Down with dark days

Moose     12x12

I hate this time of year when it's dark all day. The sun comes up late and goes down early. The cloud inversion keeps the valley in twilight. Ugh! I just want to sit in front of Pinterest and veg out. 

Instead, I am going to take Fiona and walk down to where they have been clearling the trees for the wildfire protection and use some of the branches for swaths for the front door. Remember, when life hands you melons.....you could be dyslexic!

Backyard neighbors

After a number of years, it is still a thrill to see these big beasts out by the back fence. They come at twilight and at dawn to check out the thistle patch. Unfortunately, I passed three dead by the side of the road on my trip to town yesterday. Slick roads, darkness and elk are a terrible combination. They have no car sense whatsoever. If you see one starting to cross the road, hit your emergency signal and slow the heck down. Once one crosses, all the others follow.

I don't know how they manage to sustain themselves in this hard weather, signs of digging for forage are everywhere.

Hard Winter

This is my second abstract. The weather and terrain here can be unforgiving. In Sparwood, which is the next valley over from where I live, 11 snowmobilers were caught in an avanlanche last week. Three survived. Mother nature is not to be taken lightly.