St Pat's Day.

St Patrick's Day on the meadow.

Red winged black birds singing high atop the old spruce trees at the main gate.

Coyote wakes up from his afternoon siesta in the middle of the open meadow and the moose pay no attention.

Our resident cow and her two calves grazed for a couple of hours on the ridge across the creek. They are so comfortable with us; it's a lovely thing. We hanker for a telephoto lens so that we can really get close up and personal.

And indoors, our kitchen table tulips reach full bloom. Another spectacular day.

Brand new lambs!

"Shorts" (or Shorty for short :) our first spring lamb ~ was born March 8th at 9:30pm. This little ram lamb promises to be an entertaining addition to our wee flock. He and 'the Mrs' are doing just fine.

Then, last night at 11:15pm Missy delivered a ewe lamb. It was not an easy or quick delivery but the gentle shepherd was on hand to assist and in the end, all was well.

The weather has turned cold again today but the past few days of warm winds has melted a good deal of snow. Last summers dried grasses are poking up here and there and the meadow 'lake' that appears every spring is beginning to form at the low spots. Soon we'll be watching for the Trumpeter Swans and Sandhill Cranes on their spring migrations.

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