Goose on a roof, fiddleheads

Geese can also mistake wet flat roofs for bodies of water.

Fiddleheads at sunset. These can be steamed and eaten and taste like asparagus.

At a suggestion from a Japanese friend, I tried them as tempura - very good - much better than just boiled.

 

Classic Cosplay

 

Flintstones family cosplayers. Glad someone appreciates the classics, CAPE Expo, Benson Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, April 20, 2024

More pix from CAPE ( Cornwall & Area Pop Event )

 2024

Rainbow and Seagull over St. Lawrence

 

Confused Goose

Confused Canada goose in a parking lot - they sometimes mistake a wet one for a lake. 

 

Osprey at dusk, moth on flowers

White Flowers, moth

Osprey

 

First Rainbow of the Year

Double rainbow with supernumerary arcs, 15 April 2024

 

Forrest, but not Gump

 I sent a package to a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia today - I notice the street name in the address was Forrest, very likely named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate General and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

Oh no, O.G.!

 

"O.G (sic) Simpson is dead." - CBC Radio One, Ottawa. I remember watching the O.J. chase on TV and chatting about it online on a BBS.

Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024

Wow! As soon as the sun broke from behind the moon, it was like being on a movie set with a spotlight on you! Very unnatural! I did not see the approaching shadow, but it was a bit overcast. (15:27.23)

Started around 2.12pm (14:14.11)

14:46.12

Some sunspots are visible 16:19.35

 

More Crocuses, some in snow

Early spring snowstorm:

Crocuses from earlier:

Winter's thunderous return

Sudden return of winter! I heard thunder when the wind was blowing harder.

 

I got a new cat. I named it Krystal after my late friend who died on this day two years ago.