Today was another of those rare winter days with the sun shining from a clear blue sky, making me want to get out there, in spite of the cold...
Having no urgent errands today, I did not feel tempted to walk all the way into town again; but decided to just go for a walk down to the river and make photograpny my focus this time - so also brought my Sony compact camera, rather than just the phone.
In the first photo above, it's my own shadow you see, standing on the bridge, looking north. On the south side of the bridge is one of the dams where they regulate the flow of water through the city. And when it's as cold as it has been for a good while now, there are sometmes interesting ice formations to be seen.
I then followed the path on the other side of the bridge for a while, before going back up to walk across the cemetery back home.
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| Funeral chapel |
For a change, I enjoyed following the tracks made by maintenace vehicles on some snowy paths that had not been ploughed. (I did have the right footwear for it.)
It's been good to be able to collect a few sunny and enjoyable outdoors moments towards the end of this long winter, which for the most part has just been - well, "difficult"...
Winter is not over yet, though. It's snowing again as I'm about to finish this post, and here's the forecast for the next nine days:
What a perfect way to honour a rare winter sun
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant sky! And the frozen dam water photos are so cool, like water art!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us on your walk with you
ReplyDeleteSiobhan
Brrr!!! -12C really IS cold...
ReplyDeleteIt is so good that you were able to catch a bit of sunlight and took those beautiful photos - thank you for sharing! The North and North-East of Germany have been having frosty temperatures, too, but our half in the South and South-West have been above zero all week, and for the weekend and start of next week, spring-like temperatures are expected. There's been a lot of rain, and it is forecast to remain rather wet.
The frozen water over the dams is pretty.
ReplyDeleteso happy for you that the sun gave you a trip past the cemetery. I always love photos of that cemetery. LOVE the one with the Church and Tree... best of all... Frozen is the perfect Title, each photo says the word all by itself.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the neighborhood, but especially the arty photos of the water and ice. Most enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your comments :)
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