One wonderful sight after another

And we're anticipating more tomorrow when we fly a fellow pilot to Muskoka.

Last Wednesday around 10p.m. many people in Ottawa went out to see the eclipse of the moon on a clear, cold night. Almost full, it blushed behind its shadow, as this photo by Don Buchan shows.

The weather the following morning was still fine. I drove Chris to work along the Ottawa River Parkway giving him the chance to gaze at the mysterious adiabatic mist rising from the rapids in low temperature air; when I drove back the same way an hour later it had dispersed, but the trees and other plants that had been hidden by it were now white with hoar frost. This morning Chris saw the same phenomenon on his way to plug in PTN's engine heater at the airport . We didn't take off until after 3p.m. but our flight along the escarpment with views of the pure white Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers and wintery fields was worth the wait.

I see from Phil's website that people are enjoying the snow in the Alps as well, this month. Yes, it's fun on snowshoes! Once we'd finished tying PTN down this afternoon, I strapped mine on too and bounded around on the field between the rows of planes, from sheer joie de vivre.