A typical Lambton County field (though they usually don't have so many trees!)	An old road in Lorne Henderson	Me and the old man smoking Colts.  I'm the one on the right.	Leaves of Grass with rain
A scene from the Marthaville gravel pits.	My sister Bekka playing her ex-guitar	I spent several days at my grandparents farm	Me and my grandpa.  I'm the one on the left.
A crazy storm moved in like a train while I was walking down the road	The front as it passed over me.  It was quite menacing and had me wondering whether I should have taken cover	My grandma's garden	My grandpa on one of his tractors.
This abandoned building stands next to my grandparents' farm and is actually the school house where my grandpa went to school.	Full bloom in Moore, one of Lambton County's best natural areas	Wawanosh wetland, the rehabilitated marsh that consists mainly of phragmites and trees that were planted in lines (and mowed in between to prevent new growth!)	Marthaville gravel pits in the winter, a more successful habitat restoration than the one in the last picture
I spent 6 weeks at my parents' home after Long Point, being able to enjoy one of the benefits of nighttime light pollution in towns: surreal winter nights!	Danielle and I went walking through the oil fields at Oil Springs, by this old abandoned cabin	Christmas Day in Oil Springs.  We were dreaming of a wet and foggy Christmas and we got our wish!	The now-traditional winter camping trip to Pinery has become less wintery in the last few years.  Winter camping without snow becomes simply cold camping
Aside from not being able to ski, skate, or go "taboozin", I was very sick and no one else felt very well either.  Reading in the heated cabin was the best option	While I was back in town I worked at Grammies Pizza again.  Danielle came and helped me on my last day.	Danielle painted this large canvas while still in high school.  After winning her several awards at local art shows, it has been put out to stud on her bedroom wall	We're finally in Guelph, and have discovered this new 4km trail
The new trail, which is minutes from our apartment, rises to a bluff overlooking the Eramosa river valley	We took a day trip to Rockwood conservation area, where we saw some excellent rock features, both natural and artificial	This building had been a mill before it burned down some time ago	Even more fascinating than the ruins of the mill are the steep cliffs surrounding the water
If only the ice was thick enough to skate!	The scenery here illustrates the difference in landscape after travelling a mere two hours northeast from Lambton County's clay plain	The Guelph Arboretum.  This stand of red/silver maples is inundated for most of the year, making a walk on the boardwalk quite interesting at any time	I was walking one day when I stumbled upon this Mourning Dove that was unusually tolerant of my advances
Just behind our apartment is a small woodlot we can walk to	The Radial Trail, within a 10 minute drive of our apartment	A "typical" winter day on a hike at the Radial Trail	Due to a mild winter, we were only able to go skating two or three times this year; unfortunate when we had two ponds that were nearly within walking distance of us
The Arboretum after a storm	This is a marshy area that lies near the Eramosa on the Radial Trail	This is the woodlot behind our house after a large snowfall	Joining with our "backyard" woodlot is another undeveloped area that allows us to walk for a good hour and a half through forest (i.e. Buckthorn and Scot's Pine!)
We woke up to a wet surprise one morning when we discovered rain had leaked in onto our floor!  It turns out there was a crack in the wall behind the drywall.	We went to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.  Unfortunately nearly the entire museum was under renovation and there was nothing to see.  After hitting rush hour traffic on the way home, we vowed never to return to that dreadful city!	A trail along the Eramosa river near our apartment.  Although the main trail can be quite busy, most dog walkers don't stray off the path, leaving people like us to see much wildlife, including the resident mink.	We took a trip to Rattlesnake Point to enjoy a hike along the Escarpment.
The view from the top was spectacular	Spring finally arrived, with temperatures in the mid-teens and Turkey Vultures everywhere!	We parked ourselves on a hill near Guelph Lake on a warm afternoon while Danielle studied and I read	On the North side of the Eramosa is this grassy area with short spruces and isolated Hawthorns... a good spot to find Eastern Meadowlarks and Savannah Sparrows
The boardwalk in the Arboretum, now free of ice and teeming with active invertebrates (including a frightening amount of mosquito larvae)	Although it looks big in the picture, this snake was hardly 6 inches long and was quite curious about my camera	Overlooking a pond in the Guelph Bird Sanctuary, a large area lying along the Speed River	The first native wildflowers of the spring (Coltsfoot started blooming in early April) that I saw were these Bloodroot flowers
Sharp-lobed Hepatica blooming in one of Guelph's only deciduous forest trails	Bloodroot and Wild Leek on the forest floor	Bloodroot and the leaves of Trout Lily, whose blossoms we will unfortunately miss once again	Excavations on the north side of Guelph, bordering Marden Tract