Winter often seems to keep us northerners down. More often than not we're unable to go outside come the wintery time of year that February finds us in... be it because the roads are pasted white and skating-appropriate, or because the doors of our homes are literally sealed shut from several feet of snow. The fact is, not much can be done during the winter... and I tend to think it sucks.

Recently, however, Ontario has been struck with a bout of nice mild weather in the middle of a normally cold and largely intolerable time of year. With temperatures above freezing for nearly half of the days of the past week and a half, my friend Kyle and I found we were actually able to successfully get out for a bit of walk. Naturally, the Canadian Pacific was a sensible choice, with its plenitude of standing poles and occasional good item still to be found.

Unexpectedly, I was greeted with an interesting sight while searching one pole site from the fence line. Laying among the freshly exposed soil and leaves were some shards of grey glass, probably covered with snow until two days before. Grey glass with ridges on them.

Withycombes aren't something I see turn up very often, so even pieces are a welcome find. Imagine my surprise when a small bit of raking around with a trowel produced almost [id=461465496;the entire insulator]!