by walk in the country Dec.24th
As I wrote last week, we’d travelled to the Thompson River region northeast of us to spend Christmas at the home of one of our daughters. It is such different country from the southwest coast, with its own kind of beauty, as every place does. On the afternoon of Christmas Eve day, while the younger ones were preparing the feast to come, my husband and I headed out for a walk in the area. Hope you enjoy these photos that aim to capture the character of this region, and as you can see, without much snow cover down here in the valley.
You may also recall the photos of our visit there last summer.
January 2, 2011 in Canada and BC, Photography by Marja-Leena
Marja-Leena, you always manage to capture something unique and atmospheric in your pictures. Have a wonderful 2011, warm wishes to you and your family.
Wow, there’s hardly any snow! I was under the impression that they had a whack like we do.
Happy New Year to you!
Natalie, thank you! I wish you a wonderful new year too, and perhaps we shall meet again in London later on!
Wandering, apparently they had a lot of snow earlier in the season but much of it had melted. We enjoyed seeing more higher up in the hills where we walked the next two days, photos to come. Happy New Year to you too, hope you will be feeling better soon!
Even minus snow, could feel the cold in the photos. Thanks for the reminder to compare with the people and animal filled summer terrain.
Beautiful, Marja-Leena, beautiful! I wish we had mountains, too.
Naomi, the wind was cold but we were lucky it wasn’t colder as it usually is in this area at this time of year.
Leena, yes, it is lovely country, though I think these mountains are barely more than hills compared to the mountains we drove through to get there and those by Vancouver. I know Finland doesn’t have much except maybe Koli and some in Lapland.
Beautiful photos. A great thing to do on Christmas — take a walk in the country. I also want to say I LOVED the monotype “Crowd.”
Anne, yes, we enjoyed each day’s walks, always interesting in a different environment. Glad you like the monotype.
Lovely photos, and I too can feel that winter chill in the air.
That’s a part of the world I have never seen. I hope to one day. You were lucky to get away from the kitchen, too!
Maria, thanks. It’s even cold in Vancouver, with frosty clear nights and barely above freezing in the daytime. Possibly snow tomorrow!
Hattie, what’s amazing about BC is the variety of climates and topography across the province. And oh yes, I had a holiday from cooking though I did do a bit of cleaning up now and then.
Lovely shots. You’ve captured visions of cold very well. Brrr..
Susan, thanks. I’m surprised at the reaction to a supposed cold scene – it really wasn’t that bad, just a few degrees below freezing. Warm jackets, gloves and scarf were just fine – only my ears got cold when we faced the wind as I should have had a hood. It’s so much drier there. How’s the weather in Halifax – any snow?
I love the mood that the first photo captures. What a lovely place of understated quiet beauty. A place to listen, for sure!
Taina, I love it too, to listen, to look and to feel and breathe in!
I love this landscape, quite austere but somehow it makes one breathe in deeply! And I love and your pictures of it. It does look cold though.
Happy New Year, if I’ve not said it already…
Lucy, the colours in this part of our province are mostly a soft dun from the dry grasses, punctuated by the dark green pines, which unfortunately have been reduced greatly by the pine beetle epidemic. Thanks and the same to you for this New Year.