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It Feels Like Spring

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We’ve rotated enough in our turn around the sun such that in the last week or so, spring has, creeping on little kitten feet, arrived. The wind, while still cool, is soft and mellow and the sun feels fresh.

The sun peeks through bare branches that will soon be leafy.

There isn’t any foliage yet, but it won’t be long.

An azalea bud.

Next week our temperatures are supposed to climb again. Yay!

Happy Sunday.

nature, Photography

Three Lake Views

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We have warmed up substantially and the cold wind and intermittent wet snow flurries have been replaced by more comfortable temperatures, overcast with sunny breaks and drizzle.

I like the look of these cloud striations.

Okanagan Lake is much calmer, the shoreline ice pans have melted and somehow, it’s starting to feel spring-like.

The overcast and drizzle definitely haven’t dampened that sense. Spring showers bring May flowers? Could be, although it’s technically not spring yet.

Through the cloud and drizzle we have had some sunny breaks, and those feel very, very nice. The black spots you can see in the foreground of the picture above is a large group of coots. They overwinter here and another good springish sign is that I think most of them are getting ready to leave although a few will stay to nest.

Happy Monday.