crocus, croci
These are now getting flattened by heavy rains, so I’m glad I picked a few of these on Friday to scan.
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by Marja-Leena by Marja-Leena hellebore
Another early harbinger of spring here in Vancouver….
Later, at 1:00 pm – did I say spring? Big fat snowflakes are falling fast, as has the temperature, and we have a snowfall warning! Last weekend all over again, sigh.
by Marja-Leena snowdrops
It is amazing that the snowdrops are still in bloom. They had a late start and are lasting unusually long with this very cold winter and delayed spring. It’s been sunny and very cold this week but it’s now turning towards rainy days ahead, so I went out to pick some flowers. More scans to come of the others…
by Marja-Leena English Bay: sky
This is the fourth and last of the series of photos that I took about a month ago in English Bay. The feeling of the immense sky overhead struck me powerfully. It made me realize again how closed in we are where we live, surrounded by tall trees and mountains, though still quite expansive to the east. We don’t see the sunrise until it comes over the mountains and the sunset falls behind the hill and trees behind us. Prairie people comment on missing the wide open sky here. I don’t really mind but I do love getting next to the open ocean especially when the sky looks as magical as this. It makes me think of our favourite retreat on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
(By the way, these photos are totally unmodified, merely resized and compressed for the blog. Colours may appear different on different computers, such as even on my husband’s MacBook Pro compared to my iMac. Also, as I mentioned in a comment at ‘reflections’, the scenes appear darker than real life because I was shooting against the sun. Maybe there’s a special term photographers use for this.)
The others in the series:
English Bay: trees
English Bay: beach
English Bay: reflections
by Marja-Leena the butter dish
Or, the ex-butter dish. I still have the little pitcher. Both were made by a local potter long ago and were gifts from my husband.
Other ‘breaks’ featured on these pages (this is getting embarrassing):
a broken bowl
another broken bowl
reflections in broken glass
broken glass ornament
by Marja-Leena enmeshed
Added later: scanned onion skins
by Marja-Leena English Bay: reflections
Third of the English Bay series, this time of the mirror-like surface of the Second Beach Pool on the edge of the bay in Stanley Park.
A lovely aerial view of it may be seen here.
The others in the series:
English Bay: trees
English Bay: beach
English Bay: sky
by Marja-Leena remains of last fall
now trimmed above new buds
awaiting spring
by Marja-Leena English Bay: beach
More photos from that lovely day at English Bay….
Wishing all my readers a Happy Valentine’s Day and Happy Friendship Day as celebrated in Finland.
Addendum: The other photos in this series:
English Bay: trees
English Bay: reflections
English Bay: sky
by Marja-Leena cabbage leaves
art found in the kitchen…