rime…

07 Saturday Jan 2023

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the trees have been stunningly beautiful over the last while…

quite a bit of that time the sky was gray so even though it was lovely, it didn’t make for any great photos…

the last few days the sun has been shining brightly…

this frost appears to be rime frost…

from Weather Lab:

“With rime, the moisture comes from freezing fog water droplets that turn directly from a liquid state to a solid state, or through direct freezing. On the other hand, hoar frost occurs on a clear, cold night where water vapor sublimates: transitioning immediately from a gaseous state to a solid state.” Jan 5, 2021

we have certainly had a lot of fog recently…

outstanding…

05 Saturday Nov 2022

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the past week the sky has been outstanding…

Monday the sunset was a deep red… and within minutes changed to a lovely pink…

Tuesday morning was another stunner…

Wednesday evening, the blues and pinks were lovely…

and Thursday the deep reds were back…

Friday I was a touch late getting a photo, but caught the last little bit of light before the sun went down…

so pleased to have enjoyed all of these views of the sun…

rime…

18 Friday Mar 2022

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I was surprised this morning when I looked out the window and spotted the hoarfrost on the trees…

it is such a gift of nature and looks so delicate (apparently like feathers)… I spent some time researching the difference between rime ice and hoarfrost, once I came across the term, lol… still not a hundred percent sure I understand…

hoarfrost always reminds me of my last drive with my beloved… he drove me around the Park and a few neighbourhoods so that I could take pictures of the beautiful designs that morning…

it was just a few days before his death…

but now, the sight of hoarfrost on the trees reminds me of wonderful times together;-)… I truly am blessed…

sunshine…

22 Tuesday Feb 2022

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sunrise…

sunset…

nice to start and end the day with sunshine…

front…

17 Monday Jan 2022

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today I woke to this view of the sky…

and a bit later I took this photo of the front yard to show someone how much snow was on the ground…

a tiny bit of snow had fallen yesterday and overnight and we are waiting for a storm tonight so I expect there will be more to shovel tomorrow…

topple…

08 Wednesday Dec 2021

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the other day, four trucks took over the street…

I went to look out the window to see what was going on and discovered they were cutting down one of the elm trees on the boulevard…

I watched most of the process…

they had a bucket and the person in it cut down the small branches at the top and they moved it down bit by bit… between cuts, people on the ground gathered up the pieces and put them through the chipper…

finally they put a rope around what was left and there were a number of final cuts as they tried to pull the last 20 feet of it over…

it took quite a few tries to get it to topple over and the ground shook when it landed…

another hole in the sky…

Venus…

07 Tuesday Dec 2021

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last night a friend called and suggested I check out the moon…

it was a sliver in the sky with a very bright Venus above it…

I dug out the tripod, which was deep in a closet, and headed to the front step… even though it was cold, I took a few minutes and got some good photos…