I'm getting my eyes checked.

Canada is the second coldest country in the world. I believe it. Especially this week.
I was standing in the bitter cold trying to get a shot of the full moon. I took what I thought was a good shot (it was so cold that as soon as the shutter went "click" I knew it was a good shot because I wasn't taking another one, so it had to be good). I downloaded the photo onto (into?) the computer and was surprised to see the snowflake reflections.
I did not see the snow falling while I was outside, probably due to the fact that the vitreous humour (the liquid in your eyes) may have been frozen solid!
Anyway, the moon shot came out okay and I am almost positive it is the second (or third) from the left near the top of the photograph.
At least I think it's the moon. With my eyes it could be a space ship.

Tenacity

tenacity n. determined, dogged, persistent, pertinacious, resolute, singleminded, steadfast, unswerving.
I left the garden lights out in the fall and did not expect this result. These two little solar-powered lights were covered with snow, frozen into the ground and still they continue to shine in the night. There is a lesson here for us humans. Suck it up. Hang on. Never give up.
Hang in there lights! Spring is less than fifty days away!

It's Official! We're closing the pool for the winter now.

I put a sign on the pool today. "Closed for the season - Reason? Freezin'!"
The interesting phenomenon in the center of the photo is called "sea smoke". It happens when the air is significantly colder than the water. I have witnessed this on the ocean in Halifax and on Lake Ontario.
It usually occurs when a gentle breeze waifs down from the North Pole at about a thousand miles an hour, and stays for several months.
An interesting side note - for those of you who may not know this; there are two season in Canada: winter and construction.
By the way - we are both fine and thanks for asking.

Photoshop skills

I have been practicing my photoshop skills and this is the end result. I found this old photo of some kid in a box in the attic, scanned it and performed some digital magic on it.
I enlarged the ears, added big buck teeth and a brylcreem hair tonic lustre to the kid's head. Then I added some freckles to the little guy's nose and pasted on a flannel shirt to add some class.
Then, I realized that I didn't save my work so I posted a picture of me when I was eight.
Somehow it still came out the same. Go figger.