Grandfather Winter has shaken the last flakes out of his pockets and has left. In some countries he has been reported missing long ago. It seems he likes Winnipeg and Manitoba in particular.
But of course there is nothing to say about the weather. I think we could all take an example of the weather… Come on in…
Thank heaven for small favours. Sure. Everybody knows we have rather cold winters here. Also, every spring we get more or less water to deal with.
Flooding is part of life on the plains here. We should not forget that 9000 years ago all this beautiful land was a sea bed, not plains with grass and crops. So what about these small favours?
That’s what I was taught back in Holland. In Holland, April can be a beautiful month. It is the month of tulips, nice weather and…
Rain. Hard wind and sunshine. April has a reputation of always doing what it wants, without giving notice of changes. What about April in Winnipeg?
Yep, the warm weather is still locked up somewhere else. Or so it seems. The usual way for me to prepare this blog is to go out and shoot with an idea in mind.
Then I write the story and incorporate the pictures. For as much as there is a story to tell. Going out is mostly during the weekends, hardly ever during the week.
Last week there was a huge orchid exhibition/sale going on in the Assiniboine Conservatory. While everyone was posting his/her pictures of the orchids, I thought that posting even more of them at the same time would be kind of overkill.
So, if after a week the orchids have faded from our memories, it’s time to revive them a bit. Take a look inside…