the weather whipsaw

You just gotta love spring time in Alberta. Snow. Sun tan weather. Repeat. And repeat, a whole bunch of times, and that's just in the last couple days. Last night the baseball players descended on the diamond across the road. The clouds were sullen but placid. Then there was a blizzard. Not just a few snowflakes, but actual visibility restricted full on snow. To my surprise they kept playing. Before the players swapped who was at bat, it was sunny and the snow on the ground melted. Before the game ended there was another mini-flurry, with another sunny period, and ending with the clouds again being sullen but placid. Plus lots of wind blowing the weather through. In an act of optimism I put out the patio umbrella, but then took it down again because of the wind.

From a few days ago during a walk in Fish Creek. A warm and sunny day. I'm pretty sure it snowed the next day.

I'm doing race photography on Sunday, and have no idea what to expect. Not that I'm crying in my beer (actually it's coffee at the moment) or anything, but all the racers have to do is run. It can be tricky to find the right layers when it's about zero and may be kind of wet. Or not. As BRBE said, "we ain't made of sugar." But they aren't carrying several thousand dollars of equipment that would really rather not get wet. It's gonna be fun. Oh, and the race is put on by my buddies Richelle and Rose, and is called Get Shit Done. Really. Come out and cheer, or just say hi.

In another sense, I got a thing done in the sense of finishing off roll 8 in the 2026 film project, and developing rolls 7 and 8. Because of the way the chemicals work, it's best to do 2 rolls at a time. The results are mixed. In one sense, all are in focus and reasonably well exposed, which for long exposure film photography is a win. In another, I looked at some of the photos and wondered why I took them. They weren't as interesting as I remembered. Such is life.

Some of the photos are from a walk with Sean in the Inglewood bird sanctuary, mentioned here. I think this is one of the winners. I might take a go at printing it.

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (NB)

Film Calgary driftwood in the Bow River.

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Actually from 2021, found during the great photo purge process. Alberta Book by George Webber. You will remember him from me talking about the darkroom course a couple years ago. This is a wonderful book of Alberta places, some of which I'd been to, and some of which aren't there any more.

Flower

Landscape