Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been experiencing snowfalls now and again. This week they've happened more often, and so it looks like the snow may be here to stay. It sure makes the trees look pretty, especially the ones that have lost their leaves. The other day I noticed some trees with red berry clusters covered in snow, and stopped to take a few photos. I thought the berry clusters were quite striking against the snow.


Here's one that I took.


Curtis took this one.

I keep hearing people complain about the snow, but I enjoy the look of it (except the dirty stuff on the roads), and don't mind the weather, as long as I'm dressed warm enough. Being chilled to the bone is not much fun, I'll admit. I'm grateful for the fires Curtis usually has going in our fireplace downstairs. I'm also glad we got the snow tires put on the van this week.

I haven't see the moose family around since Curtis took their photos. Do you think they're camera shy? Speaking of families and photos, Curtis took some fun photos of our little family yesterday. Here's one of them:



I haven't started my Christmas baking yet, but I've been thinking about it, and so must the store owners, as I've seen lots of baking items out.

I've done a little bit of Christmas shopping, but today I goofed. I left the gift I'd picked up for Isaac this morning in the van, so he caught a glimpse of it when I went to pick him up from school. I don't suppose there's any chance of him forgetting what he saw between now and Christmas? He made a few comments about it this evening, so at least I know I made a good choice in the gift. I think what I'd like for Christmas is a memory that doesn't forget so often!

I think we're going to start a zoo

After supper tonight we had some more visitors in our front yard. This time the momma decided to join her babies and have a snack of frozen flowers.

Backyard Visitors

We had some more uninvited guests in our back yard this afternoon. It's hard to believe these beasts were babies!

Backyard Visitor

Last week I was awakened at around 3 am one morning by a sound I'd never heard before - something like a cross between a loud quack and a moan. After listening to it a few times and not being able to place it, I finally got up and looked out the bedroom window to see if I could locate the source. To my surprise, it was a young (I think) moose in our back yard, nibbling at my raspberry canes, with another moose on the other side of the fence. I puzzled for a bit as to how it got into the yard (I found out later they do jump), and wondered if we had left the gate open and it had wandered in. I tried to make my way quietly downstairs so as not to disturb my sleeping family, but was unsuccessful in that I woke Curtis. When I explained why I was up, he got his camera to try to capture a photo of our visitor. I had thought to open the gate if it was closed, so it could get out again, but decided against it. By the time I'd made my way upstairs again, it had found its own way out.