This is the end of winter. At least we hope for that. Landscapes are now bare and bleak. Hardly what a photographer likes to shoot. “There is nothing to shoot” is a common complaint at this time of the year.

But is there nothing to shoot? I thought the same and started sulking . My head dropped and I was staring at the ground. Only for a few seconds, because what I saw was the new season coming to life already.

Fog. The bane of traffic and the happiness of photographers. But if that fog is a bit too heavy, then there is nothing to capture. Let’s go for the moderate fog instead.

And let’s see if the fog or mist can make use happy after all. The clammy feeling of wet air hanging around you is for some a bit much. Others will relish it.

Back in January of this year we were discussing the snow “problems” with a neighbour. Of course, the snowfall here in Nova Scotia is nothing compared to what has fallen in the prairies, but still, quite the amount of snowflakes here. On top of that,

when we arrived here, everyone told us that snow was a “thing of the past” here in Nova Scotia. So we didn’t even bother buying a shovel or heaven forbid, a snow blower.

Ok, so now that I decided that last year started on March 15. A weird decision, you say? Many businesses have their “year’s end” somewhere in the calendar year. Most of them are not doing their balance on the last day of the calendar year.

So why should we? We can also decide that last year was shorter and this year will be longer. While Einstein said that time cannot be altered, the perception of time is purely subjective. Don’t believe me? Go and wait for the dentist to call you in his cabinet…