signs of winter

This could be white sand under these beach umbrellas, but it's not.

With the warm weather we're having (- 2ºC this morning, but expected to go up to +4ºC by this afternoon) I thought I'd wander down to the waterfront.

a few of the hundred or so ducks out on the water

and a few of the dozen or so people out on the walkway

as you can see, there is an awful lot of snow on the promenade

enough to almost bury this warning sign.













as a comparison, here is a shot from today and one from the winter of 2009, below

I read that Lake Ontario is the only one of the Great Lakes to not be frozen over this winter, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few ice floes

see more signs, not necessarily of winter, here