Jill Browne, from home and away

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A warm day, up to 10 degrees I heard. Ice melting, fear we may have big sheets of it tomorrow if it gets cold, from all that melted snow that is now covering everything.

The sky has a grey lid on it but to the west there is a band of sky between the mountains and the bottom of the sky. It’s about two inches high and as the day ages, that band turns a golden yellow. I saw it through the filigree of the bare aspen trees and was momentarily enchanted.

Canola field under blue sky. Photo: Doug Bowman, CC License on Flickr.com

Monday, January 10, 2011.

Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

It’s still winter.  In fact I think winter is only beginning.  It has its good side, winter does, but today I’m thinking of warmer things.

The cloud ceiling is still over us, and the temperature is down around -17 C.

Frost feathers starting to decorate our windows.

Makes me think back to the brilliant sunshine and the glow of the yellow canola fields.

I wrote Canola has a Glow of its Own back in those glory days of July.

Link to Doug Bowman’s photo