What a day we enjoyed today, Feb 16 in our little corner of paradise. After two nights of welcome freezing temperatures, the refrozen lake ice cracked and boomed all day, a new experience and a very nice surprise for one set of seasonal residents just up for a few days. Those same noises caused considerable ruckus at our residence by two faithful watchdogs, who, unable to find the source of the unfamiliar noise, barked at it all day. The sun popped in and out from behind the clouds all day, causing the temperature on the sunny side of the house to fluctuate between +3 and +9 C all day. The sun heated up the open grass patches in the fields and lawns all around the lake and they grew even larger, the snow is melting fast. What we thought would be the last event of the day was a beautiful fire-red sunset that lasted almost 30 minutes thanks to the many layer of wispy clouds over the western horizon of the Interior Plateau. But the evening was finally topped by the night’s blackness replaced by the bright flashing lights of a grader going up and down all the secondary roads around the lake. Considering the roads are almost 100% clear of ice and the plough’s berms have melted or evaporated away, it will be interesting to see the improvements of the gravel road in tomorrow’s light.