A Walk in my Park

Sunlit Sunday

Shadow Shot Sunday

Sundays in my City

 

We have had unseasonably nice weather this past winter, and today, the start of Daylight Savings has been an amazing day. 

My sister and I went to Strathcona Park, which is one of my favorite parks in the city. There are walking trails all along the Saskatchewan River to follow as well as inner playgrounds and picnic areas to enjoy. 

 

The temperatures have been very warm lately. Today was 11 degrees celcius. They say it will be 16 degrees tomorrow, which for winter on the prairies is pretty warm. 

Most of the snow has melted, just the odd patch of ice here and there. 

 

It won't be green for a long while. Lots of browns around now. 

My sister says that it will always snow sometime in April, so we will enjoy this early spring now! 

 

 

An empty bird house just waiting for spring birds to take up residence.

 

This city we live in has the distinction of being the sunniest city in Canada, with an average of 300 sunny days each year We get a lot of warm Chinooks coming through and seem to miss the stormy weather systems that pass by on either side of the city.

So we get lots of bright sunny days and blue skies.  Lots of shadow shots to be had!!!

 

Resting spot on the retreating ice for the Geese.

 

Another nest in the bare trees for some bird to take over and live. 

Hope you enjoyed my walk in the park with me as much as I did. 

Cold Winter's Day

Scenic Weekends

Oh and do I mean cold!! It is -26 Celcius with a windchill that brings down the temperature to -33 degrees.

 

These photos come from one of our local parks, called Strathcona Park. It is located along the Saskatchewan River and has beautiful walking trails that follow along the river. It is only about 5 kilometers from our house too, what could be better than that!

Shadow Shot Sunday 

 

Sunday Bridges 

Quite a few of the walking paths have cute little bridges to go over. 

 

A bit of a reflection! 

Weekend Reflections 

Its a Wonderful World

Shadow Shot Sunday

Straight out of the Camera Sunday

Song-ography Sunday

Simple Things Sunday

Sunday Snapshots

Do these pictures look as cold as it was when they were taken? It snowed tiny little flakes all day yesterday and this is what accumulated from the snowfall. The snow is powdery and light, and did I mention cold!! 

 

You can't make a snowball out of it to throw.

 

When you walk in it, the footsteps make a crunching sound.

 

It just compacts it down when you drive on it. And if you spun your wheels enough you could make a thin layer of ice.

 

This is our favorite park to visit in Medicine Hat. To get down to it you have to go down a steep winding long hill, with a drop off if you were so inclined to slide over the side on your way down. 

 

You can see it is quite deserted out here because most people are too scared or is that too smart to attempt the hill down and then back up again! 

 

The Sand cliffs across the water from Echodale park. The geese flying over the river.

 

One thing about snow on a sunny day, its so bright it almost hurts to really open your eyes.

 

Love the shadows.

 

The temperature today is -8Celcius, in other words Cold!

 

I think these winter pics of Echodale are just one example of What a Wonderful World it is we live in!!

A Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Shadow Shot Sunday

Watching

Meet Molly, my sister's Maltese dog. She is constantly watching me, I think wanting to be picked up!

 

Leafy

We spent the day at Echodale, shuffling through the leaves that have fallen. It's one of my favorite things to do in the Fall. When we lived in BC it was very hard to do that as it rained all the time, the leaves were wet and soggy all the time. Here they are dry and crisp and so fun to shuffle through!

 

First World Problem

The problem here is the car parked in the parking area somehow made itself invisible when I took this photo. Somehow the rule of checking out the background for annoying things that ruin your otherwise perfect shot didn't happen this time!

 

Mellow Yellow Monday 

Still

And peaceful, Love visiting this Park. It is always different and always the same. If you know what I mean!

 

I love this shot of the shadows falling gently over the leafy carpet. 

Blue Monday 

Just waiting for picnic time. 

 

Song-ography 

A Good Day

A great day is shuffling through crisp crunching leaves, throwing handfuls of dry leaves into the breeze and watching them fly through the air! A good day is going for a walk along paths by the lake, seeing the gorgeous yellows, oranges and reds of colour, feeling the breeze through your hair, visiting with family while walking. 

 

Everyday is a good day, you could say the best day of my life, it is what I have right this moment, the only day and its the best!!

Moments

Scenic Weekends

Shadow Shot Sunday

Sunday Snapshots

Its been an exciting week here. I finally got rid of my crutches last week, which is a huge step in recovery, pardon the pun! A few flare ups in pain but so far its all good. So nice to be free of those crutches. 

 My brother Brian was out for a visit from his home town of Victoria. He was here for a week. We took him to the airport today for his flight home. The week's visit went by so fast, its hard to believe sometimes how fast time flies!

And my brand new Niece Kenedee was born yesterday! She kept everyone waiting a week past due date and finally made her entrance yesterday evening.  Hubby and I went up to the hospital today after dropping Brian off at the airport to finally meet this little one!

 

And almost overnight Autumn has arrived. Fall colours are everywhere. These few pictures were taken outside of the airport terminal. One thing about chain link fences that always seem to attract my eye is all the things that get caught in the links. Things that should of moved on long ago but just seems to stick around. We all have moments like that, we can't seem to let some things go.

Sundays in my City 

Macro Monday 

 

There are some moments that we should keep tucked away forever as well. 

I will keep that moment I first laid eyes on my niece Kenedee, saw that little shock of dark hair on her little head, her pink skin, the tiny folds under her neck, her little ears. Her beautiful blue eyes. I won't get that moment again,  and I will treasure that little gift!

 

I'll have some photos in later posts of her, come back later and check it out! 

Project 52 - Leaves



I love walking through the woods on a cool Fall day. Its one of the places where the beauty and colour of the season really is evident.

The forest paths are covered in fallen leaves, the colours are awesome. The air smells fresh.

Squirrels are preparing for the long winter. We always have a packet of peanuts to pass out.

Being in the rainforest belt, unfortunately the leaves are always wet. The ground is wet, the air is damp and so the leaves never get to dry out and crisp up. I do miss shuffling through a path of dry crunchy leaves and hearing the crunch underfoot.

In fact the day when these were taken, it was raining.

My mind keeps coming back to the poem

 "The Woods were silent, Dark and Deep"

These woods were not silent. If you listened closely there was a buzz of activity in progress. Even with all the people besides us that were out enjoying the fall day, the woods would not of been silent!



I love that the photos I took captured one small moment in the Forest life. It will not look like this ever again. It was a fleeting moment to experience and the next time I visit here it will be a totally different experience. Its always new.

    

Project 52 - Ice



Ice is a commodity in this house that is in short supply when the weather is as warm as it has been lately. It does not last long enough in the freezer sometimes to even freeze properly. It is a regular addition to whatever cooling drink we are having!

The few shadows here just mean I didn't have the lighting figured out!

These Strawberries are actually going to be part of next week's Project 52 theme - Heat.

That is all I'll say about them, you just have to come back and find out what is planned!

I bought a few containers of these berries today. So delicious just to snack on!

 

You can pretty up your ice cubes by freezing small strawberries in them when you make them. Just saying!

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Tiny bubbles, condensation on the glass.