Winter settles on the meadow

The three of us spent a delightful December afternoon following the antics of one of our resident coyotes as he went about his business on the meadow. These photos were taken by David.

David captures yesterday's sunrise

Miniature worlds by Vincent

As promised, some of Vincent's photography. About once a week David and I and Vinny sit down to watch a slide show from our respective cameras.

It's fun to see our different styles and what draws our attention as we all interact with life on the meadow. Vincent's photographs are very often miniature worlds ~ here is some of his latest macro photography. There is no moving water on the surface of the creek here, just ice.

More November skies

Some of David's November sky pics and since we haven't yet got Vincent to start his own blog we need to get some of his pics up here too.... soon.

We'll get another first snowfall.

An extraordinary sunrise yesterday as winter comes and goes. The last few days have been sunny and windy so that lovely first snowfall has all but disappeared. Just little patches of white here and there and some gigantic puddles around the place.

The sunshine means lots of solar power and the opportunity to get some laundry on the clothesline. There is nothing quite as sweet as the smell of clothes dried on the line on a day like today.

A walk in the snow

Our place from the main gate.

The first real snowfall of the winter yesterday and a beauteous sight it was. I took the opportunity to go for a nice long walk, camera in hand. The fog moved in just after the snow let up. It was so quiet; just the crunch of snow underfoot.

And of course, a visit to The Old One under his first blanket of snow. The Homestone ... the stone that marks where home is.

The night that exists outside of time ....

Vincent carved our Halloween pumpkin today while David and I went to town to ship new rings off to some very lovely people. David's brother Vincent has carved alot of pumpkins over the years as a single Dad and an uncle. He was somewhat challanged by the pumpkin we had at hand here. The poor old squash had been adorning our kitchen counter since Thanksgiving and was past her prime to be sure. Still, when we arrived back home after dark, there on the old wooden table next to the greenhouse was a magnificent double sided pumpkin. It's a scene of our house and the meadow and as Vince described her "one lucky witch" making off over the moon wearing a Touch Wood Ring. The other side of the pumpkin is a close up of the ring that his happy witch is admiring upon her hand. There are no trick or treaters out here in the middle of nowhere and rarely ever visitors. The pumpkin carving was a simply a labour of love ~ one that the three of us enjoyed along with any wild critters who may have passed through the meadow last night. We thought it would be fun to share it with a wider audience. Happy Halloween & Blessings on Samhain, the Celtic New Year. Till next time (Here is a good dissertation on All Hallow's Eve should you be so inclined.)

And last but absolutely not least :) Happy Birthday Aiden. Our awesome grandson is One Year Old today.