Seasons in the Valley + Furry Gnome's Adventures

Finally we got a serious snowfall on Saturday, about 8-10 inches of powder, and they were able to track-set the cross-country ski trails at ...

We have a small group of 4 or 5 white-tailed deer in the yard quite regularly, but usually overnight. I see their tracks in the morning. I...

We're back to winter here, a white blanket of snow, and beautiful cold sunny days, at least for the weekend. We notice the birds at the...

Well, I say with a sigh of frustration, we're getting another snowy day. Here's hoping it's a more serious accumulation of the ...

We enjoyed our first moonlight snowshoeing hike 3 days ago, and there was actual moonlight! The conditions were pretty terrible really, wit...

It was 5 degrees and raining with hardly any snow left only 40 hours ago! Now we have 10 inches, and it's 20 below and windy - with a w...

The snowqualls forecast last night did materialize, and the world started turning white again. We arrived at a Bruce Trail potluck last nig...