On the Way Home

On the Way Home, originally uploaded by Églantine.

Just returned from a drive of almost 1800 km. For about 400 of those km the road looked a lot like this! Every large truck added more light, fluffy, blinding snow to the scene and sometimes we had 5 or 6 trucks in a row. Only one time was there a fool passing a truck. We were about 6 seconds too late for the head on crash. I am still shaking a bit. Thanks to Églantine for making this memorable photo.

Tiffany Falls

Tiffany Falls, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

I just put up 12 photos about an ice climb that I saw Friday. Rather than move all of them here, perhaps, if you are interested, you can click on the link to go to my Flickr page to see them there.

Snow Tracks

Yes, there were a few tracks in the snow yesterday. At first, I did not know what these were.


Then, further along I saw these impressions.



Given the wing marks were about 1 metre apart, it had to have been a wild turkey taking off from the deep, fluffy snow. The snow was so dry and fluffy that individual tracks did not show.

Snowy Driveway

Snowy Driveway, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

My valentines day workout was on our 100 metre driveway instead of in the gym.

Special Day

There was a strange feel to the day today when I went out in the early morning to walk the dog. It took me a few minutes to figure out what was different and then it came to me . . . it was quiet. It was the first time this month that the wind was not blowing hard from the west. The trees were resting.

Meanwhile 198 years ago, Charles Darwin was born. See Wayne's Blog from yesterday and Bev's Blog for today for more information.