The snow has been very slow to arrive this year. We almost have the ground covered now but there are only flurries in the forecast. I have been watching temperatures from our previous home places in Kansas and northern Ontario. So far this winter it has often been colder in Kansas than either here or in northern Ontario.
Fleur-Ange caught me waiting to be one of over 2000 Santas running in Burlington's Jingle Bell run yesterday. I was pleased to be 2nd of 11 runners in my age group and #788 of 2014 runners that finished. It was a cold wait for the start as we stood for 25 minutes in -7 C temperatures with a wind chill of -13 C. Those Santa suits are OK for running but not for standing around.
With the 47 km winds it felt like - 17 as I took this photo. You can see my thumb turning blue as I held the Cow Vetch flowers still in the wind. Not much blooming today! Only found 15 species compared to almost 50 last week. Lots of wind and cold temperatures here but no real snow yet. The ground has not been fully covered yet where we live.
I attended a quartz crystal bowl and paiste gong concert at the Welkin Wellness Centre in Brantford last night where I usually go for yoga. David Hickey kept the crowd enthralled for over two hours with his skills on the gongs and bowls.
http://www.crystaljourney.ca/david.html
There are several varieties of Redbud trees in the RBG Woodland Garden but the pods on this tree were catching the afternoon light in an interesting way.
I was in the gardens looking for late wild flowers. I visited the rose garden, the woodland garden and the waterfront trail to see what was blooming and found 46 species of flowers in bloom not counting the roses and a few other cultivated flowers whose names I don't know. I like to check the flower beds to see what weeds have come up to bloom after the summer staff left for school etc.
