Winter: harsh, but beautiful

Winter in central and northern Ontario is nothing short of amazing.  Yes, it's often cold, the driving can often be tricky and, sometimes, downright hazardous, but there's no disputing the beauty that befalls the subdued landscape when snow descends upon it from above.  As much as I miss those warm spring and early summer days, …

Definitive Signs of Spring 

Nature - life, finds a way.  How true a statement that is indeed.  Despite the snow surrounding the tender shoots, daffodils are triumphantly sprouting towards the glorious spring sunshine, unabated and unabashed.  Another month and they'll be fading away, allowing the peonies to step into their deserved late spring spotlight.