Not sure what happened on the last post, but here are the pictures I intended to include.

Well you may think Spring has sprung where you are, and it very well may have. But we have already had not only Spring but also Summer and Fall. Winter is in full swing
and we'll soon be playing hockey on the lake. There may be a chance I am over reacting as it is supposed to be 75 on Saturday. Yeah right! We shall see. For now, it is winter as far as I'm concerned.

Yours in white.

Well it's April 5th and I was in NJ for the weekend, so I'm not able to give an exact date when the ice went out, but it is gone and so is 99% of the snow. It must have been extremely warm over the weekend. I was reminded that last year the ice went out sometime around April 17th. Almost 3 weeks earlier this year.

Though the snow and ice are gone, other than the birds, there is really no sign of spring. No buds on the trees, no evidence of flowers that I've seen. Probably another week away at least. But Spring will get here and soon thereafter Summer. Lot of work to be done between now and then.

I wanted to take a picture of the ice free lake, but the batteries in the camera are spent. I'll send one along later in the week.

Well I know it has been some time since I've added to this blog, but there just hasn't been a lot going on. In a nutshell:

Seemed like a very mild winter. Couple of days/nights it got down to 15-18 below but only on 2 or 3 occassions. Fair amount of snow through the middle of Feb., but then it began to warm up. After President's weekend there wasn't a day below zero and most of the time it was in the 20's and 30's. March was very mild. No snow at all. The ice is beginning to back away from the shore and there are even some open spots a ways from shore. Supposed to get to almost 80 this weekend and that could do in the rest of the ice.

Because of the warm weather the road is not driveable. I've been walking down to the house from the parking area for two weeks. A couple of days of dry weather and the road should be better.

That's about it, told you not much has been going on. In some way I'm sorry to see winter go. It is wonderful time of year and it's great having the lake frozen. But now that the weather has warmed and things are about as ugly as they can get, the sooner true spring gets here the better.

I'll post again when some noteworhty happens.

All the best!

There is truly something magical about the sky on a cold winter night. 2 below without a cloud in the sky. No humidity. Nothing to stand in the way of you and the stars. Makes one wonder what is behind it all.

High 10 today. Not a cloud to be seen. The snow glistened like diamonds. A few snow mobilers on the lake, a few cross country skiers, a few ice fisherman. But not a lot. One of those days you feel lucky to be here.

Well, into my second winter and today I saw a new low temperature. At 6:30 this morning it was -18. Now at 9:00 it is -16. I've neveer been in weather that cold. Walked with the dogs for a bit and all I can say is you better be dressed properly or it is painful.

Lake is frozen and covered in snow. Beautiful. This is what a winter should be like!

This is my first post of the winter season as to this point in time there really hasn't been any reason. The weather has been very mild and there has been no snow to speak of. However that has certainly changed in the last 24 hours. Since this morning we have been experiencing the remnants of the fabled midwestern storm. We have received I would say at least 8 inches of snow and it could be closer to a foot. No idea how I am going to get out of here, but where there's a will...

The temperature was in the low 30's last night, I got my truck hung up on a rock in the driveway, thank goodness for AAA,because it was so slippery. It is now about 15 and predicted to go to 11 or so. But they also said 1-3 inches. So much for the weather channel. Bottom line is winter has finally arrived. It is beautiful and if I can get myself plowed out and have time left over I'll take a few pictures and post them tomorrow.

As far as the lake goes, no ice yet. With the predicted temperatures this weekend I anticipate ice will begin to form, again I'll take some pictures if it does.

I hope the millions of you reading this are well.