I found this "sapsicle" on the trunk of a white pine that was cut last fall. The colour and the smoothness and the unexpected place all attracted me. The log was at the side of one of the trails at the Royal Botanical Garden's Arboretum in Hamilton.
Lead runners in the Brantford to Ancaster long training run on March 7. Getting ready for the Bay Race around the Hamilton Harbour at the end of the month. This run was about 26 km in cool temperatures, heavy cloud cover, and fog most of the way. Not bad for running weather.
Winter Aconite (Eranthus hyemalis) is almost in bloom in Hamilton. It's not even out of the ground at our place near Brantford. It may have been blooming by the end of the day but I was looking at it at noon today.
Meanwhile, the Red-winged Blackbirds arrived today at our place and the American Robins were singing too. I wonder when the next snow will arrive.
Calla & Églantine watch as the sun sinks in the west. We went to the little stream to look at and photograph the ice and water catching the late afternoon sun.
This is the view out of our second floor window where our library room is located. The frost was quite wonderful this morning.
