Gyrations

Gyrations, originally uploaded on Flickr by Ontario Wanderer.

This would not happen today with the wind chill around - 30 C, but it was warmer last Sunday on our Hamilton Flickr Group walk.

Ice Above and Below

Ice Above and Below, originally uploaded on Flickr by Ontario Wanderer.

Églantine and I went on a Hamilton Flickr Group walk yesterday and one of our stops was at Webster Falls where the spray had frozen on many of the trees and was starting on my camera lens too.

Through A Glass Darkly

Through A Glass Darkly, originally uploaded on Flickr by Ontario Wanderer.

Took the photo through a window at 5:00 a.m. on a snowy morning. The colours are from a snowplough and a passing car on a road about 500 metres away from the house. The squiggly shapes are from hand holding my camera for 4 seconds. That truck seems to sit for several minutes on every snowy morning. I wonder if there is a special time for it to start ploughing. I don't know if it is a Brant County snowplough or a Hamilton snowplough and that road is the border between the two jurisdictions.

Artesian Well

Artesian Well, originally uploaded on Flickr by Ontario Wanderer.

I can't remember if I have put this location on Flickr or this blog before. In any case, it is one ever-running tap of the Ancaster artesian well. It runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from underground "hydrostataic pressure." We stop by weekly for our drinking water. Free! No chemicals! One just has to wait for one's turn as many people come to the same well. There used to be at least 6 or 7 similar springs in our area but all but this one have been closed off due to the possibility of bad water. No "bad" water was ever found but land owners don't want the risk. This one is owned by the Hamilton Conservation Area and is tested often.

Snow

Snow, originally uploaded on Flickr by Ontario Wanderer.

A good way to enjoy snow, at - 11, is viewing from our library room window. From this window we have seen and photographed many birds, some deer, and a few foxes over the last few years.