Month: March 2019

In April, 2017 the spring melt began. For those of you that don’t recall, we had crazy amounts of snow that year and a record 7 or 8 snow/storm days. On my daily commute to work I pass by this old bridge that is no longer used but at one point in time must have been a very busy passing for farmers to the small nearby town of Margaret. Given the amount of water flowing through what is usually the dry valley that runs under the bridge, I had to walk down there and see it for myself and take some photos.

When I got down there I discovered the monument which identified the bridge and it’s age. 100 years old in just a couple of weeks. To hear and see the water moving under that bridge for yourself was surreal and to think that this bridge could withhold that!

The bridge is still used as a foot bridge by the residents of a nearby colony but you can clearly see that time is slowly taking over. Large sections of the rail are gone and it is hard to navigate the top of the bridge as the majority of the bridge is overgrown with grass which makes it hard to see the drain holes.

Regardless, 2 years later, this bridge is still visited by many.

When I took this photo I likely thought, wow. Today when I look at it, I can think of a couple of things I would have done things differently.

This one is well. While I love the middle of the sky, I don’t like the top.

Maybe I’m not as much of an amateur as I think, lol 😂

And then again in May.

I live in what I am convinced is the most spectacular place to take pictures of the sunset and sky. Our lake isn’t to shabby either.

A tad bit bored, so I thought I’d have a look through my old saved iPhone photos, since there about 3,000 of them and there was a time when my camera never left the closet.

I found this one of the now 100 plus year old bridge in Margaret, MB. Two winters ago this bridge withstood a spring thaw that was so powerful I’m not sure how it wasn’t damaged. I’m hoping I’ll come across them on my journey through my photo past.

On this particular day out adventuring, there were a lot of animals, animal smells and animal sounds.

It started with two very curious horses watching our every move around the property across the road from them. They were nosey horses! And vocal too! On our venture closer, I could hear coyotes as well. I’m sure they ar active right now being calving season is surely upon us. My question is, are they this vocal during the day? And of course, the pungent smell of a spring skunk who was also exploring on this glorious warm, sunny day.

The highlight though were the oodles of deer, perched up on a ridge watching us while more gathered. They were coming from all sides. It’s nice to see them out and about after the terribly cold we had. Forty seven days is what I heard. I don’t dislike the deer that some feel over run our town.

Hopefully this Spring I’ll find a fawn and get some good shots.

With all the traveling we do with hockey and fishing, we come along a lot of abandoned homesteads. Most of the time if it’s not far from home I take note of the location, contact the land owner and if permission is granted I go back and take photos.

Other times when I know I won’t be back in the area again, I take what I can get from the side of the road. I hate these sorts of shots because 1, the more zoom, the less clarity and 2, it limits the different views/images/angles you can get.

Well today I took some anyways. First off, withdrawal and secondly, the sky.

I’m not happy with the clarity of this photo but, I’ll be back to this one, I hope.

Out and about searching for houses, shutter finger itchy.

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t like the cold.

I’ll also admit that I have very little me time during the hockey season.

This year Colton’s team has been very busy. Most weekends, practice twice a week and of course, travel tournaments. Sometimes I’d get that urge to play with the camera and try to take action shots. For good photos, this will require some more practice AND the purchase of a new lens.

Regardless, a great season was had as you can see from the hardware.

Well done boys. Well done my boy.

Big thank you to our coaches who devoted all of their time to these kids.

My daughter and I found this one by accident as the weather turned cold. I head back there a week or so ago and I can tell you, I can not wait to go back and find out more.

No words necessary ♥️🥰😍😘