After a week of spring, winter is fighting back. Snowfall started in the morning and hasn’t let up since. Add some wind and a it’s a recipe for a great day! That’s what I thought anyway… for some reason I didn’t see any other people when I was out skiing. Just horses looking at me a bit surprised.

When I set out, it was about -2 degrees. Later on it got closer to zero, which meant big problems – the snow stuck under my skis, forcing to me use arms even when going down. I had to cut my trip short but it was ok, I had already done a good few km’s and I was very hungry anyway.

I didn’t want to give up the day yet, so after lunch I set out again with snowshoes in tow. I had seen some nice snow pillows in a clear cut area the other weekend, and I thought that there was a good chance that they would look particularly photogenic now. Only problem was that with camera in hand, the snow formations didn’t look quite as nice as they had when I had seen them first (without camera). So I ended up shooting a dead pine instead, and while doing it, the miracle of sun almost happened and the snowfall subsided. When I got back home and shovelled snow from the driveway, the right order of things was restored and the snowfall resumed.

We got 3 cm of snow yesterday and 14 cm today. The landscape looks beautiful with snow everywhere… but I reckon that this is the last great winter’s day, all the more important that I spent it out enjoying it. Spring is coming, resistance is futile.