It’s been too warm for the river to completely freeze over
It’s been a minute since we went for a walk. Tom was feeling poorly for awhile, so we didn’t walk anywhere, and work was quite busy. So finally today in the late afternoon we went for our usual walk, and it was beautiful. Sunny and 6C. In fact, the last couple of weeks have been very nice. We got a dump of snow the first week of November starting on the 1st (like clockwork) and really nothing since. It’s still fairly white outside, but the main streets are completely clear and there isn’t much depth on the ground. If only it would stay that way.
October 16 overlooking MacKinnon Ravine west. It was about 8C.
October continues to be warm and halloweeny. Our neighbourhood has gone all out and so has the surrounding neighbourhoods of Glenora, Ravine Drive and Crestwood (basically everywhere we most commonly walk).
On October 30 (Sunday), it was 17C! At The Colombian, the coffee shop we always stop at during our walks, we had yet another Oilers sighting – this time Darnell Nurse – looking very smashing indeed. He saw us, mostly because Tom was wearing his Oilers hat. We got a smile, and Tom said, “Great game buddy,” referring to their delicious win over the Flames the previous night.
Here’s a few photos from that walk, and a few others.
October 26, looking (as we often do) at the riverUCP memberIt wasn’t actually meant to be horizontal, it was just super windy!Tom’s comment: “Why is that thing bum fucking a pumpkin?” You can’t unsee it…Friends, Romans, Corpses…
October 6 and 7 photos from a couple of late afternoon walks. On Friday (Oct 7), we left after 5:30, had dinner at Vi’s for Pies, and walked home in the dark. Along the way, a partial harvest moon! It was much bigger in person. Beautiful, warm, October walks along the turquoise river.
Even zoomed in, the moon was much bigger with the naked eyeBluuuueee riverTom contemplates life, the universe and everything
September isn’t over yet, but I’ve gone on more than a few unremarkable remarkable walks — the usual, in other words, around Grovenor, Glenora, Ravine Drive and MacKinnon Ravine. And in between, summer turned to fall. I’m longing to get back in the woods, but these walks are good enough.
The river, looking west (Sept 25)
We’re headed into a mini-heatwave and a long weekend, so hopefully some ravine walks are in my future. Today, it looked like autumn but felt like summer.
MacKinnon Ravine, looking east (Sept 25)MacKinnon Ravine, looking west (Sept 25)Canoes on the river (Sept 21)Surprisingly, not alien pods but horse chestnuts… (Sept 21)Tom of the Ravine (Sept 21)
Another early morning walk (before the 32C heat kicks in and the Blue Jays game starts), but not too early (about 7:30 am). Beautiful and a bit smoky from the fire in Jasper. During our 90+ minute walk, the temperature went from 15C to 21C. 10,000+ steps.
Not really sunset, but an evening sun (around 7 pm) over MacKinnon Bridge looking west
Hard to know if this should be under the heading of: a day in the life of Donna or; you can’t write this stuff.
Tom and I were out for an evening walk, and I tripped. Didn’t hurt myself too much, a slightly scraped hand, broken sunglasses, a sore boob. The usual. The funny part was that an hour prior, I had put on some fake tan stuff on my legs. As we were walking, I said to Tom, “this is great because I just put some self tanner on my legs so I need to stay upright.” Actually, more like, …upriiiiiiggghhttahhh. Literally, I tripped as that word came out of my mouth.
I usually trip once a year. I guess considering the number of walks I go on and the amount of territory I cover, it’s not a surprise that I trip every now and then, but I do seem to trip more than others. The other thing is that I always fall forward, other than that spectacular fall backward on black ice in 2020. I think I need to work on my core strength.
Tom o’er MacKinnon Bridge
Other than that, a really beautiful evening walk. 23C. Doesn’t seem quite as humid.
Other side of the MacKinnon Bridge, looking eastA familiar sight, and sound. The fountain in Alexander Circle, Glenora.
