It's that time of year again

Hope everyone has safe and great Christmas and New Year

Check this out

Here's a bit of a change.  They are called word clouds.  This is from a website called Wordle where you put a number of words in the box and it spits them out over and over in different configurations. After you find one you like you can print it out or screen capture it.  You may find a use for it. 

Snow pics around the yard

Just a few pics of the snow around the yard today.

Another from last week

Just coming back from taking the pics of the Notch Dam and the sun was starting to set, this is taken west of Firth Lake.  This is a panorama of 2 pics so be sure to click on the pic.

Snow on the ground and cold

Yesterday we had about 10+cm of snow and a couple of -20C nites.  The ice should be firming up.  Before the snow I was at the Notch Dam where Duncan Lake flows out to the Montreal River at Wapus Creek. 

The water was calm and low on the river side and the rock walls were covered in ice.  The picture taken of the river looks as though I was in the water but I was dangling out over the rocks on the side to take the shot.

Mild again today

Out highway 560 west again today stopped at Hedlund Marsh and took a couple of pics.  Ended up down at Duncan Lake and the Notch Dam too more pics coming

North Arm of Gowganda Lake

North Arm of Gowganda Lake
(click on pic)

This AM it was 9C right now at 10PM -3C

Big weather changes overnight and today, most of the snow is gone in town but still a bit in the bush.  The ice has stayed on the lake even with the winds today. This is a pic I took this afternoon just off the highway at Single Lake. Click for bigger pic.

After last night's cold snap

It appears that the lake is frozen from one end to the other.  The first picture is from outlook point just before sundown tonight, the other with my tele lens from the same spot to the fire tower just visible on top of the high hill  18km away.

Today's ice in Banker's Bay

Here is a shot this afternoon taken from just in front of the Lions Hall (Museum Building). Click on picture to enlarge.

Getting close to ice over

The last couple of days the night time temps have been well below zero.  Ice is starting to form in the bays and have covered some.  Tonight it will be still and cold, we may have a skim over all the lake.  Here is a pic as the sun just went down.

Beaver house on Calcite Creek

 

Another picture from yesterday.

Some pics from going to the dump

Had to make a dump run today as the garage was starting to get a little high with the warm weather.  Stopped along the way to take some pictures and look into a few areas I wanted to check out.  The first is at the boat launch at Longpoint Lake and the other at Lost Lake.

Portage clean up between Burke and Edith Lake

Here is a longer video I took yesterday after cleaning up the portage.  This one is a little longer and a bit shaky but I'm finding out what I have to do to make them better. There are too many changes when doing video compared to composing a photograph, but its working out better every one.  Enjoy.

Sunset Gowganda Lake

Tonight's sunset

Misty morning hunt

One of the days after a night of rain produced this picture on my deer stand, good thing I had my camera. 

Back from deer hunting

Just back from a week of deer hunting west of Parry Sound.  No deer were hurt while carrying the gun.  Lots of pictures taken and a good time with old friends.  This is a waterfall on the Sequin River  close to where we were hunting.

Snow

Drove down the Edith Lake Rd after the wet snow of last night and this morning.  Still lots of snow hanging around in the afternoon.

Took the  portage north from Edith up to Burke lake, this pic is where Burke just starts to split in two and then flow down towards Edith.

Happy Halloween

Edith Lake

While up at Edith Lake during the warm spell last week,  I noticed all the Red Osier Dogwood had sprouted one leaf right at the top of the stems, a sign of spring I don't think so looking out of the window today.