A Winter's Tale from Hamilton

This picture is taken from outside my house on Sherman looking north at what is normally the smoke stacks of the industrial core. Friday's snow storm turned the neighbourhood into a rather appealing Winter postcard.


To prove how freakish weather in this neck of the woods can be here are two photos of my budding tulips taken one day apart. I've decided to keep a digital diary of my flower bed which includes tulips and later on roses. I plan to take the photos and create some sort of online album, tracking the birth and death of the flowers throughout the season.



Later,
Kenaz

Hazy shades of Winter

Here in Hamilton, it looks as if "Old Man Winter" isn't ready to release his death grip just yet. The last two days have been really dreary and grey and it looks like it will remain that way well into March according to the experts. Oh well, looks like the snow pants will have to remain out.

I just hope the old proverb describing March, "In like a lion out like a lamb" is true this year, I'm totally sick of winter. This weather isn't all bad, when I came home from work yesterday, around five, I grabbed my new digital camera and snapped a few shots of my trees in the backyard through my kitchen window.

HP ships a pretty cool photo editing program with their camera. One of the features includes a panorama feature. This allows you take several shots of a large vertical or horizontal object then stitches them together in sequence to give you the full perspective of your surrounding.

I just got finished editing and am pleased with the out come. I didn't intend to create a black and white photo, mother nature provided her own paint scheme and I'm pleased what she picked. What little light there was glistens off the snow on the branches and shows off enough green to offer hope for the return of Spring. The chair I left out by accident last year is a reminder of where I wish to return to instead of being cooped up.

Here's the picture, click to view larger


Later,
Kenaz

A beautiful sunrise over the creek

I snapped this digital photo of a great looking sunrise yesterday about 7:00am while I was waiting for the Stoney Creek bus to arrive at the Bell Manor Loop on Barton. I was heading into work.

Later,
Kenaz