There’s always a bit of nervous excitement surrounding storm season for Southern Ontario. While we want to see some picturesque storms, we also hope that they don’t do much damage. It’s a bit of wishful thinking because severe storms are often accompanied by strong wind, heavy rain, and hail; the very things that give ...
I spend an inordinate amount of time looking up; day or night, in any season. In line with that ‘looking’ is the checking of forecasts and models. The amount of time spent doing those things increases in the summer months but it does occur year round. Watching the skies in the winter months is usually ...
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half light,I would spread the cloths under your feet:But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my ...
Well, winter is officially here. I guess. Traditionally, there have been a variety of ways to mark the start of the winter season here in Ontario. December 1st is the start of ‘meteorological’ winter – the months of December, January, and February marking the frigid quarter of the year. December 21st of ...
July 2020 has been a busy month for storms in Southern Ontario. The province averages 12-13 tornadoes a year and – to date – we have had 23.
Making photographs is, among a variety of things, a means to memorialize certain events; events that we personally deem worthy and will want to recall at some time in the future. Photographs can also help show others what was happening at the event. The photograph won’t quite capture the event as completely as ...