Dogged

Victorians of greater experience than myself can correct me but I think our recent snowfall was a little unusual. Generally snow here arrives later, in December or January. However, whenever it comes, it seldom gets very deep or stays long. And, except for the odd patches in the shade here and there, it is pretty much gone now and even yesterday it was looking pretty tacky - gray and slushy. One thing I've learned about snow is to photograph it when it's fresh as in these photos. The footbridge on the left is the same as was featured HERE about three weeks ago. Quite a remarkable transformation for such a short period of time.

More of the White Stuff

It snowed again last night. Today's photo was taken only about an hour ago when I was out on my morning walk on the West Bay Walkway. It's warmer than it was a few days ago and there were lots of other walkers out this morning. Snow seems to make people friendlier - nearly everyone I passed today said "Good Morning!" and smiled. Usually only about 50% of the people greet each other on the walkway.

Re-reprise

Our snow is melting rapidly so before it goes, here's more snow on one of my favorite locations with some earlier shots below,

Wheeeeeeeeeee......

Hope you're enjoying this holiday season as much as my granddaughter's young friend here. This photo pretty much sums up what I think is a good attitude to life in general. It was taken by my daughter, Fern Long, and I am grateful to her for letting me post it here so that we can all enjoy it.

Life on the Canadian Riviera

Cold? Who says it's cold up here? We have palm trees. Do you have palm trees where it's cold? NO! And robins, those little red-breasted harbingers of warm weather. Take a look below. Can a robin be wrong? I guess not!

Snomes

I've gone into hibernation. My daughter, Fern Long, provided the photo. And I'm depending on all you wonderfully creative and witty visitors to provide a caption. Go ahead, give it a shot.

Reprise

We've seen this before (see below) but it's a favorite view of mine, looking a little different from the last time I pictured it.

Microdrifts

Clear and sunny today but still a wicked wind and below-freezing temperatures. Our snow is only a few inches deep but I wanted in this picture to show how the wind has been forming it into drifts like desert dunes. Below is a photo of the upper harbor taken from the Victoria West side of the Gorge. The large blue building on the left is the Value Village thrift store, from the back window of which I took this photo during the relatively balmy days of October.

More Snow

Well, I tried to get out today but didn't get much further than yesterday. It's cold enough to make the snow squeak and crunch when you walk through it. The picture looks peaceful but there's a wicked wind blowing.

Snow

Well, it may not look like much but this is what is happening outside right now. And posting this mediocre photo is a triumph of sorts in that I suffered a computer crash yesterday afternoon that deprived me not only of access to the internet but also to all my photo files and processing software. However, as of this afternoon I have a new computer and some hope of recovering lost files and software from the old one, so I am enjoying the white stuff piling up out there and feeling cozy and busy inside. Tomorrow I'll get out there and take some real photos.