March 4th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography, The Environment, Travel
63/365 (March 4, 2010) – OK, now this was really cool! We spent the day exploring the area surrounding Thunder Bay and found a conservation site. And at said location, a ice sailboat race was underway. Yes, that was cool, but the massive chunks of ice thrust up agains the shore…now that was way cooler!
Back home (Northern BC) the lakes are small by comparison. Lake Superior on the other hand is massive and doesn’t completely freeze over….but the shoreline and out a good several miles does. So that means that a good winter storm can still generate waves across the vast fetch the lake offers. And that, in turn means the ice, regardless of how far out it goes, will move shoreward. And that will cause the nearshore ice to crunch ashore and pile up.
I would love to live in a house on the shores of a place like this. In the non-frozen periods, the crashing waves would be wonderful. And I’d just love to hear the noise that ice booming ashore would generate.
Unfortunately that would mean leaving the BC coast, and that’s just not going to happen.
March 3rd, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography, Travel
62/365 (March 3, 2010) – Sunrise. The time of day when the world just seems to stretch and rub it’s eyes. I love this time of day because it is peaceful and seems to be holding its breath before the chaos of the day unfolds. The thing is, I never seem to witness my favourite time of day unless I am travelling. Or out on the boat for a weekend. It seems that I need my regular schedule disrupted in order to actually move before the sun is high in the sky.
I suppose if I went to bed earlier?
Nah!
March 2nd, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography, The Environment, Travel
61/365 (March 2, 2010) – When I lived in the North I never noticed birch trees unless I was looking for fire starter. Then I moved to the coast and suddenly noticed that there were no birch trees. You never know what you have until it’s gone?
Hanging out in Thunder Bay with my girlfriend, the birch trees were plentiful and holding their bare white branches to the clear blue sky, waiting for the warmth of spring to come before they burst forth into leaf.
Waiting……
March 1st, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography, The Environment, Travel
60/35 (March 1, 2010) – I love winter. I admit it. I’m sure I’m not a complete oddity in that. It comes from growing up in the North and then moving South to an environment that exchanges rain for snow (most of the time).
Winter brings cold, but it also clears the air, brightens up the world, and affords a sense of peace when a blanket of snow covers the ground.
No, you don’t have to shovel rain, but snow is so much more cheerful on a miserable day…at least for me.
February 28th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography, Travel
59/365 (February 28, 2010) – On the road again. This time a short hop from Toronto to Thunder Bay to visit a friend for a few days. Kirk was in TO for a week for business and it seemed like a fun way to visit both his family and my best friend by crossing paths and then heading on while he headed home. It also meant that the cats only needed a sitter for the weekend.
I love the serenity of being above the clouds, if only for a short period. There is something amazing that we can soar up here and feel so isolated from the rest of the planet.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to be able to fly alone…. I really do want to try gliding.
