Soy beans

Still lots of soy beans in these pods, I am surprised the some of the birds that over winter are not eating them.

These beans that were not harvested were in a wet spot in the field.
I was out on the snow shoes for a hour after lunch. Now watching mens curling.
Over cast this morning, rain started late afternoon and it is +2 as I post this.

first cycling day in March

It was sunny around the zero mark as I started cycling, but clouded up and cooled down a couple of degrees before I got home. The road spray was freezing on the bike and by the time I got home the shifter cable wouldn't shift. I logged 30 km.

Photos are of the ducks at Ellen creek Charlottetown.

fresh snow

I was out on the skis for 90 minutes mid afternoon. Only my skis tracks in the snow in this large field.

Lots of traffic on the trail near Eliot park. The ski tracks where someone else's.

A nice sunny day with a few clouds at - 7 with a bit of a east wind.
I spend the morning at a meeting. No curling today.

Old cattails

Sunny at -5 when I was out on the snowshoes, these cattails all holding up very well.

The weather doesn't seem to have hurt this one.

A lone set of ski tracks across this field, there was a couple sets of fresh snowshoe tracks as well on the trail that I was snowshoeing on.

clouds

This was taken about 6:00 on the way home from Charlottetown. I spend most of the afternoon at a meeting. Snowed all morning, used the blower to clear the driveway at noon.

The flash was on when I took this photo, it caused the snow flakes to be seen.
I am guessing about 15 cm on snow at -6, there was some wind during the afternoon to cause drifting.

Headspring water temp

I walked to the spring at the head of a stream that never freezes. The air temp was -9, I put the thermometer in the water for a couple minutes.

The water temp was almost +9, the reading started dropping as soon as I took it out but it was still above 8 when I got the photo.

These snowshoe tracks are mine that I made on Saturday, no need for snowshoes today. The snow was crusted enough to walk on just with boots.

Clouds & ice

This photo taken around 8:00 AM when I was out for the morning coffee.

Sunny breaks at zero and windy, NW at 40 gusting to 55 km/h. About 2:00 PM I went cycling.
This photo is Ellen creek, the channel has started to open in the ice.

This was taken in Cornwall as I was getting home from cycling, the wind had dropped down to 20 gusting to 35 km/h which was strong enough when cycling into the wind. Chill factor would be about -8. I logged 30 km for the ride. I watched the Alberta women's curling team win the Scotties bonspiel this evening.