Waiting for Spring

Here's a new one in the never ending series, "What Is This?"

A few of our carch on Lake Nipissing on Friday.

Ice fishing sunset over Lake Nipissing last night.

Sunny and me on the tailgate as we "burn barrel" Sunday afternoon.

Sunday shinny on the lake.

Deer playing peek-a-boo in the back yard.

Here's a close up of yesterday's photo.  It looks a bit like a war-ravaged building in Sarajevo.

The demolition of North Bay's Civic Hospital continues.

This is an old photo of the back side of Oak Street in North Bay.  The warehouse is long gone and has not been replaced with any buildings.

Feeling a bit "nostalgic" for summer weather today.

Shinny hockey on Delaney Bay, Trout Lake, late 1980.

Hmmmmm ...

It's all about the boots.

Highway 17 closed this morning into North Bay due to a rollover of a transport truck after it hit black ice on this curve.

A neighbour's guest cottage at the edge of the lake.

Go Keif Go

I took this photo a few years ago in Calander Bay.  I wonder if these swans still return to the bay in the spring.



Witches' Ball

Happy Bear

Yellow Moss on Snowy Trees



Sunny and I were walking in the bush on Monday after a wet, sticky snowfall.  The temperature had fallen, and the snow was frozen fast to all surfaces.

 

White Birch After Snowfall

The thaw is over, and we're back to colder temperatures and snow.

The last day of the mid-January thaw

Mid-January Thaw

Last night as the weather changed, causing the winds to pick up and the temperature to climb up from -19C to close to the freezing point, there was a loud rolling crack out on the lake ice. This morning there was a large pressure crack open about 200 feet from shore. The crack is up to 15 feet wide in places, and it may get bigger as the temperature will hover around 0C for the next couple of days.

Fish eye lens view over the deck

A preview for a coming event.

Day 2 of 2013.  Day 1 was pretty darn good.

Happy New Year!

Making the rink

More fun and games at the "Compound"

Christmas Dinner

Merry Christmas to all from Trout Lake!

Taken on a pre-winter storm walk before "pool night" in Merrickville.

We had a great time with Brock Zeman at the Fox and Fiddle last week!

This is normally a clear view to the lake; however, the snow is all there is to see.

I'm not too sure if this would pass the electrical safety inspection.

The Don Valley Brickworks

And, of course, what's a trip to Toronto without some gazing skyward at the growth of the towers.

I love the architecture of the University of Toronto buildings.  And in a lot of the structures there are some "hidden gems."  These two sculptures are on either side of the doorway in the first photo.

Toronto Fire Station 131, just off Yonge Street, north of Bloor, but back in 1911 when it was built, it was Fire Station No. 24.

Often the interesting part of a tree is what is usually below the ground.