Well, having been house sitting has really put a damper on updating this blog... Sorry about that! I've finally got a bit of time back in Dundas, with my computer, photos, and photo editor handy, so I thought it was about time I updated.
Snowboarding season is finally, properly, here, and I couldn't be happier! I finally found myself my one piece (after a search like that fabled needle in a haystack), and it is warm, cozy, comfortable, waterproof... all of the above! Friday night Mike and I were riding in -15C weather, and I was toasty warm in my suit with only long underwear underneath. I'm also teaching a coworker how to ride, and she had an awesome time last week when I took her. Lucky for her, I have a full second set up of both outerwear and snowboarding gear, so she only had to pay for her lift pass. I had a great time too, which is good! Here are some snowboarding photos from Blue Mountain, that we've ammassed over the past few weeks. And by some I mean a lot... 
Blue 'Mountain' in all its glory...
It's long, just not very tall!
The creek that runs under one of the chairs
At the top of the lift
View from the top
Evening light at the top
We went on a little hike to see what the new area was going to look like
Mike hiking
Untracked snow at the top 
Pretty snow
Tree runs in the powder are our favourites
Mike stopping for a look
Trees... Nothing like the glades in BC though
This is probably the most snow Ontario has seen in a while!
There are a couple evergreens around... 
Passing through Collingwood area on the way home
Sunset from the car
Sunset over farm land
Sunset over a snowy graveyard
Farmland on the way home
Bad visibility on the way home
Abandoned Barn
Dark and stormy
Just liked this one
There was a decent snowstorm the week before Christmas, and so Mike and I and Lauren and her Mike all went to the little hill in the Dundas Conservation Area to sled/snowboard. Lots of snow, lots of fluffy powdery snow, and we were all very very happy. Good thing it was a little hill though, because it was tough walking in all that snow!
Downtown Dundas
One of the side streets
The Mikes
The other three
Sledders!
Such a big hill...
Finally, it snowed for New Years! What an awesome way to start the new year, at least as far as I'm concerned!!!! Some pictures from the parents' place during that snowstorm.
My handiwork with a shovel
Mike and the snowblower... It's a large driveway.
Not working too well in the snow!
The back yard
Have a seat?
That's a pool in the summer...
Snowy trees
Mike taking a rest from snowblowing
Time for a picnic
Reeds in the pond
Bridge and reeds 
Old decrepit bridge in the pond
One of the trails around the parents' house
A flag through the reeds
