Winter Series | Falling-Snow-Effect on a Few Photos I Took... (11 Photos)

I discovered some old photos I took back in 2013-14 in St. Catharines that Google animated with the falling snow effect. I think we all have some of those. Some turned out good, others I didn't care for but all I am sharing with you in this Winter series - gify style...

Winter Series | Recently Fallen Snow, ST. CATHARINES (11 Photos)

Winter Photos taken around the northern parts of St. Catharines during the months of November and December 2013.

This collection consists of recently fallen snow captured on trees…

Winter Series | Ice-Storm 2013, ST. CATHARINES (22 Photos)

We didn’t seem to get hit as hard here in the Niagara Region as the Kingston, Toronto and Hamilton regions. Kingston, Toronto and Eastern Ontario had major power outages. As we were writing this post, up to 350,000 homes have been reported by Hydro One to be without power – which could take up t o 72 hours to repair.  Arthur, Ontario has 4cm of ice, (almost 2 inches)!

Even a centimetre of ice writes the weather network, coating a heavily-laden tree branch can cause it to snap and fall on either a vehicle or a power line. Here now are some pictures we’ve taken in a nearby neighbourhood in northern St. Catharines capturing the ice storm of 2013.

I was still learning how to use my camera...