Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

New Year's Eve, and the snow is melting fast, with intermittent rain to help. It's nearly 7 degrees out! Roadsides have transforme...

Winter has settled down with no more storms, but a very white world. The temperature continues to hover around -10. The cross-country ski ...

Woke this morning to yet another 25 cm. of snow, light powdery fluff that covered everything with a fresh blanket of snow flakes. This time...

It's been snowing for three days now, and it's just starting to abate. First there was the passing storm on Sunday which snowed eve...

It's 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, and the dog and I have just been out for a walk in the storm. Probably 20 cm. has fallen already and it's...

For three days this week it snowed all around us, though we've only received 3-4" here. Snowfall in the snowbelt is obviously depe...

Among the most remarkable things in the rural landscape of the Beaver Valley are the old stone fencerows. Created by the pioneers when orig...