Creating an outdoor rink on Lake SimcoeIt was a cold Saturday morning (well below zero on the Fahrenheit scale, -24 Celsius), but tons of people were outdoors enjoying the rare (so it seems lately) winter sun. This dad, son and golden retriever were clearing a place on the edge of the lake to skate, almost like in the olden days...except the dad had a snow blower.
Got to love this age. Doesn't the boy look happy shoveling snow?
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What a sweet capture!
ReplyDeleteInteresting and beautiful. Funny, I had this picture of the ice forming a natural rink never thinking it needed to be prepared. Ha ha. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteLike Walker, I'm a Californian, never thought of having to do this. Ergggg. Great captures, EG. Love those rosy cheeks on the son.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a ton of snow. but what a great family picture.
ReplyDeleteOur snow is gone, gone, gone.!!! MB
Wish I could skate.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Such a happy scene. I loved the bench shadow also.
ReplyDeleteHow cool. (Honestly, no pun intended!) I thought snow blowers were like leaf blowers until I met my husband from North Dakota. I had no idea they were such a powerful machine.
ReplyDeleteWoW - I never thought of how it was done - good to know!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots! Looks like a lot of work to have a little fun. I hope it's a LOT of fun. :-)
ReplyDeleteI did a collage today for my sister's haiku post today. It is a collection of shots from our childhood. The collage consists of photos from just 2 days in the late 60's. One day was Easter and the other was just an ordinary winter's day of skating on the rink my Dad had made for us to skate on. It was huge! And it was a great hit with us, as well as every kid in the neighborhood! http://mybellavia.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a big job to be done....a nice capture of a moment in time.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and photo's!!
ReplyDeleteBrrr, looks awful cold!!
That's dedication. I am impressed.
ReplyDeleteOur lawn cleared away when the sun shone, but like there I saw people at the lake clearing it so they could skate...just need the time to go there and take some shots!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scene!
no ice for my entry today, but you know your world is my world, so go figure. :)
ReplyDeletegood for you that you still make a great photo out our of icy world. :)
Thanks for stopping by.:)
So cold, brrrr .... I feel the cold. Very nice pictures !
ReplyDeleteThe photo of the boy is great and it has a perfect composition!
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the child shoveling. He does look like he's enjoying himself. Beautiful scenery. Hope you get to go skating.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying your winter shots so much. These are great.
ReplyDeletelove the little guys red cheeks :)
ReplyDeletegreat post ^..^
I suppose if it had occurred to me to think o fit, I might have realized that you'd have to shovel the snow off the ice. But considering that what usually passes for snow here is ice, it didn't occur to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I was actually born in Raleigh and other than a few brief periods when I moved away, I've lived here all my life. So I remember more than most about the area, though it's grown so much so fast I'm not sure it'd be fair to say I know more than anybody else.
My favorite part of this? The look on the dog's face. He's all business looking out for his humans isn't he?
Too bad the enthusiasm for manual labor is something the kid'll grow out of in a few years ;)
Good catch of the young man enjoying his work. Love to see all that snow!
ReplyDeleteGlad the lad was wrapped up well, well caught .
ReplyDeleteThose shots are so Canadian, perfect myworld shots.
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I would say that boy looks about 7 years old, a rather perfect age in my opinion. Work is fun, isn't it? Great winter pictures.
ReplyDeleteA big cold job for a young lad and his Dad, but I am sure they will clear a nice patch together. The fun will be all the sweeter for having done the work.
ReplyDeleteYour world is SO different from mine. Just looking at your photos makes my feet cold!!! They are great photos for sharing for MyWorld.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures, and great subjects. But glad all that snow is where YOU live and not here in my part of the southern US, ha, ha!
ReplyDeleteIsn't he the sweetest with his little purple shovel.
ReplyDeleteThat doggie seems to have his eye on you.
So cold but a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteWinter looks like so much fun at your world. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove d pictures. Love d story it brings ..
ReplyDeleteYou'd think they would have marketed a kids snow blower to emulate dad :) O
ReplyDeleteWow I want to do that. Fantastic captures again just what I expect on this great site. Thanks for sharing your world with us all.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes - Once upon a time, I asked to wash the dishes. I hope this young man keeps his love of the outdoors, even if shoveling snow loses its appeal.
ReplyDeleteI am happy to visit snow covered peaks in the summer! Looks like good exercise though! :)
ReplyDeleteWow that's ALOT of snow and alot of clearing to do - beautiful though
ReplyDeleteEG: What a super capture of the ice clearing. That is one thing I never thought of using a snow blower for.
ReplyDeleteLovely photo af snow removal being so much fun, the anticipation of skating on your cleared snow ice rink.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up I went skating at a pond with my dad and little brother and I remember he would bring a shovel and a broom with him to clear away an area that we could have for our family. Brings back some wonderful memories of my dad being a great skater, of course he taught my brother to play ice hockey. I just did the figure skating wanting to be like Dorothy Hamill.
Oh that brings back memories of shovelling a pond in Vermont so that we could skate on it. It was wonderful fun and good exercise too.
ReplyDeleteThanks to share that typical "hobby" of your world ! I wouln't have imagined one could do such hard task just for to skate !
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much the ice is thick underneath. That's a sort of question people who aren't used to cold weather ask !
Catherine,
ReplyDeleteThe ice is VERY thick. Cars and trucks are driving on it this time of year.
This is winter to me. You seem to much more snow in Canada than I have in Sweden, but we still have the frozen lakes.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! A winter world it is! If he looks happy he's either getting paid or just started. (I guess that sounds cynical) OK...it's a lovely family portrait!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! I love to see snow photos because we hardly get any here, and seeing folks out in it is an extra treat. Enjoy the beauty of it, and thank you for sharing the photos!
ReplyDeleteMy kids love shovelling things too! Only they shovel beach sand. LOL. It sure seems like such a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteGreat your World and photos.
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