This is why I love winter

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Some pictures of the Eastern Townships (south-western portion of the province of Quebec). I took many of them by very cold weather (-30 C). I simply love the magnificient light and sky of those polar days !

I called this picture « Bois gelé ». (Frozen woods). I took it when I was on the way to the office. I was on a small brigde over the St-François River (Lennoxville, Sherbrooke). The temperature was –32 C and the air was very humid. I was holding my camera against a covered in frost metallic handrail and there were many cars and trucks, so the bridge was shaking a lot. The picture was not easy to take.
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White pines (Pinus strobus) at the end of the day (Lennoxville, Sherbrooke) near Bishop University.
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Mont Megantic, from the small town of Westbury. Another very cold day.... (Januray 2010)
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The end of the day (small town of Notre Dame des Bois)
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Winter in Hampden (where we live). Our old shack, near our house.
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Korean Barberry (Berberis koreana) in our garden
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What we see from the living room window
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An old Church (Westbury)
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The end of the day (Westbury)
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Winter near the Megantic Lake

The american elms (Ulmus americana) in the park by a very cold and windy winter day (-30 C). My fingers were frozen.
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A place where people put boats in water (I don’t know the name in English. Anyway, nobody can put a boat in winter there !)
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Saint-Barnabas church (Lac Mégantic)
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« Les Victorines du Lac » inn (Lac Megantic). Very quiet in winter !
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Sunset in a maple forest (Cookshire)
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Frozen river (Rivière au Saumon, Scotstown)
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Massawipi. Traditional « white cedar » fence
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Solitary elm (Ulmus americana) in a field (Cookshire)
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Beautiful country you live in and beautiful scenes. But I really would love winter more if it only lasted a month, not four. :p
 
What a contrast to David's photos! I used to live in Switzerland (in Basel actually) and whilst I love the weather and lifestyle here in Australia, I do miss the white winters. I want to have it all!! :p
 
Lovely photos. I particularly like the ones with the coloured skies. Looks a great place to visit but a harsh place to live. :)

David
 
Lise, I looked at your fantastic pictures again and noted an unusual architectural detail on the side of the church. Are these three triangular structures buttresses (arc-boutants)? If so, it's the first time I see such sturctures on a ''modern'' church.
 
Beautiful photographs! I love the last one best. But that's all the winter I need for this wqarm-weather guy. ;)
 

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