Making Way for the Sunshine

It seems when it rains here, that you get socked in with the rain and low clouds for 3, 4, even 5 days at a time.  The sun does eventually win out though, and what a glorious site it is to see the fog and low clouds illuminated by the sun while it is trying to break through.  These were taken in early November when we were blessed with a beautiful fall day.

 

Remembrance Day 2012

Remembrance Day here also marked the first snowfall for the year.  Here are a few pictures from the ceremony at the park this morning.

E proudly wearing her poppy.

Halloween 2012

I cannot believe that Halloween has come and gone already!  Hello November!

There was a Halloween Sock Hop for the children in town on the Saturday afternoon leading up to Halloween.  The decorations were amazing, there were plenty of treats and everyone had a good time.  Thank you to all those that volunteered in any way to make this even possible for the children.

We have several costumes at home, so E chose to be a witch for the Sock Hop.

Halloween night was cool, but nice and dry.  It was still light out when we headed over to the fire hall for a little pre trick or treating barbeque.  After a quick hotdog, all kids were off and running, seeing which house had the scariest decorations and which ones handed out the best candy.  We ended the evening with a fabulous fireworks show and hot chocolate, complete with those little marshmallows, under a beautiful starry sky. 

Not wanting to wear the same costume twice E decided to be a pirate for trick or treating.

Finally, her best pirate face.   Arrrgh!

Northern Lights - Part 2

After taking a few pictures of the northern lights from our place, we decided to try and find a spot that was a little more open and without street lights.  The bridge at the edge of town was the perfect spot as you can see for quite a distance down the river.  The light show out there was spectacular.  The northern lights seemed to fill the sky with green.  There were beams of light that would dance and streak across the sky. 

Northern Lights

On the evening of October 8th we had clear, starry skies which made it a great night for viewing the northern lights.  We have had glimpses of them before in southwestern Ontario but to see them up close dancing across the sky was truly amazing. 

This was taken right beside our house.

 I was lucky enough to even capture a shooting star along with the northern lights in this picture.  It is not overly bright, but you can see it on the right hand side of the picture.

The Skeena River

Autumn when all the leaves have turned every shade of yellow, is great time for a drive along the Skeena River. 

Rainy Season

The arrival of autumn also mean the arrival of the rainy season here in the pacific northwest.  Rainy season here often involves day after day of rain for 3-4-5 days in a row before we get a brief break and the cycle starts all over again.  The other day we had one of those brief sunny periods between rains, and what a beautiful rainbow it produced.

After the Rain...

After the rain Saturday morning the clouds began to part to make way for the sunshine and warm temperatures we had for the next several days.  Blue skies and snow capped mountains are always a beautiful sight, but I must admit I enjoy watching the low clouds move past the mountains.  Each time you look the view is different. 

Here are a few of the pictures that we taken over several minutes as the clouds were moving out the other day.

Northern Lights

I was very blessed to see the wonderful light show put on last night from the recent solar storm.  This was a real treat for us because even though we live quite far north, our little town is surrounded by mountains which tend to limit our view.  More often than not there seems to be plenty of cloud cover which also blocks view of the stars and beautiful night skies.  Not last night though, there was not a cloud in the sky and the show was amazing watch.