’s hard to tell right now.
Snow falling on lilacs
snow
New snow, Feb. 7, 2024
After a week of unseasonable warmth, our snow was starting to thin out. It’s snowing again tonight, though, heavy, wet snow. Here’s a bit of it clinging to the branches of one of the trees in our yard.
Overnight snow
Yesterday morning the snow lay heavy on the branches. I snapped a few photos before it all melted away.
You might think these photos are black-and-white, but I assure you, they’re colour photos.
It appears winter has arrived
We got a whole bunch of snow over the last few days. Today was the first day in what feels like a long time that the sky was blue and the sun was out.
We noticed some sundogs while headed home from grocery shopping, so I grabbed my camera and headed south of town for some photos. By the time I got there the ‘dogs were fading, but I got one before they vanished.
I also appreciated the way the trees looked at the edge of a field, so I pulled over to the side of the road and snapped a few photos of them, too.
Colour photo of a greyscale world
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.
Spring, eh?
Snow in April is the norm in Manitoba. So it goes.
The robins didn’t seem terribly impressed, and I sympathize.
Morning visitor
This morning our old friend Hoss was in the yard. I snapped a couple quick photos of him before he hopped away.
A bit of snow in the air
It snowed pretty good for a couple hours this afternoon. I snapped this from the upstairs bedroom.
A stack of 8 photos, each 50mm, f/1.8, 1/800 sec, ISO 100. Processed in GIMP.