This seasons’ dominant colours are grey and brown, which is not entirely bad. I feel more grateful, blessed, fortunate, for each dash of colour such as this, provided by our redbud this spring.

This Downy Woodpecker’s crest contrasts interestingly with the muted colours infusing this image.
No, we have not been buried under a wall of snow. This is a three year old photo from the Goderich area, a part of the world which can be buried under a wall of snow.