Let's see if I remember how to do this ...

Some images from Jack Pine and Old Quarry Trails taken the over the last week.

White-breasted nuthatch

At Jack Pine.

Branches

Impatiently waiting for the switchover.

Trees covered

Leaves and snow.

Winter scenes

Back to posting after an extended break.

Feathery companions helping me get through the winter blahs

More house sparrows in the snow!

Birds in the snow

Winter walk

Some scenes from a winter walk at Old Quarry Trail on the weekend.























Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to post some of my favourite photos taken in 2011. I was consolidating and updating photo files the other day and realized how few I've posted. This is a good way to work through the files and enjoy the moments again. I'm starting tomorrow with January 2011, and eager to get into the spring months - missing the colour these days!

Other odds and ends -- I don't have a social media plan, that is whenever a new enterprise starts up and I think it's interesting I join (e.g., twitter, tumbler, g+, Instagram, etc.). The other day I was thinking about it, and I find it all overwhelming! I'm not sure where to post, when/how often to post, what to post to each etc. I'm going to have to figure out a way to use these better, and hopefully not feel so scattered with them all. If any of you have any helpful advice about how you manage all these accounts, I'd love to hear it!

Winter

Some random winter scenes. It was slow in coming, but winter is most definitely here.

Also, the long blog dry spell is over. Hope to get back to regular posting.

Snowy woods

Some good news: I received my D300 back from the shop. And so far, so good. It's like a new camera.

The Kitchen Window

Inside



Outside

Post-Christmas Ruminations

Well, all Christmases are over at last. The ornaments are packed away, though the tree is still standing. I'm going to miss the wonderful scent of pine that greats me each morning when I come downstairs. I can pretend that I live in a forest for a few minutes each day, ha!



In other news, the winter weather has returned to snow, which makes for a more pretty scene over the dreary rain. And the days have started to change as well: with each new one I've noticed that they are lasting a little bit longer than the one before. Joy!



And finally, my camera has gone off to Nikon for repairs. They told me it would take 4-6 weeks. So the old camera and I have become reacquainted, and with a wee bit of keeping-a-positive-attitude, we're getting along just fine. ;-)