Had our first hard frost of the fall last night; it actually got cold enough to freeze the puddles and leave a thin sheet on the water buckets. It snowed about an inch the night before, then the sky cleared…
Found this poor guy hiding on a fence post – he must have been freezing! (pun not intended).
I can’t believe it’s the second of December already! Where did the year go? I definitely know I’m not ready to start writing “2010” as part of the date in barely a month’s time. Why, I finally started remembering to write 09, instead of 08. What about you?
The weather we’ve been getting during the break from the rain has been absolutely heavenly! Beautiful sunsets, clear nights, and slightly chilly mornings. And the sun still has quite a bit of warmth to it, which is great for reading in the barn. We had a medium hard frost last night, so everything had a layer of white on it this morning. Even the the water trough had a tiny layer of ice on it. The full moon was absolutely gorgeous last night, and then I caught it this morning before it slipped behind the trees to the west.
Speaking of full moons, I heard on the weather report last night that we’re in for a blue moon this month! The second full moon is supposed to be on the 31st, so I hope it’s clear night!
One of the most gorgeous sunrises this fall…. And a nice lenticular cloud over Mt. Hood.
More clouds…
An hour later.
The compound.
Della loves to soak up the sun after being up in the field all day, grazing.
Critters. This three are the Three Stooges, they go practically everywhere together.
This reminds me of one of those clouds you would see somewhere really open, like a prairie.
I have too many good shots from yesterday and today to put into different posts, so I’m going to make a post out of all the pictures.
I still can’t get over the killer zoom our camera has.
And this cute little guy, I think he’s the one that I took pictures of eating the walnut awhile back. He’s really tame and not afraid of people.
I saw him running around it the when I happened to be looking out the living room window. He dissapeared into a hole in the tree and by the time I got outside, he was sitting on a limb, chewing a chestnut, pretty as you please.
He didn’t even bat an eye when I walked right up to the tree and stood under his limb, snapping pictures of him.
We had a spectacular sunrise this morning. All different shades of purples, reds, burgundies, and blacks.
That little blue tip that you probably can’t see is the top of Mt. Hood peeking over the trees.
I love this one.
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Trapper Creek Daughter 