One wouldn't know or feel it by our nice sunshiny afternoon with temps slightly above the freezing mark but the dregs of winter are here and definitely upon us. Weather forecasters are predicting much colder weather ahead with lots of accompanying snow. I'll leave you with a few more of Monday morning's photos and a few from today.
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| MONDAY MORNING LOOKING WEST FROM OUR PARK'S ENTRANCE |
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| OLD LONESOME |
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| A GODERICH PIT STOP FOR PHEEBS |
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| AND HERE SHE COMES NOW |
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| A FEW HARDY SOULS OUT STROLLING THE LAKESIDE BOARDWALK |
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| I TOOK THIS PHOTO THINKING OF THE ARCTIC TUNDRA |
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| ICE IS BEGINNING TO RE-FORM IN THE GODERICH HARBOR |
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| SAILORS ARE GATHERED BELOW DECKS TRYING TO DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO GO OUT AND SWEEP THE SNOW OFF THE LIFEBOAT |
On a walk in the Bayfield Cemetery this morning, I tried to determine if the big trees were pine or spruce and I'm guessing from what I've read they might be spruce trees.
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| A SUNNY MORNING WALK IN THE CEMETERY OUT OF THE WIND |
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| PINE NEEDLES FROM OUR PARK ON THE LEFT AND SPRUCE NEEDLES FROM THE CEMETERY ON THE RIGHT |
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| WHILE WALKING IN THE CEMETERY I SOMETIMES SEE GRAVE DECORATIONS TOPPLED OVER BY THE WIND SO I GENERALLY STOP AND SET THEM BACK UP AGAIN |
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| IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE BIG RED BALLS IN BOTH PICTURES YOU CAN SEE MY REFLECTION |
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| I ONLY NOTICED THESE REFLECTIONS WHEN I EDITED THE PHOTOS |
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| I WAS USING MY SONY RX90 POCKET CAM FOR THESE SHOTS |
Invigorated by the afternoon sunshine, Pheebs and I took ourselves for a walk. With heavy snow predicted for most of Wednesday, this may well be the last of our afternoon walks for a while.
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| PROBABLY BY THE END OF WEDNESDAY, THIS POND WILL BE COVERED WITH SNOW |
GROANER'S CORNER:(( On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher. The florist's son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers. The candy-store owner's daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy. Then the liquor-store owner's son brought up a big, heavy box. The teacher lifted it up and noticed that it was leaking a little bit. She touched a drop of the liquid with her finger and tasted it. "Is it wine?" she guessed. "No," the boy replied. She tasted another drop and asked, " Champagne ? "No," said the little boy... "It's a puppy!"----------------------------------
Yes, they're certainly spruce trees!
ReplyDeleteYou are right on Al with your labeling of the pine and spruce trees. We have both on our property. Love the photos of the ice ladened trees. True winter wonderland.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tree identification course. I needed it.
ReplyDeleteIt looks really cold in those photos.
ReplyDeleteOh, oh. Thank you so much. I was just guessing. I may have seen some in NY, but most of my life has been in TX, and trust me, there are none here. But the cemetery trees are especially wonderful. Looking kind of cold and snowy around there...but I guess that's the norm for January. Lovely photos. If I were on the Algoma Innovator, I'd just think, well, surely that snow will just fly off when the boat drops. I'll stay here for a while.
ReplyDeleteTo tell spruce and fir trees apart, it helps to know that spruce needles are sharply pointed, square and easy to roll between your fingers. Fir needles, on the other hand, are softer, flat and cannot be rolled between your fingers. Spruce needles are attached to small, stalk-like woody projections.
ReplyDeleteDouglas fir, which has sometimes been called the Douglas tree, Oregon pine, and Douglas spruce, is not actually a true fir, a pine, or a spruce.