Our waning winter.

After quite an impressive blast of winter last week, the last few days have brought warm winds and rain resulting in some tremendous puddles around the place. Small ponds really :)

This is the driveway yesterday ~ the steep hill that runs from the main house up to the 8km of road that David maintains. This 8km road connects to the main logging road that takes us into town.

Our creek ~ showing signs of spring, and this morning our first Red winged Blackbird returned. Such a welcome sight and sound!

The grandson! An update

Young Aiden at not quite 4 months old. :)

A little chinook and a beautiful sunny day

Coyotes, moose and winter vistas

February days. Lots of fog, and still lots of snow. We've had some wonderful visits the last few days from a coyote, a moose and of course our black fox. The 3 or 4 year old bull moose who has been hanging about took a shine to the nicely stacked hay bales in the covered hay shed, helping himself to the odd snack. The hay is for the sheep so although we had to put a stop to his free snack bar, our big moose isn't going hungry. He's been pruning our trees and grazing and doesn't seem to mind our attention one little bit. We got some great video footage of him. It's a beautiful time of year made ever more so by the promise of spring.

More scenes from our winter days

A beauteous sunny Friday in January! Our sweet black fox reappeared today. We hadn't seen him for a few weeks but today the snow is just right. A nice crust on the surface but soft enough to hear the mice below and penetrate the snow when he pounces. Today, a few more scenes from our winter wonderland.

January 21st 2007

When we're not working, we're pushing snow :) Spectacular days in the sunshine! Talk to you soon!

Our silver fox and a new year

Christmas Day on the meadow and a pic of the grandson (can't resist)

Santa's little helper taking a nap :) A Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

sundowns and sundogs

Winter is here. The wood stove in the kitchen is pressed into all day service. The dogs sojurns to the out of doors are less frequent and the sheep stay close to their winter shed. As David and I watched a particularly beautiful evening sky a few days ago, David commented that these was the most spectacular sundogs he'd ever seen. I had never seen or heard of sundogs. These photographs do not do the scene justice. It was a jaw-dropper. "Sundogs, also known as mock suns or "parhelia", are a pair of brightly colored spots, one on either side of the sun. Sundogs are visible when the sun is near the horizon and on the same horizontal plane as the observer and the ice crystals. As sunlight passes through the ice crystals, it is bent by 22 degrees before reaching our eyes, much like what happens with 22 degree halos. This bending of light results in the formation of a sundog. source " And the sunsets. Ahh... a blissful everyday event. Sundown is just one time in the day when we count our many blessings.