'Our' coyote family

March 17th ~ our resident family of coyotes came out together on a weekend hunt.

They are fairly distant in these pics ~ down the other end of our hay fields ~ but they were quite obviously having some success.  They look very healthy which is great ~ it must have been a good winter for them.

 

   

 

Many mornings in the wee hours  ~ on the cold air ~ we hear them calling to each other. 

Late winter days

Sunshine and the promise of spring.

Some photos from my afternoon walkabouts. . .  We have almost 2 miles of beautiful walking trail around our property, framed all the way by our "amazing stacked log zigzag fence" :)  Such a wonderful thing. How fortunate we are.

 

And one of our most welcome harbingers of spring … we normally only see one meadowlark a year…  ~ so we are keeping our eyes out.  Soon we think!  

Winter sunset on the plateau

 David has a passion for painted skies and loves to take photographs.
These photos from a late January evening.  Enjoy!

 

"Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon
Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape;
Twinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest
Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together."

 -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Evangeline (pt. II, sec. II)

Forty Below on the Plateau

 40 below Fahrenheit or minus forty Celsius?  For the uninitiated; forty below is the only point where Fahrenheit and Celsius are the same.  We do have one thermometer that will read to 60 below.  We're not anxious to see that kind of dip, but it's nice to have the tool should it get that chilly.  At 40 below skin can freeze very quickly. 

 One wants to be covered and bundled up.

In closing ~ a mid summer photo of the same 'front gate' scene ~ but for now we will continue to enjoy the bright, cold winter and the coyotes who seem to thrive in this weather.