HUGE!!! Iceberg on Widderlake

This recent cold spell resulted in a phenomenon I’d never seen before. Perhaps to Northern hemisphere dwellers it might seem like just another winter’s day, but for someone who’s experience of monochromatic landscapes has been drought baked deserts  or bushfire charcoal plains, the sight of an entire lake of frozen water left me with a sense of magical wonderment that’s difficult to articulate.

Widderlake is frozen!

Only tiny patches of open water remain

The ice isn’t very thick, certainly not thick enough to walk on. This is the Lower Mainland after all – a little patch of rainforest tucked up against mighty Pacifica – but still enough to take my breath away. When the snow started falling and turn it into a giant white Portal to the Great Mystery, I found myself laughing and crying with the joy of it all.

Fun fact about the Pacific Ocean: If you look at a globe of the world, the Pacific Ocean almost covers an entire hemisphere.

Imagine if humans had evolved as an aquatic species … our world might be called ‘Ocean’ instead of ‘Earth’ …and think of the size of our backyard. Last time I checked our little blue planet was 30% dry dirt and 70% water … Hmmm … I feel a story coming on.

Before I go … I’ve been tagged by the lovely Jennifer Mason-Black of ‘Cosmic Driftwood’  (great name for a writer’s blog!) in the game of ‘Next Big Thing’ spin-the-bottle.

As most of my regular readers know, I tend to pass on these taglings, or change the ‘rules’ significantly. This time is no different … I decided to do it, (and change the rules – of course) because … the timing ties in wonderfully with a big adventure I’m about to undertake. Not being one who lets W.O.O.s# pass me by unopened, I decided to Carpe the Diem.

This Thursday, (31^st) all will be revealed!

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“I’m an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt!” – Edna O’Brian, poet, playwright, novelist

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# W.O.O. – Window Of Opportunity