Friday, January 09, 2026

Scrounging for Photos

I have always posted plenteous photos on this silly, little channel. In autumn it is easy because colour is everywhere. But winter ain't so easy. While there are bright days and/or fresh snowy days, there are a many other days when the skies are grey and the snow is not exactly as "deep and crisp and even" as they were for Good King Wenceslas. But we do our best, and sometimes we can cobble together a post after a few days.

When we begin to cross the trail bridge over the river, we pass some vegetation while we are still over land. One day, I spotted some pretty, frosted leaves by the railing.


On another dull day, I took a couple of minimalist photos in the neighbourhood park.



This ↓ is the main bridge on main street with town hall just behind me.


And then there is Sue and her daily challenges that sometimes supply me with blog fodder. Yesterday, she was prompted to photograph something red through a window. As you know, I wear a red winter coat, and I have a red chapeau as well, so I became the subject. She shot through the front door wreath of me holding a shovel. Out of several attempts, I chose this one to post although she settled on a different variation here for her post.


We went downtown to look for other photo ops. There were several attempts here and there through various windows of various stores, but this one from town hall was the best of the lot although the wreathe photo did win the day.


I looked tiny in the ↑ photo, so I played with embiggening myself. The process replaced the balustrade (is that the word?) behind me as well, but I had to try.


I don't know what other photos I will have to share in the next little while, for we seem to be entering a typical, dull January Thaw period.

16 comments:

  1. I enjoyed the dull January thaw looking for ugly things for the first time ever. And I found plenty.
    I love the town hall shot the most! You do look small, but the perspective is great and so fun!
    Those yellow leaves are quite beautiful and my favorite is the single plant in the snow.
    Well done for a dull January!

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  2. I like the shot through the wreath. Nice work!

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  3. You always find such lovely photographs to publish. Minimalist photos are interesting and focus attention effectively.
    I liked Sue's wreath photo, too.

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  4. The wreath shot left me wondering what kind of stringed instrument you might have been playing...glad to know it was a more useful tool after all.

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  5. It is such a dull monotone time of year.

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  6. That's a wonderful photo through the wreath. I also love the other from town hall. It's great that Sue and you make the effort to get out in the winter!

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  7. Ha, Sue was very clever!

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  8. I like your pictures. January is always bleak, but there is plenty of color under all that white, biding its time. I buried a bag of 50 daffodil bulbs in the snow. I will wait six weeks and bring them inside to treat myself to an early spring.

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  9. I liked the photo of the yellow leaves. Other than that, you are the most colorful thing in the rest of the photos.
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  10. You are doing very well in this bleak season. I especially like the frosted leaves.

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  11. Your photos are absolutely stunning, dear friend!

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  12. Same here, January thaw. Better than -15 C.

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  13. It's good that you keep active and find more photos.

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  14. Oh my, clever ideas for the prompt. You live with creativity for sure, and are, yourself pretty masterly (is that a word?)Minimalist number one is my fave, but the leaves are pretty close.
    I am digging out reams of old snapshots; a cousin's daughter wants family history and for some reason I seem to have it all. I am scanning and cleaning. You may hear me screaming all the way to your town.

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  15. Sue has a great eye for taking photos too. I enjoyed seeing all the snow. None here for quite a while. Beautifully frosted leaves and lovely snowy scenery.

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  16. Wow - I think Sue's photo should be next year's Christmas card. It's a wonderful view. I miss the color too. (Though now our snow has all melted and we have color -- it's just brown and gray. But not white.)

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