I normally wait till the end of the month and gather all the photos and select from them. It might be that I don't manage to get many more shots in this month, that said I do have plenty of time on my hands now......
So here is what early March looks like here
That would be a most comfortable cat mid wash. This is Archibald, Archi to everyone else. Quite the chap and very sure of himself. But I like his markings and for a brute of a cat, how sweet are those little back feet side by side! I apologise for cat photo I know that I have done the unthinkable and revealed my allegiance to cats! and not to dogs.
and this is Bella or I should say Isabella, she is a beauty and cutie pie with an obsession with butter! It is a testament of our love for her that she hasn't been locked out for bad behaviour! Properly crafty but look at the tight ball she makes. The only cat ever to actually love having hugs and snuggly too. But boy is she the original 'sneak attack' when there is food about and her brother just looks on nonchalantly, totally not getting into trouble.
Clearly I needed some air and to get out of the house and stop taking pictures of cats! So we went out one evening while Louie was at tap class. The river is still frozen and night is falling. I really like the black outlines of the river and shape of the spooky tree in the middle of the shot
This one is even more inky black and trees doing the line thing. I like the pin points of light through the trees.
How about this for atmosphere and hazy light. The lights reflecting off the iced river
This looks like a impressionist painting but this is fading light and misty air
The shadows and the trees branches reaching are rather fab along with the glowing almost like a fire on the back ground of the shot. Pretty cool.
Then we got weather like this, brisk but blue.
Elora's doors and snow
Next morning literally like this. See how the snow is weighing on the branches of the fir tree. Like huge white hands. It was a wet heavy snow
But really it turned wet and heavy because initially it was light and fluffy and then it fell in a matter of hours and it went like white cement!
Piled high on every branch and twig
The next day we went back to Elora and again the sun came out and we had tea in a tea shop and really felt like maybe spring might come after all
These were the flowers in the shop and I just loved the colour! That's the worst thing about winter, colour goes!
This is Elora's famous Gorge and I've never seen it from this angle. Damian stopped on the bridge as we were leaving and I quickly took this.
Just look at the speed of the water and it is a long, long way down
The drive back with blue sky and white flatness. Really amazing
In town I had spotted a tree with a Maple syrup bucket on. Now that is a real sign of Spring!!!! They won't get much out of it but truly it is the symbol I think and what a wondrous sight!
OOOH witch hazel. Lovely and in my garden.
At the Clay and Glass Gallery where I volunteer, they have just had receipt of this amazing thing. At first I was like" what is the fuss about, it's horrid" then I completely changed my mind, it turns! and is amazing. The twinky bits of glass that catch the light and how the person made it fascinating. he specialises in these cubes, normally much smaller. This is a giant version
That said it does remind me of the red plastic bricks that interlocked that I had as a child....It took them 5 hours to install this beast. The granite is heavy and had to be put on a support beam! So yes heavy. I will try not to trip up and knock into it.
Collecting Louie from school we and came across this building site. We both were impressed with this
That's right, it's a staircase being put in. All in one go. I wanted to stand and stare and if Louie had been younger, I would have had the perfect cover. But I think he gave me this look
He was actually just as starie as me. But I did take him for ice cream and I thought the decor of the cafe brillant. So he is the excuse but I wanted you to see the fab lights and how they placed them and the art work. Sorry Louie, you look lovely too
I decided that I needed to drive to Stratford and see the river. So we went for an outing. It was so cold but because the sun was out and we are all desperate for Spring, it seemed everyone was there (that was before lock down)
I really loved the shadow cast of the trees onto the frozen river
Just amazing
This was the same river only a couple of days later!!!!
But bright skies too and really massively windy. Look at the flag
Cactus is doing the most splendid show right now. It is really hard to get a good picture of it and show the glory. I am most impressed that a tea drinking cactus is so wonderful (confession, I normally kill plants, so this is a first)
Last weekend I went for a walk in Waterloo, the river was still frozen and I really liked how the icy river reflected the towers. The gold building on the left is a think tank! Cool
Right I know this is quite a boring picture but you have to cut us some slack, spring is here!!!! and this is evidence
And so the snow drops are here
This is winter berry. Lovely coloured leaves and brightest berries
Snow drops are the best.
I spotted some lambs ears
But snow drops are favorite
