A subtle late December sky

Our trip to town . . . early December

The creek at our gate ... Our main gate on the way out ... The 'homestone' at the top of our driveway A totem tree and heading out ...

We met one of the local ranchers a couple of k from the house on the way to town. They were still looking for cows that we have been feeding on the road to keep them close for roundup.

Such beauty along the way ... Certainly not the whole trip to town ~ just some snapshots from the journey on a spectacular early winters day. Williams Lake from the top of 5Mile Arriving home again; early evening with the setting sun turning the trees golden. Home sweet home ...

New fallen snow

Ah yes, the dawning of another winter... Bright sunny days too so our solar panels are pumping the power to us! We want to be outside every minute of the day right now ~ so much sparkle and beauty. We look forward to the full moon tonight ~ last night was bright as day on the meadow. More pics soon.

A night sky and a hawk owl

A couple of pics of the sun going down the other night ... And a Northern Hawk Owl ~ the first time we've seen this owl on the meadow.

This description of an adult Northern Hawk Owl is from allaboutbirds.org •Medium-sized owl. •Long tapered tail. •Short pointed wings. •Face white, with black border. •Crown and forehead dark with many white spots. •Underparts white with heavy brown bars.

First snow ... Prettier than spring flowers

The weekend ~ a sunny Saturday. David and I went for a wander around the property yesterday with cameras in hand. The wildlife has been wandering about as well. We see our resident coyotes pretty regularly ~ they come out onto the open of the meadow to hunt for mice and voles. In the last few days we've spotted tracks of lynx, rabbits, moose and fox. David laid his glove next to the lynx tracks that were inside our front gate. Impressive paws on this cat. David has large hands too :~)

The lynx photo is not our pic ... but this is the Canadian Lynx which is native to our area... a pretty beastie. We have taken a few photos but nothing as clear as this image ~ they are illusive and hard to capture on camera.

Winter is moving in very gently this year. It's so beautiful right now! That sparkly dusting of snow in the sunshine. I like it better than the first sight of spring flowers. This little building is a bit of a sentimental treasure on the meadow. We had to fall a dead tree right next to it and managed to miss the old loo by a hair. She's all that's left of the old homestead on the point. Our own homestead is sturdier and warmer than that I'm happy to say. In this photo you can see our house in the center of the pic and our greenhouse to the left. That's Vince in the doorway of the house ~ solar panels overhead.We feel so fortunate ~ and we are! No floods here, no hunger. We do what we can, one day at a time and stay ever thankful. Bring on the snow!