Boy its cold out side,,,well maybe not that cold yet!

In the Berkshire mountains Florida, Mass is far from a warm place during January...Don Jane took this photo of me.

Back in January 2010 Don Janes and I travelled through the Berkshire mountains from North Adams to East Deerfield, Mass. When we climbed the mountain East out of North Adams we passed through Florida, Mass. which is near the crest of the mountain...well  we found Florida was really cold that year.....I mean really, really cold.....our cameras actually stopped operating at one point...I think the batteries lost power or the shutters froze...we had to keep the batteries warm under our coats. I hope my next visit to Florida will be a bit nicer...the only white I want to see is sandy beach white...this past week we had two winter type storms...Sunday we awoke to two feet of snow, then Thursday morning arrived with another foot...we are in for a long winter....George Dutka

More Snow

It was snowing hard all evening, so it was not a real surprise this morning when I looked out our bedroom......another foot of snow to shovel.

Another storm was fore casted last night for the London area. Not all of London got hit, west London where we live and Komoka area did....another foot of snow......we now have three feet of snow on our front lawn with snow banks one can not see over......the ski club in Byron will be opening tomorrow, the first in decades for this time of year. I wonder how much more snow we will get in November...we still have two days left.....George

A California Thanksgiving

As we walked Carlsbad beach on Thanksgiving after dinner I asked the girls to gather together for a sunset photo. Well this is what they came up with.....A Charlie's Angels pose. In the photo is Susanne, Nancy and her daughter Andrea.

I just want to say Happy Thanksgiving to family and friends in the USA. Seems everyone we know in the USA have moved to Florida or California...guess winter in Michigan and Ontario is not the greatest. Anyhow as mentioned earlier we spent a nice Thanksgiving in California during 2010. We also got up before dawn to hit the stores on Black Friday....a first for us...it sure was fun....George & Susanne

The 2010 Thanksgiving dinner gang...I believe Nancy is working on her Mimosa (champagne and OJ)...or is that a second one....cheers!

A warmer November out west - 2010

A November sunset on the beach in Carlsbad, California.

After spending two days shovelling two feet of snow plus the extra's the plow's gave us.....I long for warmer day. Back in 2010 Susanne and I visited our son-in-law's parents in California and did not see anything white other than sand. We spent that thanksgiving week having a great time with Murray and Nancy who were great hosts. The photo above was one of the memorable sunsets in Carlsbad on our visit.

Let it Snow....

Today when we woke up what a surprise.....the weather man called for some snow but not two feet worth overnight. It took us a few hours to get it out of the way...boy winter sucks...George

Looking across the street they have their work cut out for them. As one can see the kids started the snow blowing but once a case of beer arrived via a friend, the blower sat idle for most of the afternoon.

As you can see Susanne is not even holding the tape at the tallest snow fall location.

Susanne with the tape,  1 foot 10 inches is the average with some spots well over 2 feet.

Our patio table kind of measures what we got.

Late day walk on the beach.

Grand Bend July 27, 2010

As usual I took my camera along while walking Grand Bend beach late in the day. As one can see a sailboat has its sails rolled in as the wind was very light. A group of teens are out for some wake board fun. I always like the look of back lit photos especially if one can get some glimmer on the water...George

Berkshires Sunsets

I took this sunet photo out through the window of the 12th floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel in Pittsfield, Mass. It had been a nice and sunny day but the evening brought in a layer of clouds. The sun has set but the reflection in the clouds was kind of neat.

There was many overcast days on my trip to the Berkshires, but on occasion the sun did peek out giving me an interesting looking sunset. They are quick since the sun seems to set quicker and earlier in the mountains.....my favourite sunsets are still at the beach....George

Driving back to our hotel in northern Mass. I bailed out of the car as Don pulled over to catch the last of the sun. The roads are narrow with no room to pull over...we missed a better location by about half a mile back but you get what you get.

Once again another view on another day....a 12th floor view of the setting sun.