Shelburne Bay, late winter

A pause in the snowstorm

Yesterday, the snowfall paused for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Started up again around dinnertime, and we've had another 10-12 inches since then.

Strangely, no one was swimming at the neighborhood beach

Air temp is 12°F, but the lake is a balmy 37.

Summer is gone...

View of Mount Mansfield, looking east from my canoe in Malletts Bay. At this time of year I have to make an effort to remember weather like this, since much of November and December in the Champlain Valley of Vermont is pretty gray and disgusting, and the days are much too short. But the good news is that Mrs G and I are escaping to the Caribbean soon, to do some snorkeling and beach-walking.

The snow is already starting to pile up in the mountains, and the ski areas have had a couple of feet of snow in the past few days. Stowe and its ski areas are on the far side of Mt Mansfield, about an hour's drive from Burlington.

Lake Champlain & Adirondack Mountains

View looking west from the shoreline after brekkie. Some days it's hard to go to work. (Not today, though. 39°F and raining. Ugh.)

...and then a moose swam by

Sitting at my breakfast table, working on a writing project, when I saw something strange in the lake. Grabbed my binoculars and then my camera. Mind you, this is in the largest "city" in Vermont.

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Aerial photography by Robert Lyons. He does great work. Link to his studio on the right.

Sunset sky from Coates Island

Mergansers on Malletts Bay

How does one mother acquire 23 duckings? (Photoshop not used, honest!)