Changing Season – February Freeze

February has been a mixed bag of everything.  The mild winter we’ve been enjoying – compliments of El Nino – eventually devolved into bone-chilling cold, quickly followed by the snow.

Downtown Toronto – Trinity Park

McGill Street Arch from the former St Andrew’s United Church build in 1923, demolished in 1981.

Downtown intersections became slushy lakes.  Pedestrians Beware! … especially if you weren’t wearing a good pair of waterproof boots.

Intersection of Bay and Queen

Snow plows – big and small – were finally pressed back into service to clear the wet mess.

Downtown Toronto on Yonge Street

It wasn’t all miserable grayness.  There are always those who chose not to fight the weather, and instead get out and embrace it …. like these skaters did at City Hall in the softly falling snow.

Toronto City Hall

Then within a few days, temperatures popped up to 13C/55F and all the snow melted again as we enjoyed the spring-like conditions.

Sugar Beach

As hardy Canadians, we manage to keep a firm upper lip and stoically accept winter as it is delivered (even if somewhat reluctantly).

Old City Hall

We know that February will eventually pass.

Changing Seasons is a monthly feature hosted by Cardinal Guzman and in a coincidence of timing, it is also the Weekly Photo Challenge.