December

 

Winter

 

Frosty Fall Morning Lake of Bays

 

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Frosty Morning at Lake of Bays

 

The ice is almost gone.

 

On the edge of Spring

 

The Ice is Melting fast in the hot sun

 

Hot Ice

 

The road to spring in Muskoka is filled with melting snow and ice.  Streams are swelling and running fast

 

Although the ice on the lake has become too slushy for cross country skiing, it is still thick and not about to leave today or tomorrow. As Dan Boothby commented yesterday, "If the rain were hot water, the ice would go out on schedule in the middle of April."

 

The warm sunny days and cold nights are preventing flooding so I am happy to wait a few extra weeks for the ice to go out.  It is a lovely time of year to walk and see the return of spring birds and the awaking of  small and large mammals from hibernation.