This is the Humber footbridge from the other side of the river.
The old bridge abutment is on the left centre of the photo.
More people were in the park today as the path has been beaten down by the pioneers! A nice sunny day with some interesting shadows on the snow.
A couple of Siberian Elms cast their shadows.
Today is a grey and misty day as the latest warm front has arrived dumping snow, freezing rain and now plain old rain. Mugsey decided he would scratch himself on a tree and he posed nicely for the camera.
Mugsey loves the snow – can you tell?
As we were passing by the bridge, a pair of young white-tailed deer moved silently past on the other side and cautiously crossed over the ice into Raymore Park. Even though the zoom on the RX100 is only 3.6, the sheer number of pixels (5472 x 3080) allows for some zooming at home – especially in this medium.
Apologies for the pole in the middle of the picture.
There is lots of feed above the shallow layer of snow to keep them going – we’ve had a pretty easy winter so far with rain and mild temperatures predicted for tomorrow and especially Wednesday (13°C).
We’ve grown used to mild temperatures in winter and these days, when the overnight temperature drops to normal, somehow it seems unduly harsh. Last night’s light snowfall, falling temperatures and penetrating winds make for a relatively cold morning. The shadows by the footbridge were interesting and the low humidity evident by the deep blue of the sky. Again, the Sony RX100 sailed through this tough challenge with no blown areas.
Shadows and footprints.
Humber River footbridge with an abutment of the old suspension footbridge bridge visible on the far left.
Another snowfall today and the view towards Raymore Park is very ‘picture postcard’ seasonal. This shot is taken during snow from Lions Park on the other side of the footbridge. This crossing over the Humber, installed in 1995 replaced the suspension footbridge that was swept away during Hurricane Hazel in 1954. The old footbridge was actually blamed for many of the deaths during the hurricane as it formed a dam and directed the flow of water towards housing on lower sections of Raymore and Gilhaven Drives. Interestingly, the abutments of what is probably the old bridge are close by the footbridge and still visible.
One abutment is on the Weston side and the other is currently hidden under the driftwood on the right bank in the second photograph.
The river flows quite quickly under the bridge and will take a few more days of these temperatures before freezing over. Downstream, around the bend, the river is already covered with ice.
Looking downstream from the bridge.
Friends of Raymore Park 