Tsuchinshan-Atlas (C/2023 A3) – das ist ein schöner Name für einen 2023 erst entdeckten schmutzigen Eisbrocken, der einmal in 80000 Jahren um die …
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I hope you enjoy these gorgeous pictures of the Tsuchinshan-Atlas (C/2023 A3) comet from Radelnder uHu. Please click the link above to see all of them. Such fantastic captures!
It’s unfortunately come to that time of year where there aren’t many blooms about, but I did find a few for today’s flower post.
These will probably be my last flower finds for this year, so for the foreseeable future I’ll probably be posting pictures from the warmer months or whatever else I can find to brighten our Fridays.
Happy weekend.
Here in the interior of British Columbia we didn’t experience much effect from the cyclone that hit a substantial part of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska. We had quite a lot of overcast and a slow, steady rain but no wind and no flooding.
As you can see we had considerable cloud cover …
… but this was mitigated a bit by some dark greens and a few leftover leaves.
Thankfully, we didn’t get the power outages or the major winds gusting to 170 km (106 miles) that walloped the B.C. and Washington state coasts. There are downed trees everywhere as well as some structural damage in places, too.
Unfortunately there is another cyclone due to arrive by Friday or Saturday, but it’s supposed to be weaker than the last one. Let’s hope so.
Happy Thursday.
This sweet little duck seems to be wondering if there are some yummy bugs hiding under those leaves.
She wouldn’t be wrong since the rain has brought out quite a few worms. (I’m not including a worm photo because, well, I don’t want to.)
I hope she found some good ones but I wasn’t going to stick around to watch her eat lunch. I’m not really a fan of squishy things. Ugh.
Happy Wednesday.
‘Yellow Flowers and a Bee’
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A beautiful photo of St John’s Wort from Harrie Nijland. To see more of Harrie’s photography, please click the link above.
We had sun! A very lovely, crisp day.
I was quick to get out and enjoy it since we are about to get yet another wet system coming through.
It’s being referred to as a “cyclone bomb” (really? who comes up with these names?), which is a low pressure system with a very tight pattern. This means that the pressure towards the centre of it is much lower than at its outer edges.
Essentially, it’s a sort of hurricane (Pacific hurricanes are called cyclones), but because it’s occurring at a cooler time of year, it’s a slow, lumbering storm that’s more prone to dissipation and of course, it’s much less dangerous than the tropical versions. Nevertheless, it will bring very strong winds and buckets of rain to coastal British Columbia; Vancouver and Vancouver Island are about to get another soaking.
Here in the interior we are expected to get some of it in the form of more overcast and rain; we won’t experience the brunt of it.
It was important to get out and enjoy a bit of sun before more overcast arrives, but even clouds have their beauties and I can always dress for the watery deliveries they make!
Happy Tuesday.
About ten days ago, we were enjoying a very serene, lovely autumn, even the wind was resting …
… and the ducks were contentedly paddling along …
… the sun was warm but there was also an invigoratingly cool suggestion in the air, like momentarily seeing your breath above a glass of ice water.
Warm, beautiful colours abounded, but then …
… a seasonal switch was flipped and we headed into late autumn or more likely, early winter.
We are turning with the sun while everything rests, but we will be ready when spring arrives again.
Happy Monday.
Right now we have a major storm blowing through which is certainly not unexpected in November. The best part is that here in the valley bottom we’re only getting rain, no flakes! I was going to post a picture of our very misty and overcast surroundings, but decided otherwise. We’ll be seeing lots of that soon enough! Here’s one from a couple of days ago when the weather was much better.
And just because it’s so beautiful, here’s one of a lace leaf maple, shining in its glorious autumn dress.
And last but not least, since it’s rather chilly, dark and rainy with lots of snow falling in the mountains, I’ll leave you with this tranquil scene.
Happy Sunday and if you’re in the storm zone, stay warm!
After our blustery, rainy series of days, the weather cleared up and today we had sun. It in fact felt a bit spring-like …
… except for the autumn colours …
… and the fact that we apparently have another storm on the way that will probably be making the skiers very happy. There’s supposed to be a lot of snow in the mountains but falling as rain here in the valley which suits me just fine!
Happy weekend.
Amazingly there are still quite a number of hydrangeas about although most have packed it up for the year and are headed into their seasonal rest.
They will soon be gone but will start returning in early spring. Looking forward to it.
Happy Friday.
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