This is a wonderful study of Chili dog on a recent sunny day. Faye gets (and deserves) all of the credit.
Month: January 2014
Winter walk
We walked the cattle dogs Saturday afternoon. The sun was out, it was breezy, and about -5C – balmy compared to the brutal temperatures and winds of he past few days.
Stella surveys the open field behind the high school. She loves running free and has good recall, but on this day we decided to go off our regular route and for that reason I kept her leashed.
Light and shadow
Grasses, bent by the prevailing wind, gently waved as the breeze flowed around them.
Shadows and light. And Stella.
Achilles found something worth investigating.
Friday’s gale-force winds blew snow around the tombstones in Dresden’s largest cemetery, which we enjoy walking through. The snowdrifts’ shapes and patterns were, are, beautiful.
It was a largely pleasant and enjoyable stroll. We occasionally had to make our way through drifts a foot deep and more, and the breeze flung snow in our faces as we turned into the wind to make our way home. It’s good to get outside though, to appreciate the wonder of the winter landscape, and when done to doubly appreciate our comfortable, snug little home.
Changes to the blog
I am thinking about some changes. Perhaps changing the layout, adding options to subscribe, for you to share if you see fit, to publicize my work.
My About page describes what I intended to write about when I started blogging in June 2013. My purpose has changed since then. My interest in photography has been kindled (or rekindled?) and I am more interested in posting photos, writing about gratitude, my blessings, the (mostly simple) events in and of life. More interested in writing about these things than politics, current events, even baseball.
And I would like to ask you, my readers: What would you like to see, to read about? Can I improve?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Waiting
We came across this chair on the riverbank during yesterdays walk, waiting for spring, waiting for someone to take a load off and relax while waiting.
Junco tracks
I have seen eleven Dark-eyed Juncos in the backyard today. Here is evidence of their presence.
Icing sugar on a sweet boy
Faye and I took a walk earlier (photos to come). When we returned home I stayed out to shovel the driveway and brush the vehicles. Achilles stayed out with me. As I wrapped up my task it began snowing – big Christmas flakes floating out of the sky. I was struck by how well dusted Chili dog was as well as his seeming disregard of the snow. I also like the demonstration of how mobile a dogs ears are.
Brigden Sideroad
January 3, 8:00AM. Temperature: -19C. A freezing, frozen treat to behold.
Fuzzbutt
For the drama queen she is, sometimes Stella is quite adventurous.
Sundogs
I was in a hurry to get to work this morning. Have some time off next week and wanted to get to the office to start early. Saw these most amazing sun dogs over my right shoulder. Kept driving, kept driving. Finally said ‘damn it I have to stop, I’m early anyway, may never see something like this again’ and stopped.
I’ve seen sun dogs before but never, ever, hand-width high. What an astounding, awe-inspiring sight this was. Photography is taking me to, maybe back to, a place of wonder and astonishment about my world. What a great journey this is!
The banana belt
This part of Ontario is called the ‘banana belt’. Compared to Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Kapauskasing, it is a balmy part of the world. On a -17 morning in the heart of winter, it seems a bit of a misnomer.
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