life outside our windows.

it's rainy and drizzly tonight. i thought it's apropos to post a picture of this bird, shot through our rain soaked window. it suits the mood.
these two photos were taken over three weeks ago, the same time i took these.

not to get down on our seemingly endless greyish and cloudy spring, we do occasionally get a burst of sunny days here and there. we've had a bit more sunshine in the last week than what we've been having on average in the last couple of months. the little buds on this tree outside our window had remained tightly shut for what seemed like forever.
but look! five days of warmish weather, where the sun would poke its head for a little longer visit than usual, and this is what happens.
nature is pretty awe inspiring, don't you think?

take a picture

Sometimes you just have to take a picture, no matter what the subject is.

Golden hour was especially golden yesterday, but I am lazy. So I shot this out our window.

slow as molasses.

a couple of weeks ago, a friend's mom made a rather observant comment. she said that Newfoundland has the longest spring. i agree with her. we really do. just look at the buds on these trees outside our kitchen window. they sure are taking their own sweet time.

April 24
April 29
May 14
May 15, okay, this is just a day after the one above.
today, May 18.

see? hardly anything has changed in almost a month!

mixed.

so far, our spring has seen a whole gamut of weather anyone can possibly imagine. we've had long stretches of what is locally known as RDF (rain, drizzle and fog), snow, and flurries. happily, every now and then, these unusually long spell of grey and cloudy days are broken up by a day or two of sunshine. seeing and feeling the warmth of the sun here is like coming up for air after being submerged for a very long time -- feels pretty damn amazing.