The theme for today's Thursday's challenge is pair and yesterday I saw a beautiful, handsome pair of Wood Ducks! I think this pair is a most handsome species!
These picturesque little buildings on the river ice are used for fishing. A hole is made in the ice with an auger and the person inside the shack fishes through the hole in the ice. Some of these shacks have a little stove in them also; you can see a few chimneys in some of the buildings. I would like to take a photo of smoke rising from the chimneys .
Early in the morning , even before daylight, the flashing lights outdoors revealed a man hard at work plowing snow from our driveway. But there is news now that there is an even bigger snowstorm on the way! Oh, well I guess that is to be expected during these cold, winter, months! although this winter seems to be far less severe than last winter's storms.
When waking last Thursday morning, I flicked on the light switch and I remained in the dark!.. Oops, a power failure was the result of the overnight snowstorm! What to do?, What to do? I hadn't prepared the night before for the possibility of needing an alternative light source, but fortunately my husband had and he handed me a flashlight! Thank goodness!! I proceeded downstairs, brrr... no heat as our oil furnace needs electricity to power its fan necessary to circulate the heat! With the use of the flashlight I found some short candle stubs and luckily I remembered where a cigarette lighter was. (We gave up smoking years ago), but you never know when a lighter is needed, like then! and viola, LIGHT!!!
Sprting is the time of year when I feel relief that winter is over and almost any beautiful outdoor scene brings a sense of tranquility to me.
Today, while looking around my favourite pond I spied a duck on the calm waters. However when I got my camera in position to take a picture, the duck disappeared by diving under the water. I waited patiently until the duck surfaced again and then I took its picture.
The duck was a female Common Goldeneye and I found the scene tranquil and beautiful
The month came in lamb like and it is going out like a lion.
we had more snow on the weekend and the shovel was used extensively this time rather than the snowblower as the snow was so light. As can be seen in the photo the sidewalk has already been cleared. I used the handle of the shovel to frame the walker on the street.
