Goldfinch

A bright male goldfinch on the deck today. He stayed there for a long time and sang. I think he was trying to get the attention of the female goldfinch at the feeder.

Government House

Government House downtown, residence of the Lieutenant Governor, the Queen's representative in Newfoundland. The grounds are open to the public.

Daffodils

Daffodils in front of The Colonial Building on another grey day.

Patchy Fog

I guess this is what they call patchy fog......one patch moving from the harbour up to the city. It looks like smoke.

Happiness

My sister visited this weekend and she gave me this beautiful Willow Tree figurine named "Happiness" (I collect them). My photo does not do it justice.

Budding Maple

Things are growing in my garden, this is a budding maple tree.

Newfoundland & Labrador Dogs

These dog statues are in Harbourside Park downtown, a Newfoundland Dog and a Labrador Retreiver. It was a grey, foggy day and not much interesting to take pictures of.

Quidi Vidi Lake

Quidi Vidi Lake, the boathouse and one of the boats that is rowed in the annual Regatta in August.

Botanical Gardens

I went to the Botanical Gardens today, there was not a lot blooming. I was surprised to see bees and butterflies, though. I also saw a Ruffed Grouse but it was in the woods and I didn't get good pictures of it.

Osprey

I read on a local birding newsgroup that there was an Osprey's nest not far from me (Portugal Cove Road just past Old Broad Cove Road, for anyone around St. John's who wants to go see it). I drove out there this morning and watched the Osprey fly back and forth to the nest a few times. The nest is on top of an electrical pole on the side of the road.

Boats

A couple of boats at the wharf in Portugal Cove.

April Collage

City at Night

A shot of the harbour taken from The Battery tonight, you can see the moon in the sky.

Bowring Park Again

I went back to the park again today to take more pictures of the waterfalls and river (they turned out pretty well the same as yesterday's pictures). While I was taking pictures of the falls there were 2 young boys very interested in what I was doing. They were looking over my shoulder when I had the camera on the tripod. I showed them the pictures on the back screen and they were pretty impressed, I got a "Cool" and a thumbs up. Then they decided to climb around the waterfalls so of course I took a picture.

Bowring Park

I went to the park today with my tripod and ND8 filter to capture the flowing water.....it went pretty well. The top picture is the Waterford River and the waterfall runs into a very small pool/pond.

In Evening Light

A couple of boats across the harbour in the evening sun.

Blue Jay

A Blue Jay on my deck in the rain getting peanuts I threw out for him. There were 2 out there, last fall I'd sometimes get 7 at a time.

The Battery

2 photos taken from the same spot at The Battery, the 1st one looking west into the harbour, the 2nd one looking east out to Fort Amherst and The Narrows.

Lots of Crocuses

This little mound (I think it's called the peace mound) in Bannerman Park is full of crocuses every spring. There are dark and light purple, white, striped white & purple crocuses there and teeny tiny yellow ones.

Barn

Saw this cute barn/shed whe we were out for a drive in Topsail this afternoon. For some reason I like old red sheds. This looks old but kept up.

Red and Green

A rainy, cold day today, no chance of taking pictures outside. So instead here's a picture of some red and green healthy food.

Snow!

Yes, it's snowing. It'll probably all melt tomorrow.

Rennie's River

Rennie's River in the middle of the city, heavy with rain and spring run off.

Lily

My Easter Lily is in full bloom now with 11 flowers in blossom. I'm finding it hard to get a good shot of all of the blossoms together though.

The Fog

I went to Signal Hill this morning. It was sunny up there but the city was covered in fog, making it pretty neat looking. The first picture shows the harbour covered in fog, the 2nd is the office building Joe works in.

Foggy Night

Quidi Vidi Village in the fog. I've never taken a picture on a foggy night before. A clear night, yes, but not a foggy one. This is a 2 second exposure.

Easter Chocolate

Mini-eggs, my favourite Easter chocolate.

Lily Macro

A macro of the pollen covered stamens on my Easter Lily.

Sails

Sail "art" on the harbour front, it's fairly new, less than a year old. We walked down Water Street and back up the harbour front this afternoon, it was sunny and about 9ºC, the wind was chilly.

Yellow Flowers

Flowers I bought at the grocery store for Easter.

Crocuses

I went out in search of crocuses today and it's still a little early for them. The first picture was taken in Bannerman Park, there were only a few crocuses up. They are very tiny, too, smaller than a quarter. The 2nd picture was taken in Bowring Park, as you can see they're not even open yet.

Steps

Taken at The Rooms (provincial art gallery/museum) this morning.

Spring!

Not the most exciting picture, but 4 days ago my planter box was covered in snow. Now the snow is melting (although there is still a ton on the front lawn) and the tulips and daffodils are sprouting.

Buoy

Or a float, or a bumper. I once posted a picture of one of these on the internet and was corrected, someone said it wasn't a buoy. I call them all buoys. And how do you pronounce it? I say "boy", others say "bu-ee". Perhaps "boy" is a Newfoundland pronunciation.

What Do Daffodils Do?

Yesterday I bought a bunch of daffodils like I do every spring from the Canadian Cancer Society. They're blooming and beautiful, and make me think of the song that the little girl used to sing on the TV commercials:

What do daffodils do?
They laugh at winter and spring right through
If they can turn rainy skies sunny, I can try too
That's what, that's what daffodils do

The City of Legends

St. John's, "The City of Legends", the capital city of Newfoundland.

Purity Mural

This is a mural at Purity Factories. My nephew is doing a project on Purity and asked me to take some pictures of the building for him. Purity makes syrup, jams, biscuits, candy and other food.

Sea Urchin

A sea urchin at Middle Cove beach today.

Feather

A feather on a dictionary. I adjusted the colour to sepia.

Blue

I took a picture looking down into a wine glass filled with blue water. It was boring so I used the kaleidoscope filter in PSP to make this.

Water Colours

An experiment with water, oil and food colouring.

The Rolling of the Sea

Taken in Flatrock this afternoon.