Fun in the snow

When I took myself off for a short, afternoon drive SW of the city on 5 March 2013, I found an unexpected haze over the hills - and nothing much to photograph. Then, all of sudden, I noticed this rider training (?) a second horse, sending the snow flying. It was so beautiful to watch, and I felt rather like an intruder when I got out of my car to take a few photos. As fast as they had appeared, they were gone over the hill.

We had more snow overnight. March tends to be a month in which we get snow, it melts and then, just when you think the ground might actually be clear, it snows again, and it does this over and over again. We definitely need the moisture, though. Once I've cleared the snow off my car, I have to drop my vehicle off to be repaired. When I drove east of the city a week ago, I could tell something wasn't quite right with it. Then yesterday, the orange warning light came on when I was driving home after my volunteer shift. I also had a horrible feeling that I could hear a "bubbling" sound. Thankfully, I was close to Canadian Tire, so I called in and had someone take a quick look at it. Sure enough, it looks like there is a crack and coolant was leaking out of it. Thank goodness this didn't happen when I was out in the middle of nowhere! Hoping it won't be an expensive repair, but .... My car is 14 years old and I'm beginning to feel a little uneasy now about driving the backroads. Dread the thought of having to replace it, but I might just have to do it a little sooner than I had hoped.

Later: anyone else not able to see thumbnails of your own photos or Your Contacts' photos when you click on any photo to open it and look at the comments? Haven't had this happen before. Instead of showing four (?) thumbnails in a row, it shows four empty boxes with just a tiny green icon of some sort in the corner of each square. Interesting.