Winter-Hiver

Getting around in the snow. An ATV with snow tracks, Park St Bruno. I think it looks like rather more fun that it's fair for someone to have at work.

Cross-country skiers resting; Park St. Bruno, near Montreal.

Winter tracks across the frozen lake. Wishing a happy new year and the very best for 2020. Tous mes vœux pour cette nouvelle année.

This is called "the secret bench of knowledge" (Lea Vivot). Coated in ice, they aren't dressed for the cold!

Giovanni (John) Porretta’s Exaltation, 1981 in the snow, coated in ice, Montreal.

Not for the squeamish. A fox that has just pounced on and killed a grey squirrel. Fortunately the hunt was executed with surgical precision, death was very rapid and I don’t think the squirrel knew what hit it.... Pas pour ceux qui sont délicats. Un renard qui vient de se jeter sur un écureuil gris et l'a tué. Heureusement, la chasse a été exécutée avec une précision chirurgicale, la mort a été très rapide et je ne pense pas que l’écureuil sache ce qui l’a frappé.

Not for the squeamish. A fox that has just pounced on and killed a grey squirrel. Fortunately the hunt was executed with surgical precision, death was very rapid and I don’t think the squirrel knew what hit it.... Pas pour ceux qui sont délicats. Un renard qui a tué un écureuil gris . Heureusement, la chasse a été exécutée avec une précision chirurgicale, la mort a été très rapide et je ne pense pas que l’écureuil sache ce qui l’a frappé.

In the bleak mid winter. A view of a frozen lake, Mont St. Hilaire. It looks like a black and white photo but this is in colour.

Snow and trees

To warm your heat on a cold day. A blue heart in a snowy garden, St Bruno, Quebec (Jim Dine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dine ).

Snow and sleds, Toronto, December

Winter games, December, Toronto

Skiing to work down the street. After a snow storm, Montreal

A young deer foraging in the snow.

A male cardinal in the garden. They stay throughout the winter even in the coldest weather. We have a small group of four males and four females that visit pretty regularly but they are skittish and don't stay close to the house for long.

Cones on newspaper (secrets about secrets).

Dark eyed Junco. Although these small birds are resident here all year, their numbers increase in winter as they move away from their breeding grounds which extend far North to the sub-arctic

A blue jay, taking off from the snow.