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Not a lot of sun these past few weeks but a few brave souls have been out walking by the lake. 
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Weekly Photo Challenge – (Extra)ordinary
…. this week’s WPC asks us to look for everyday beautiful objects or scenery
Everyday I walk to the this park at the end of my street and witness the city skyline. Each new day, every season and different times of the day brings something different to this extraordinary view.
Sunrise
Winter
Early Spring
Sunset
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Water
….. rain, puddles, rivers, lakes, ocean, sea
For more fun photos of water, check out Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
Walking for the First Time in Months
….all the conditions were perfect this morning
Sunny, clear sidewalks and roads, very little wind and temperatures above -10 degrees celsius. I didn’t even wear my down parka but a hat and mittens were still necessary.
It felt like ‘old times’ with my husband and I taking Frances for a walk. There’s still a lot of snow in the park and on peoples properties but walkways have been cleared and there are lots of packed down paths in the park. Frances loved running back and forth on the rugby pitch and exploring the creek (luckily it’s completely frozen over). We stopped to get a coffee but the Tim Horton’s on the campus grounds was closed for reading week.
We decided to take a bit of detour and go to Rabba to pick up a few items for breakfast at home. Good decision. We made a pot of coffee and cooked up some eggs and sausages and served them on a wrap with tomato and avocado slices. Delicious!
A great start to a beautiful day. By the way our walk covered 4 kilometres.
A Snow Owl?????
….from a distance we thought it was a really bad snowman
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk 100 Steps or less and take new photos
….I know that Cee is already onto a new challenge but today’s snow in front of the house made for some interesting shots in front of my house
And to think we’re only half way through winter. The snow just keeps coming.
The View From Here
…. day 4 of the 2013 January Photo a Day Challenge
Today’s challenge was to take a picture of wherever you happen to be, today. On our daily walk I decided to experiment with the panoramic setting on my new camera. I braved the cold and the wind to get these shots. Unfortunately it was very grey today and the city in the distance is barely noticeable.
Panoramic view of Toronto. This is what I see when I walk to the park 100 feet from my house and face east.
This is the view at the bottom of my street, looking south towards Lake Ontario.
I love looking toward the city. I’ve often thought that I should take pictures every day so that I can document how the view changes with the different seasons and weather conditions. The view at night is stunning.
If you want to take part in the challenge go to Jeanne’s blog…nola girl at heart.
Snow in TO
…. haven’t seen this much snow in almost 2 years
View from the backyard
View from the front door, early this morning.
…..sporting his new winter hat, busily shovelling the snow.
It’s Official….winter’s here
…..snow, grey skies, biting winds and the Santa Claus parade
I looked out my bedroom window this morning, hoping to take an interesting shot of the tree outside my window. To my horror, I discovered that the tree had been cut back so drastically by the city that all the interesting branches outside my window had all but disappeared.
A couple of months ago we called the city because the tree needed a trim. The branches were always hitting the house during wind storms and some of the branches were hanging so low that they were brushing up against the cars in the driveways on both sides of the property.
So earlier this week the crew from the city’s maintenance department showed up and did their thing. All week I’ve arrived home in the dark and in the mornings I’m always in such a hurry that I never looked up at the tree. When I finally looked out at the tree from my bedroom and could see the houses across the street I was stunned. I hope come the spring we’ll still have a nice shade canopy.
On our walk this morning the wind by the lake was biting cold and the waves were crashing onto the rocks.
Frances didn’t seem to notice the cold and enjoyed the brisk walk to the park where we threw the ball over and over again to tire her out.
While we were on our walk we kept hearing the sound of sirens coming from Lakeshore Blvd. just north of us. We soon realized that we were hearing the police cars, ambulances and fire trucks that were in the Lakeshore Santa Claus parade. We extended our walk and made our way to the parade. When we got to the Lakeshore the parade was just starting to pass where we arrived. Great timing. Well at least it was for me. K and Frances didn’t stay long and headed back through the park to get home.
It’s funny that I decided to stay to watch the parade because I had just made fun of a friend at school who was so devasted that she had to miss the Bolton Santa Claus Parade that was happening today as well. A couple of us thought it was strange that a grown woman whose children were now adults still took so much pleasure from the parade. I’ll have to apologize to her when I see her on Monday.
Here are a few of the colourful sights of the parade: Enjoy!
Mama Cormier 