Winter Grasses

Cobourg recently installed an all-season garden at the beach. I'm not sure that was their intent, but I am happy with the result. The summer flowers gave way to fall foliage, and then winter set in. Now that spring is near, these lovely seed tassels, in the muted winter colour palette of straw and blue, are all that's left.

Ice Shelf Under The Trees

Out for a hike today, we spotted this huge ice shelf supported by the trees when the snow melted away from underneath.

First Sunny Day

On this, the first sunny day in what seems like weeks, I found our shadows on the beach walk to be worth commemorating.

Bulrushes

Out with our hiking club on Sunday, I wanted to capture the misty weather in this monochromatic scene, and plunged thigh-deep into the snow filled ditch at the roadside while trying to get the right frame. Cold and wet, but happy with the result - and the rest of the hike got me warm and dry again.

Harbour Lights

This is the result of the first date with my new love - a Nikon D3100. I was hoping to catch the sunset, but delays gave me this instead. The cold was brutal, but the spectacular blue and gold colours in the ice made the frozen fingers a small price to pay. I also really like the vertical lines of the light reflections being crossed by the lines of snow on the ice - a subtle texturing that draws me to look more closely.

Red Sails in the Sunset





This scene reminds me of a painting my father did.The sunsets at the Cobourg Yacht Club can be stunningly beautiful, but the red-sailed yacht in the harbour was the perfect accent this evening.

Wicklow Beach

In this photo of the mouth of the boat launch area at Wicklow Beach, I was entranced by the curved shapes of the rocks and the ice on the water, and the sunlight dancing off the waves. What a perfect day!

Ice Sheets on the shore

Zoom in on the lower right area of this photo to see the delicate sheets of ice pushed up on shore by the wave action. This was taken at Wicklow Beach on Lake Ontario.

Cobourg beach in January

I took this photo low to the ground to capture the sun sparkling on the fresh snow, and used software to enhance the colours slightly to bring out the hints of a storm coming under those distant clouds.