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Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
2013. A new year. A winter in Canada. From tropical heat to snowy cold. Aahh… but, the snow is pretty! Picture postcard pretty. Spectacular snow scenes. Brilliant blue skies – some days! Snow-white...
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Serious Snowstorm Number One
The first serious snowstorm of the season starts in the afternoon with bitterly cold, driving winds and the cedars bend and the birch trees shiver in almost whiteout conditions. In the morning, the...
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Serious Snowstorm Number Two
The second serious snowstorm starts around seven in the morning and lasts all day and all night: soft, silent, swirling snowflakes floating, fluttering, falling. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…...
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A Walk in the Park
A walk in the park. A short walk in the snowy park. Delicate, soft snow. Deep, top-of-the-boots snow. Grey skies overhead, clouds swelling At the riverbank, bare branches protrude and summer grasses...
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What a difference half-a-day makes…
Spectacular snowy sights of early morning, give way to ‘back to normal’ by lunchtime. Bird seeds available… a maple branch springs back and… a stick snowman disappears leaving a bamboo wigwam.Filed...
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Signs of Spring: Hooray!
With a sunny 7 degrees today there are welcome signs of spring. A rhododendron escapes its cold enclosure and its shiny leaves welcome the sun. Sedum spears appear as snow disappears. Rocks break out...
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Early morning noise…
What is it? Look out the living room window. A yellow machine up the road. A man in it. Another man by the side of the road. What is he doing? Dress quickly. Add warm coat, wool hat and mitts, grab the...
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Snow Pellets and Raindrops: how words feed and groom our thoughts
“Snow pellets on my jacket are like raindrops on the roof,” I said to my husband. I had come inside after shovelling overnight snow off the driveway. But, the snow falling this morning was different...
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