Bruce Laidlaw, intrepid weatherman and super-groomer, writes: Finally seeing some winter sunsets. Ski trails are in great shape except where someone walked along them with snow shoes.
Wait, wait—Bruce, did you not say “What we really need is more skiers and walkers so that snowmobiles will be discouraged from coming into the park and wrecking the trails”? You cannot complain of walkers on snowshoes making common cause with you against the Evil Sledders. Besides, it gives you a lovely excuse to go haring around the park on the super-groomer again.
Bruce is a man of few words. Here are 2,007 of them:
The winter weather doesn't bother the finches
Posted in: Letters from the Weatherman
Torch Lake Views 
Ely
January 21, 2009
lovely pics … I love those birds 🙂
Barbara
January 21, 2009
nice picture of the finches, awesome that you caught one of them in flight with wings spread.:)
Gerry
January 21, 2009
I second that, Bruce – the flying finch is fabulous. Now I want to see what you can do with a hummingbird in the summer.
giiid
January 23, 2009
What a beautiful light, – and sweet birds.