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Sights from the weekend #1

There was a lot of walking around this weekend.

We started the weekend at the market to pick up a few staples for the week. We always order ahead and we ate in and out in no time at all.

I want an electric one of these

Wandering around the park I came across this buggy, make …

Urban wandering

Another favourite wandering location, except for the surprisingly huge number of shitty dog owners that can't control their animals, Point Pleasant is awesome.

Now that its actually spring

Earlier in March we had a couple amazing days where we thought spring was here early. I took the baby for a nap/walk and saw bunch of people enjoying the beautiful day.

False Spring on the hill

Then we had a dump of snow on the 19th, the last day of winter. It was …

Lots of Birds

This weekend we got out for another wander around Frog Lake (or is it pond). Our friend the wood duck was there, along with a murder of crows.

A wander around the frog pond

This is a favourite wandering place except for late Jan till late Feb when it is typically just too icy for young kids.

Another Weekend in the woods

This weekend we went out for another walk around Sir Standford Flemming park, and this time I took my camera. Last weekend we saw a huge woodpecker and a wood duck, but since I only had my phone we only got a decent picture of the duck.

Wood duck in calm water

I try to …

A weekend in November

It was a pretty good weekend as 2020 goes. There was some sun and while there are rising numbers of #sars-cov-2 all around us, and we are looking at being locked down like we were in April for at least the next 6 weeks, we are doing pretty ok.

Walks around Frog Lake

Walks …