Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

The past two days have seen a bout of our typical but crazy April weather. I thought we were ready to start working in the garden, and had ...

A few warm days, and the snow is pretty well gone. It's mid-April, and the second wave of migrant birds is arriving back. While robins, ...

Well, I think spring is finally here. At the moment there's actually a thunderstorm passing overhead, it's pouring rain, and whateve...

Ten days ago, it seemed like spring had arrived. Temperatures soared, it was actually warm outside, and the snow started melting fast. The f...

Earlier this week we enjoyed a few wonderful last winter days at a cottage near Algonquin Park, where you need to snowshoe the last short di...

It's March, and winter is coming and going as it pleases. Temperature rises, rain arrives and the snow melts; temperature falls, it sno...