Happy Saturday; happy weekend.
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Winter Reflections
Fortunately, our cold snap is supposed to disappear by Monday or Tuesday, but it has brought along with it some clear days and nights.
A night walk produced this scene.
Happy Saturday; happy weekend.
Snowfall
Two enormous storms are sweeping across the Pacific and are hitting British Columbia’s northern coast, Vancouver Island and lower mainland with a huge force of wind and rain. They are even reaching into the interior. At the higher elevations, the rain is actually snow, and it is coming down in huge amounts. Here in our deep valley, we are seemingly escaping the worst of it, but we did get a little snow yesterday.
Once there’s snow, our resident duck flock is more reliant on food provided for them and as soon as they saw us heading their way, they lost no time in mobbing my M who started scattering some yummies for them.
It doesn’t take long for them to devour a large bag of quinoa, especially when it’s cold.
We did get some snow collection over night but much of it melted today.
Happy Wednesday.
Festive Light Tunnel
The City of Penticton always puts on a light show during December, and this year added a tunnel.
The tunnel proved to be very popular, especially with children, and so it was decided that it should stay until the end of January.
Given how grey, rainy and overcast it has been – and as of today including a little snow – I agree with the city’s decision. These pretty lights are definitely a little mood booster.
Apparently we will be getting our rain back tomorrow but according to the weather gods, we are supposed to get SUN on Wednesday. Fingers crossed.
Happy Tuesday.
Close of Day
Our days are quite short right now, a situation that’s exacerbated because it’s overcast and we’re in a deep valley.
This geography produces beautiful shadows and lake reflections, though. Another advantage is that so far, the snow hasn’t reached us down here!
Happy Sunday.
Please Do Not Disturb
The vines are sleeping …
… dreaming of plump grapes, green leaves …
… and sunny days. They will soon be back.
Happy Saturday.
Last Poinsettia Friday
Today is the last of the 12 days of Christmas (nope, there won’t be any singing!) and therefore the last of my seasonal poinsettia pictures.
If you observe, I hope you had a lovely winter break and that 2024 is good to you. Until next year.
Sun Spots
Our weather has been very overcast with a lot of rain and drizzle, but sometimes we get little sun breaks that provide an impressive contrast in colour and mood.
The sky, hills and water palette are beautifully offset by the sunlit winter fields.
It’s very wet and the wind can be unpleasant, too, but the wintery greyish-blues and lustrous pewters are gorgeous.
Happy Thursday.
Foggy Lake Okanagan
We have had a lot of rain and fog …
… which happily doesn’t accumulate as snow!
Happy Wednesday.
New Year’s Birds
While out for our New Year’s Day constitutional, we saw lots of birds.
First, there were some quail. I always find them hard to photograph because they’re so quick and they blend in so well. I love that cute little head feather.
Next, we saw lots of coots with their distinctive white beaks. They were very happily swimming along, looking for a bit to eat here and there. Suddenly, we saw the coots madly scrambling away to a pier, half swimming, half flying. And then we saw the reason why.
A bald eagle was swooping low, attempting to grab a straggler. I didn’t get a picture of the frightened coots because I was mesmerised by the unfolding drama, but I was able to get a couple of shots of this amazing raptor.
The coots were able to hide in the lee of a pier, thus preventing the eagle from getting a good angle on a quick snatch, and once he saw that he was out of luck, he quickly headed away. M and I were amazed at what we had just seen, though!
Happy Tuesday.
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