January gave some very variable weather, ranging from morning sun pillars to snowstorms to ice storms.

Morning sun pillars …

South side of Byng Inlet as seen in the snow from Dave and Maureen’s place …

Peek-a-boo…

Boucher quarry road …

A day later, warmer with some freezing rain  …

Fixing the cause of the inevitable power outage…

Icicles …

Lots of icicles … (worth clicking on to get up close.  Use the “back” button on your browser to return.)

Up close …

Sleeting on ice covered Big (Gereaux) Lake.

Drooping White Pine boughs …

Those needles will probably fall when the ice sublimates/melts …

Staghorn Sumac fruit …

 

twigs …

ice!!!

The wind has come up …

Ice covered tamaracks (and white pine and spruce in the background).

Still River as seen from Riverside Drive….

Not nice for driving and operating power equipment … but very nice to see and photograph!