Fresh Snoi!

Ann McRae

Those who spent time with me on the pre and shootout know that I hate winter!!! Last year we had snow fall Oct. 1 that did not leave until April 30! And we had multiple days below -30C.

And snoi is the way skippy says the word - and the aussie DJ from Sydney says Noi, so I think that makes it official pronounciation.

So this year we got 34 extra snow free days over last year, and the snow fall from last night is merrily melting right now because it is sunny and "warm".

I wanted to test my most recent (and I promise, my last for a long while) photography purchase, the 24 - 105 L. I was testing for sharpness wide open, and have not PPd the shots at all - only RAW conversions.

Rose hips


Sea Holly


Kelso (boy is he happy to see snow!)(and I did edit this a bit)



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Ann McRae

And a couple of Muench Stars



and one with major lens flare - good news is that a lens hood comes with, silly me I didn't use it!

Skippy

Ann McRae wrote:

Those who spent time with me on the pre and shootout know that I hate winter!!! Last year we had snow fall Oct. 1 that did not leave until April 30! And we had multiple days below -30C.

And snoi is the way skippy says the word - and the aussie DJ from Sydney says Noi, so I think that makes it official pronounciation.

So this year we got 34 extra snow free days over last year, and the snow fall from last night is merrily melting right now because it is sunny and "warm".

I wanted to test my most recent (and I promise, my last for a long while) photography purchase, the 24 - 105 L. I was testing for sharpness wide open, and have not PPd the shots at all - only RAW conversions.

Rose hips
Sea Holly
Kelso (boy is he happy to see snow!)(and I did edit this a bit)
ann

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Ann, Ann, Ann, my pronunciation of the word SNOW,
and the word NO is a bad habit I picked up from the Office Clown at work.
The boy used to keep us in fits of laughter, but he has since moved into another area at work..... the lad should have been a comedian

I do love Snow, I do, I do it looks so clean and fresh.

You could just about do cross country skiing in your back yard I recon

Mr Kelso does look happy to be in the snow, folks this dog is about the size of a small horse I tell you he is huge!!!

Thank you for sharing your Snoi images Ann .... Skippy
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schmoo

I love snoi! How do you live where you do if you hate winter?

I think it looks so picturesque from here. And what a great new lens to have to play around with !

Ann McRae

Hey, Maxine, speaking of work...how goes it?

I love snow like this - clean and melting!

Yep, XC skiing is something I have thought about - does that work for burning calories - thinking about exercise???

ann

Skippy wrote:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Ann, Ann, Ann, my pronunciation of the word SNOW,
and the word NO is a bad habit I picked up from the Office Clown at work.
The boy used to keep us in fits of laughter, but he has since moved into another area at work..... the lad should have been a comedian

I do love Snow, I do, I do it looks so clean and fresh.

You could just about do cross country skiing in your back yard I recon

Mr Kelso does look happy to be in the snow, folks this dog is about the size of a small horse I tell you he is huge!!!

Thank you for sharing your Snoi images Ann .... Skippy
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Ann McRae

schmoo wrote:

I love snoi! How do you live where you do if you hate winter?

I think it looks so picturesque from here. And what a great new lens to have to play around with !

Well Stephanie, it's like this:

When winter is 7 months long, so cold out that your nostrils freeze together, snow gets covered in sand so the roads are drivable, one must wear socks, boots and mittens day in day out...well, winter can be a bit much.

If winter were a few days of clean fresh snow, followed by sunny skies, if it only lasted from December to February, any of that might make it bearable.

Migration is high on my list of "to do's"! Hopefully somewhere with palm trees ....too bad Canada doesn't have any, and actually immigrating isn't as easy as wishing it to be so!

Thanks, schmoo! I'll quit ranting now:soapbox

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Skippy

Ann McRae wrote:

Hey, Maxine, speaking of work...how goes it?

I love snow like this - clean and melting!

Yep, XC skiing is something I have thought about - does that work for burning calories - thinking about exercise???

ann

Hey there Ann.... well it's not in my best interest for me to tell you about my job online but I'm sure you can guess knowing what you know
... Skippy
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