We had another beautifully spring-like day today and took a walk at Skaha Lake.
Skaha Lake is the smaller lake that’s at the southern end of the city; it’s shallower than the very much larger Okanagan Lake at the north end and is a beautiful swimming and boating lake in spring, summer and autumn.
On our way to the lake we saw another, very definite sign of spring: the weeping willows have turned yellow which means that green leaves are close at hand!
Happy Wednesday
Yesterday we had a very spring-like day.
Windless, 10C (50F), and sun that had a little oomph going on.
It was lovely to sit in the gentle warmth and just enjoy.
My apologies to all the people throughout North America who are presently buried in snow or dealing with slush and cold rain and wind, but once spring starts, it does have a way of rolling forward, even if there’s a bit of to-ing and to-ing. It’s coming.
… from our recent hike.
I very much like photographing a gauzy sunset …
… that illuminates the lake’s ripples.
Happy Monday.
From a recent hike in the mountains ..
… above Okanagan Lake.
Happy Sunday.
Day closes …
… into evening.
Happy Saturday.
… there will be …
… rhododendrons …
… plums …
… forsythia …
… and many others.
What a wonderful thing to look forward to!
Happy Friday.
The sky changed from a snow-laden grey …
… to bluish-cloudy dispersal …
… to yet more scattering and diffusion …
… and finally to the lovely pink glow of sunset.
Happy Thursday.
We had a bit of a storm blow through …
… and it’s supposed to be colder over the next couple of days …
… but warmer by Friday or Saturday.
That’s February for you.
Happy Wednesday.
It started raining and then turned to a very thick, watery snow that began to settle in some places. Here at the valley bottom, it was our first snowfall of the season.
The rainy snow was so dense that the visibility across the lake was quite low.
Since our temperatures have been around 4C (39F), it won’t last, though.
The ducks certainly didn’t mind; their favourite little pond was ice-free!
As I continued my ramble, the snowy rain became more rain-like; it had been a bit of an incongruity since some of the trees are beginning to bud as you can in the picture above.
By the time I arrived back at home, it was back to just plain rain.
Happy Tuesday.
We had a sun break but now it’s a return to the grey although the feature photo shows the effect of evening’s blue hour on the overcast. The daytime photo from below shows how very grey it actually was.
We have snow at the 700 metre (2396 ft) level but none here at the valley bottom.
It’s Monday. It’s grey. But I hope you have a good day anyway.
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