photo heavy

I am so busy cutting fresh pieces of watermelon to eat that I can hardly sit still to write. So this will be a mostly-photo post to show how nicely our new part of the world is greening up for spring.  The list of "what I miss about Nova Scotia" items still lingers in my head - beaches, friendly faces, and Joanne's cupcakes are definitely in the top five - while slowly, the charms of the Kootenays are working on me.

Nelson is much more green that I would have expected, and I have to remember that for a kid growing up in Alberta, where winter lasts well into May (complete with grey-brown landscape and disgusting piles of melted snow and gravel), places like Nelson were a total revelation to me. Right up there with the marvels of the Okanagan and the Coast. So I'm trying to imagine that we are still on a bit of a holiday and take the time to explore with curious eyes, rather than those of a busy parent juggling work and the business of getting settled in a new place.

Without any more rambling, here are the latest photos:

From our balcony: trees just starting to green up

Eowyn and Shanti (before Shanti left for Jasper)

Loose tooth demonstration

Maypole at Eowyn's school Mayfest celebration (she's there in the foreground)

"Popcorn tree," Baker Street, Nelson

Eowyn and pup at Winlaw Water Day, May 5th

Braving the glacial Kootenay Lake

The usual nonsense

Up close and personal with a bulldozer

The Midway comes to Nelson!

The Fireball (with bonus, unplanned shot of Eowyn's babysitter in green pants)

Eowyn and Lily on the Flying Dragon

First taste of cotton candy = true love

On the Tilt-A-Whirl

"We want to go again!"

Out for a walk with Rosa

I can't get enough of these blossoms: they're like tree-icing or tiny exotic birds about to take flight

A watercolour postcard by Eowyn

Oops, she says THIS is the right way up