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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 …

Birds and more birds

I'm not great at capturing birds, it requires silence and patience. While I can be both, I usually have a little one with me and they have a MUCH harder time with both, but especially the silence part.

Lots of Beautiful Flowers

I really like taking photos of flowers. Landscapes, macro, etc.

This is a photo dump of a selection of these that I have in my archive that I wanted to get out there. Some are posted elsewhere on the site, but most are just pretty.

Not all baking works out - cookies

They are flat

Not all baking works out all the time. This weekend my two cookie projects didn’t work out at all. The second recipe is pictured above.

I’m not sure what I did wrong, but it may have been beaten too much or the pan was in the wrong place …