The view from the beach all year long

Week of February 8th, 2026

The featured picture for this post was taken on Sunday in the late afternoon, looking west from the beach at […]

This is the week the Georgian Bay finally froze over. Satellite photography shows that the bay is entirely ice-covered. Overnight

The featured picture this week, taken on Sunday, January 25th, shows snow banks along Shore Lane near Beach area 3.

This was the week that Trump tried to acquire Greenland, ICE protests in Minneapolis, and Mark Carney’s well-received speech in

The winter weather continued this week, but many days were pleasant for walking with daytime highs above freezing. At times,

2026 marks the beginning of the tenth year that I’ve been walking down the beach daily and posting pictures. Considering

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The weather made travel difficult at times, but thankfully, the roads were clear

The featured image for this post was taken on Christmas Day looking west near Beach area 5.

We enjoyed another week of daily snow with seasonal temperatures again this week. The cover picture shows the ice berms

It’s not even winter yet, and the Georgian Bay lake-effect snow machine cranked up to 11 this week. Thursday’s snowfall

This week we had snow on most days. I much prefer to see snow this time of year, but when

This time of year, it seems I’m always in a battle to get the leaves picked up before the first