Sunday, March 1, 2020

February blah

There is a word I heard on the radio today that is a Finnish word, Sisu.  It describes the feeling of surviving winter and what it takes to get through that. 

(Described on Wikipedia) : Sisu is a Finnish concept described as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness and is held by Finns themselves to express their national character.

The guy talking about words and language said that by borrowing words as you might not have the word or anything equivalent in your own language, that by applying it in your speech, you can inhabit that word a bit. Pretty cool stuff. So I am practising Sisu and in fact had many moments of that over the last 4 weeks!

With that in mind here is February for us. Damian and I decided to go to Elora, a nearby town. They are putting in a replacement road bridge and so we got some action shots of the diggers.




 Also this is the river that the bridge spans before it drops into a gorge and the piece of rock in the middle of the river had formed some great ice!

In fact all around the river the was ice in bubbly stacks

The mirrored building is part of a mill that has been completely done up to the tune of 27 million or something crazy. I just like the glass reflecting the gorge and the water tumbling down

Forming the most amazing structures

Quite the place!
This is the mill

and this is what I took from the foot bridge and the ice on the surface of the river
 These two drips of ice were rather lovely

But while we were there it started to snow and this was what I set out in

By the next morning it was loaded snowscape

and it went on all day

The cat had the right idea

No idea what this is, call it modern portrait

But getting out and about on blue sky days is a must and this Sumac is looking stunning

as are the birch trees

Shadows and light

Really lovely light as it streams through the trees

Zingy green

It is so green. Think that this could be my favorite colour

Snowy mornings and clearing off the drive before school



Another trip to a nearby salvage place after a heavy snow fall

Amazing how the colours of the old building come alive and look at the ice!

This is such a cosy place

A tulip that has fully opened and I just lovely the colours all inside

We made a trip to Toronto and it would seem I still need to take photos of the CN Tower!

This was the theatre roof in Toronto. Exquisite 

That's my tulips still flowering days later

Little Red Squirrel having breakfast

OH and more snow clearance before school

My zingy tree holding some snow

This was the other night. Not massive amount of snow to shovel but it needed to be done. So the team went out

Accessed the area

Yup clearing must begin

Wonderful helper

The ice is pretty beautiful and as we haven't has too much this winter, it just looks nice. Last year it was treacherous!

Even an old finished flower from a Hydrangea looks lovely with a snow hat!

I liked the stripy road of snow and asphalt.

This was another evening shovelling that we did along the pavement/sidewalk. Rare for our road to be so quiet

Cosy house though

Recalibrations of the snow bank for more clearing. I think that Louie enjoys this part of it. But you can see how much snow has fallen from the height of the bank and while chipping away at it makes it manageable!

The snow was so blowy

2 nights ago and the snow keeps coming and so off the team goes. This time it is a full compliment

Thank goodness, as it was several inches of snow

Louie calibrations needed 

and it just kept up

There is a path under that!

We had quiet a good time and dare I say it, we enjoyed it. Quiet street and team hard at work

I love the shadow of the street lights

The next morning the park was beautiful

I didn't fancy a sit but it is always welcoming to see a bench....it was too cold to hang about

But managed to capture the essence of the beautiful morning

The river frozen and covered in snow

Very lovely and of course need to enjoy that blue sky

Toronto yesterday and just two shots this time

Well maybe 

Three! It was cold but fun and we love this old area of the city. 

Hurrah for February and it being over!!!!!

Some of us just know how to do Winter and Archi the cat, is certainly one that does it well! He always has a good place to sit.





1 comment:

  1. Love the photos, but you know I am partial to the people photos and you capture them so well!!! Keep thinking...spring...spring...spring....

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