I headed out to Nose Hill and Whispering Woods shortly after sunrise this morning and spent a couple of sun-filled hours meandering on the trails…I am so thankful I had the forethought to put my ice cleats on my boots or I would have had to turn back right at the gate to the Hill. Even with the extra grip, I was still skidding all over the place. (Who needs to go out to the mountains for an ice walk experience when there are such excellent opportunities at home?). 😉
Yesterday was humid and cold and so the trees were all caked in frost, but as I walked I could feel the warm air currents slip down into the valleys, and the sunlight quickly burned off the ice. The aspen were so strongly scented they made me think of spring thaw. And that’s a very pleasant thought, indeed….
Frost…no frost….
Very green aspens in Whispering Woods
Thistles may be annoying, but boy, do they have winter interest!
Flowery Prose 
Lovely to see your blue skies! Have a great weekend with more sunshine Sheryl!
You, too – enjoy! 🙂
Very pretty. I haven’t even taken my cleats off my work boots for a couple of months. 🙂
Sure glad for cleats – so useful!
Very beautiful! You are so lucky to live close to the mountains.
The scenery is always such a treat – even if the weather sometimes isn’t! 🙂
We finally got some snow, sunny and cold today, I really enjoy your photos.
Thank you!
You really haven’t had much snow there at all this year…the weather is definitely very strange. It’s been unusually mild here, too. It’s nice to get a bit of fresh snow, always looks so beautiful!
Beautiful shots! You make the snow, frost and ice look so lovely.
Thanks! It was such a beautiful morning – it felt good to be out in the sunshine!
Love the frost on the thistle heads.
Really eye-catching!
Spring is on its way….very slowly.
(((Shoko)))
It feels like it’s getting closer every day! Have a purrfectly delightful weekend! 🙂
The thistles do look magnificent. Sending you more warm thoughts for the weekend.
Thistles have the most amazing structure, especially when they’re dried like that. They are fascinating.
I hope you have a lovely weekend as well! 🙂
I really enjoyed your walk Sheryl, the blue skies and scenery are beautiful, I hope its not too long before Spring comes for you.
It’s definitely starting to feel like winter is turning around…. So delightful! 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Beautiful photos of a beautiful scenery..thank you for letting me walk along! Have a lovely sunny weekend, Johanna
You, too, Johanna, all best! 🙂
It is so interesting to see how on one side of something, you can have one type of precipitation like that, and on the other half of that very same object, it is totally different. Cool looking! And careful with your walking Sheryl! You don’t want any more back problems. 🙂
Falling is definitely not an option! 🙂
It is really fascinating to see the physical effects of the orientation of the sun – it was really obvious that day.
Hope you have an amazing long weekend with the family! Enjoy!
Mother Nature–she’s a beauty!
So true and oh so wonderful! 🙂
I love when we have frost on everything that is not covered by snow…..
The mix of frost and sunlight is magical! 🙂
Love that second photo – very subtle!
Thanks! I was so pleased to be able to catch that.
Sheryl, beautiful pictures! So glad you liked our “Creative Garden Patch” . Love the thistles and frosted wheat.
Thanks so much! I’m really happy to have found your blog!
I’ll come back and look at these photos when out temps reach in the 90’s this summer to cool off. Contrast, everything is about contrast. No getting around it.
Isn’t that the truth? 🙂
That second photo is beautiful!