@gemmaEdenham It's all yours. Fame for me!

Ottawa receives 10 hours, 11 minutes of daylight today. That's the same length and intensity of sunlight as in late October. (Intensity determined by sun's height in sky.) Gaining almost 3 minutes a day.

So brilliant!!!

I'd like this website to check back in when the 80 cm/31 inches of snow falls. Just really.

On Thursday Ottawa reaches 10 hours of daylight, up from 8:42 when winter began. #ottnews

Environment Canada reports that much of Eastern and Southern Ontario received between 50 and 75 per less less precipitation than usual in January. (Relevant part of the scale is shown beside the map.)

Ottawa has gained a full hour of daylight since winter began — 9 hours, 44 minutes now; 8:42 back then. We're gaining another 2 minutes 35 seconds a day, and accelerating. #ottnews

@TheKentAcorn Well, that's certainly more detail than I expected! In Toronto when I was tiny (1960) we always picked up the flowers as they fell in June and could taste a tiny burst of sugary stuff at the base of the flower. I still do. I also like the leaves -- a funny yellow-green.

@rohan_oduill But you still lost those others and no one can take that away from you!

@ShariAStewart Evangeline, the poem by Longfellow, describes the forced evacuation of French settlers from Atlantic Canada, a region then known as Acadie. The word Cajun is derived from Acadian (drop the initial A) or in French Acadien. 1605-17XX?

Two webcams show rising sun one Lake Huron this a.m. Both cameras face west.

@ShariAStewart Sunny and minus-3 C (about 27 F). Gorgeous. This is good for our annual winter festival, Winterlude — excellent snow conditions, and good ice on the 5-mile rink on our canal. Some people in central Ottawa can skate to work.

@ShariAStewart Yes, I see the family resemblance. Funny that you in Texas and I in Ontario both follow the same Brit photographers. PS snowy here too. Lake Huron icing over.

@WGFBruin Retired in late '24 but is still emeritus at ECCC. He told me that means doing the same thing for no money. He enjoys it. Can't count the # of times over the years he actually asked whether I would mind if he did a little research before answering my latest question.

@MaureenPlatts I like the last bits of snow under the trees to the right, and I think also in the shade of the little stone wall, lower left.

@EdgeofMull Playing hide and sheep.

Environment Canada recently took five-and-a-half years to answer an Access to Information request from me, and a funny thing happened. The answer became more relevant with time, not less. via @ottawacitizen

@TheKentAcorn Our family has a bunch of eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) that enjoy cool, dim, damp conditions beside a lake on the northeast side of a steep, forested hill. (Shot just after sunrise, when they do get brief sunlight across the water):

Ha! I just got kicked out by a fake science journal! Almost as good as being featured in @retractionwatch.