The O-Zone

Cold weather returned, along with clear skies overnight.  The combination in February always means really pretty moonsets. The moon is a bit fuzzy because I was taking pictures off hand and I wasn’t awake yet, and it was cold.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it 🙂 I really am going to have to […]

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I actually took the camera out today to take pictures of Mountain Lion tracks.  Last night a neighbor called to ask if we were seeing the big cats up by our house, and to let us know they were around if we didn’t know.  We had heard rumors a few weeks ago.  These large cats […]

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This time of year it becomes increasingly hard to imagine the world being green again.  White is everywhere, and this morning it was -4F again. It could be worse, though.  We could be bunnies. Not only would we be on virtually everybody’s menu, but we’d be short! It would be even harder to imagine the […]

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Clear skies have returned for a few days, a cheerful prospect.  And the temperatures aren’t supposed to be too cold.  The full moon a few days ago gave us an amazing moonset, but unfortunately it was too dark to get a decent picture.  The moonset gets later each day and today it wasn’t way too […]

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We went over to visit friends today, as Susan wanted us to get together and do watercolors together.  I haven’t done any new paintings for over five years, so it was a very fun afternoon. More practicing necessary, but I’ve been wanting to get back to painting again. While we were there, we saw a […]

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There was a lot of munching going on around here last night. Oh well.  The deer were hungry last night and those green leaves stood out like a beacon in the night, inviting them to come over and clean them off the plant.  I think this poor little plant is going to have to be […]

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A cold snap is heading our way, below zero overnight is possible this next week.  We’re looking forward to that, actually.  It feels neat! Not exactly how we anticipated starting a Christmas Bird Count today, but we’re very glad this one is ok.  We’ve had a bad week for birds hitting the windows.  We’ve lost […]

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Happy Winter Solstice!  Now the days can start getting longer again.  Time to start a new bird list for the new year.  We have all the usual suspects around the house.  It’s always fun to go for a drive and see who we can add to the list first. What’s really funny about this is […]

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Winter sunrise today, painting the mountains pink with alpen glow. The clouds were also all pink, little puffballs stretching from one horizon to the other.  They glowed momentarily and then fade to gray or white.

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