You never get a second chance to a first impression. Right. So this year, I decided to go out and shoot this first impression… of winter.
Last weekend we had the first winter storm of the season, with about 25cm of snow in the city. Some say this is snow that will stay for the season, but I’m not convinced yet. That’s why you need to record those first impressions.
And yet so powerful. It has been a while since we have seen the sun here in Winnipeg. Many have complained about it, none have been heard and nothing has changed.
That’s how Mother Nature considers mankind: of no importance. To commemorate some of the nicer moments of the sunshine, namely the sunsets in the past few months, let’s have a look at
Over time, many pictures contain skies, in one way or another. Very often the sky is overlooked, even if it is always present. While I have already blogged about Manitoba skies, I thought it would be nice to have some more.
Skies in Manitoba always seem to be interesting, whichever way you look at them. So, let’s look at some more of it, shall we?
It’s that time of the year again, scary, full of ghouls, ghosts and skeletons. And perhaps a Jack-o'-lantern here and there.
But I happened to catch a witch with her undoubtedly black cat, flying not too high… So, what’s going on here?
In a marshy area, it is not so easy to keep your feet dry. So when visiting Oak Hammock Marsh north of Winnipeg you expect to get wet feet.
Not so. Oak Hammock Marsh is currently in a state of “DrawDown”, an artificial draught to stimulate growth of new plants. The water is pumped away to dry out the lakes, or cells as they call them. The result?