Winter Leftovers & Posts of the Week

Spring is finally underway in southern Ontario, and the past couple of days have been lovely and warm. But my hard drive seemed to be clinging to a few leftover images from winter. I thought I'd share those with you today.


A sweet mallard relaxing in the snow as seen through a mess of twigs. Perhaps she's thinking of setting up shop to start the nesting process in the weeks ahead.





Where there are ducks and snow, there is sure to be duck prints in the snow.





A sprig of dried out berries lying in the melting snow caught my eye.





Dirty old snow and an even older elm leaf soon to fade away with the coming of spring.





And finally, a bit of whimsy on a nearby street sign. The poles were dressed with bows and somebody's lost hat made a colourful addition to the decoration.

I see that I still have some leftovers from last summer and early autumn. I wonder if I'll ever get around to posting those. Probably sooner than later.


And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.

Just for the record, I very much wanted to include Suldog's post A Day in Lockdown in Watertown - a firsthand account of the search for the Boston Marathon bombers in his community of Watertown, Massachusetts. It was accepted and published by The Boston Globe on April 22 and no longer appears on their online pages to the non-paying reader. Nor can it be found on Jim/Suldog's blog any longer. Perhaps if you nudge him, he will be able to repost it on his blog for you. If he does, I'll link to it. It's a very good read.

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A GOOD READ

Caught Up
by Tabor
at One Day at a Time

Endurance to Overcome
by Michelle
at House of Lime

The Fill Up
by Stephen
at The Chubby Chatterbox

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JUST PLAIN ENJOYABLE

At the Lake
by Dianne
at Forks Off the Moment

Slaughter at Valley's End
by Ursula
at Friko's World

Thank You, Mohini
by Pauline
at Writing Down the Words

The Slide in White
by Steve
at Out on the Prairie

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IT'LL MAKE YOU LAUGH

Never a Truer Word
by Maggie May
at Nuts in May

Toast or Bake?
by Joe
at Cranky Old Man

Substitutions
by Kerry
at Ed and Reub

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PHINE PHOTOGRAPHY
 

Steamin'
by Daryl
at Through My Eyes

What are You Looking Forward to, This Weekend?
by Betty
at Cut and Dry

Choose Mother Nature
by Gail
at Louisiana Belle

Upstairs Downstairs
by Daniel
at The Pixel Collective

Vienna in the Time of Lilacs
by Merisi
at Merisi's Vienna for Beginners

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Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you