Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2010
Yesterday a Ruffed Grouse appeared in the flower bed right next to the house. There are some few remaining Serviceberries on the branches, and the grouse had his eye on them. So I took a picture because they are such pretty birds and they make me laugh. Mishkin went over to the window to see […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 22nd, 2010
Today we had a Blue Grouse visiting our front yard (the Dusky Grouse sub species.) Such a pretty bird! The pictures a little fuzzy because we were taking them through the front door glass. We didn’t want to scare the little guy away. We see these birds every fall since we moved here, but not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2010
I read an interesting article online the other day, which gave me an Idea. Usually, when I say I have an Idea, Dan has learned to run. This time, though, he is safe. The Idea was on how to increase my daily exercise given that I mostly sit at a computer. The article was about […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2010
Last night saw the first of the really nice fall sunsets, helped, no doubt, by the slash burning which is occurring around the area. Next week the forecast is estimating snow showers in the mountains. Ummmm that means us! It won’t last, no doubt, but it does make getting snow tires higher on the priority […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2010
We were sitting at our computers this morning, fiddling around with this, that, and the other, when a large white bird flew past the house heading north. We don’t see gulls up here, and this was not an owl, though a Snowy Owl would be an absolutely wonderful bird to come visiting (we can wish!!). […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2010
This is our fifth fall up on the mountain, and the intense colors when they are at their peak still impresses us. Behind the house the grove of aspen trees is in full fall colors. These colors always make me feel like knitting something. It almost makes me wish […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2010
It was one of those Indian Summer days. Fall colors are starting and we finally did something we’ve been talking about doing since we moved here. We went to the hillside across from our house and took pictures of our house from across the way. Near the top of the mountain, Larch trees are starting […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2010
That same small chocolate colored Black Bear has been hanging around the corner of the sun room, harvesting apples from the Crabapple tree. Usually Terry is the first one to see the bear and Mishkin is upstairs so fast that he never sees a thing. Well, today was different. The bear came up the hillside […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2010
Chapter 3: Our First Taste of Alders “Good morning! Wake up, little Susie! Are you planning on spending the whole day in there?” Dan peered in at me from the front of the tent the next morning. I had been sleeping so soundly that I never even heard him getting up. I sat up and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2010
Chapter 2: Setting up Camp The pilot asked where on the lake we wanted him to drop us off, and we directed him towards the outlet creek where trees were closest to the edge of the water. We would need the trees for shelter, and most importantly, for firewood. Edging the plane as close to […]