Category Archives: weather

Coloured trees

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Alistair

  Occasionally the trees in the forest adopt strange colours.

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Sunset

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Alistair

  The sky is not always gunmetal grey in the winter.  

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Not frost

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Alistair

  A rough-hewn hand rail in the Park was covered with what I thought at first was frost. However, there was something odd about it: the ice was in the form of tiny towers. They looked different than all the … Continue reading →

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September goulash

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Alistair

  My usual claim for my monthly goulash is that it presents a collection of images that lacked postings of their own. Again true this month, it was also the case that previous postings this September were remarkably few — … Continue reading →

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Earth Day

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Alistair

  Yesterday was Earth Day. I have looked at many pictures posted by media to mark Earth Day. Curiously, many of them show crowds of humans — and so features the celebrants rather than the thing being celebrated. Other stories … Continue reading →

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Variegated trees

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Alistair

  The rainbow season begins with a show of variegated trees on the mountainside.  

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Dipper under ice

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Alistair

  A dipper sometimes forages under ice.  I believe I know when and why it does so. The odd thing about this, is that I have often watched a dipper stand on the border ice along a creek, dive into … Continue reading →

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January’s goulash

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Alistair

  Each of these January images lacked a posting of its own and so is assembled here. Hooded Mergansers show their interest in each other, even at this time of year, by raising their crests and displaying. These two pictures … Continue reading →

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Rip

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Alistair

  This topic is probably of little interest to non-boaters. Indeed, it isn’t even of much interest to boaters on most of the lakes of the world. However, for our boaters — bingo. The topic is the rip.  not the … Continue reading →

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Lake stars in ice

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Alistair

  This is the month for star patterns to be seen in the ice of lakes and ponds. This is an early season phenomenon. When the ice becomes thicker, they can’t form. I offered my first posting about these star … Continue reading →

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