Thunder Bay – Saturday

First full day of spring.  Of course its snowing. Spring in Thunder Bay has changed a lot from what I remember.  I always visualize tulips and daffodils.  Trash emerging from melting snowbanks.  The smell of a winter’s worth of dog crap laying around the city. You know, good times. Because of the weather, I will … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday – Spring Begins Today

Spring officially began at 10:43 am EDT Mostly clear this morning.  The sun will appear today. There is a wall of clouds along the horizon.   Not expecting anything special but the sunrise will still be good. Nice glow. There are fog patches around. CCGS Vincent Massey arrived. The sun is close. There it is Nice … Read more

Thunder Bay – Just How Shit Is Thunder Bay Transit To Work For?

Regular transit service ‘very critical’: youth advocate Moffat Makuto says it’s becoming routine that young people he works with show frustration with city bus service and the number of scrapped trips. Makuto, who is the executive director of the Multicultural Association of Northwestern Ontario and works with the Regional Multicultural Youth Council, said cancelled routes have a … Read more

Thunder Bay – Thursday – Last Full Day Of Winter !!!!!

Spring begins tomorrow at 10:46 am EDT!!! Clear sky this morning.  One more sunrise left this winter….maybe.  Might be overcast. Mandatory lighthouse photo Hard to get the colours right.  They are always changing. There is the sun. Nice sunrise.  Nothing special but nice nonetheless. Then this showed up. Not sure what the light is reflecting … Read more

Thunder Bay – Wednesday

  Snowing again!  Great. Just great.  No sunrise to photograph this morning.  On the bright side, it is warmer than yesterday. Soooo photographing lights is on the menu this morning. A view I have seen on many mornings. Not a lot of lights in the downtown core.  There is some colour. I wanted to photograph … Read more

Thunder Bay – Tuesday – St Patrick’s Day

Clear sky this morning and its cold.  So far March sucks. Nothing fancy this morning.  No clouds to add colour to the sky. Steam There it is. and so the day begins. Did I mention that it is cold. These things are still here.  Pretty sure that birds and animals are not big fans of … Read more

Thunder Bay – Monday

No scenic sunrise this morning.  I don’t think the sun will show up at all PLUS its frigging cold.  The wind is vicious. Sooo you look around for other photo subjects. The best position to get a good shot of this is out on a Pir 1 dock. This will have to do as access … Read more

Thunder Bay – Sunday – Beware The Ides Of March

Not going to see a beautiful sunrise this morning.  This is as good as it got. Mandatory lighthouse photo The morning sky Discarded clothing item. I think it is a sock Left behind after some skating on the fountain pond skating surface Work on the ore dock demolition so far Ice breaker will arrive in … Read more

Thunder Bay – Saturday

Going to see the sun this morning.  Might be a good show. Cold. Reds starting to show up Sun starting to make its presence known.  Set up on Pier 2 today.  This POV has the sun rising to the right of the lighthouse.  Great. and there it is. Nice round sun. and so it clears … Read more

Thunder Bay – Friday – The 13th

Due to the weather, snowing again, I took my time getting down to the waterfront and grabbed a couple of shots in transit. I decided to include some black and white. Night shots with lots of lights produce high contrast images. I know that I photographed this before. I still believe there is a descent … Read more