Squeezing in a lake walk before the big defrost

Last year it didn't get cold enough to trust the lake ice, but all previous years it's been one of my favorite things to walk across the lake ice.  You can get to "hidden areas" otherwise inaccessible, and the very fact you're out on the ice means your walk is taking a route you won't take at other times of the year, so it's a nice change of pace.  Frederick used to be a lot more keen, but he's not enjoying walks much at the moment and he also showed marked reluctance to step out on to the ice the couple of times we've tried it, so yesterday I woke up early and thought, sod it, I'll go solo.  And I did, and I don't regret it.  This was at Holly Rec.

The fact that somebody had been driving some kind of vehicle out on the ice made me feel a lot more secure.

Something feathery met its end here...

In one of those inaccessible areas, out of breath from hiking up a steep hill.

Today it's supposed to get up into the 40s and stay that way all week (in the day, at least) with strong chances of rain, so I'm glad I got this in when I did.