Snow (Hey Oh)

This morning I stepped out of the house and felt the familiar sharp bite of a hard freeze on my cheek. I glanced toward Tanalian Mountain to see if we had some snow last night, this is the view I saw. This first dusting of snow (termination dust) marks the end of summer and the beginning of colder days ahead, for winter is surely not far behind.

Tanalian Mountain with Termination dust


A view of the Kodiak

Mac the Moose and Her Mystery Meal

Mac is a yearling moose that has been hanging around the house as of late. She is often seen just up the road, munching on branches or sauntering into the woods. She used to kneel down and get a drink out of the little goldfish pond in the flowerbed in front of my folk's house. Now that the snow has covered up the pond we don't see her as much, but this afternoon here she was, eating on the raspberry bushes!