Hard to believe that it's the end of February already. It's been an up and down winter ---- a little snow, a little rain, some cold days and some mild days. This makes for less stress as the driving is easier but also a little more boring as you can't get out and enjoy the snow. February was a slow month thus my excuse for not updating the blog on a regular basis. I don't know if anyone is still reading these as I haven't written a blog update for a month but as I also write these for myself, kinda of like a diary or a log so I can look back and see what Ed and I were up during a particular time period.

The lack of snow and reasonable temperatures allowed Ed to convince me to go geocaching a couple of times.

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The first time we drove around the country side near Port Elgin. Found a couple of geocaches and some roads we need to explore further in the summer.

The second time out we explored the area east of Chesley and south of Owen Sound.
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The geocache we found near here was called "hi mac".

We drove down dead end road to a picnic area on Arran Lake and were surprised to see about a dozen vehicles park on the side of the road. This is what we saw when we got to the edge of the lake.

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Looks like Arran Lake is a popular ice fishing spot.

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A number of people were sitting by their holes and then there are the more serious ice fishermen.

We had a "good snow" day and drove up to Saugeen Bluffs Conservation area for a little snow shoeing.

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The river was frozen near the shore and there were some chunks of ice floating down the river.

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Some interesting snow sculptures.

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Another view of the river. If you look closely you can see some wild turkeys. We also saw deer and of course squirrels.

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A better shot of the wild turkeys.

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Swinging in snowshoes wasn't easy.

Ed spent some time in his shop in February.

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You can see one of the night stands in his "paint booth".

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Ed used a few clamps when he glued the headboard.

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The finished bedroom furniture in the guest room.

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The Saugeen River in Walkerton on one of the "melting" days.

Lastly, the inevitable weather photos.
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February 1, a bit of snow but not bad for the beginning of February.

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February 5, the snow had melted a bit but then it snowed again.

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February 9, less snow. A bit of rain and warmer temperatures melt the snow pretty quick.

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February 10, the melt didn't last long.

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February 13, the snow is starting to pile up again.

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February 20, another warm spell, snows melting fast.

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February 25, snows back.

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February 27, starting to melt again.

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February 29, winter is not over yet. This is the start of a major storm headed our way.