Now...

...this is Winter! 15 inches...then temps at 6 below...40 hours without power. Of course next week it will probably all be melted and we will have mucky roads.

Yep it's Northern Michigan!!!

Still time...

...to come on up and enjoy the Winter fun! After all, look what an extra day in February gave us!!!

Not often seen

A flying squirrel! This is the first time he hasn't flown away when Ron collects the bird feeders. Love the eyes don't you?

Don't know what to say really...

We got our first lasting snow the other night so I sent Ron out and asked him to take some pictures so I could post a holiday message on the blog.

This is what I got:




A picture of the tree down the road that has grown around a cement pole




Luna catching a whiff of something




The neighbor's broken flamingo





And an old rotten tree.

Now you know why I don't let him decorate!

Oh well...we both still want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year.
(We'll do better next time...I promise!)

A few things

Trying to get buttoned up for winter around here but I did want to share some photos with you.
One of our neighbors has had a young elk hanging around all summer in their backyard. We don't think she is entirely "normal" and lets people get pretty close. Here I am feeding her an apple. Very cool.
Ron was driving by the local lake yesterday and saw this bald eagle. Sorry it's not the best shot. It's not that we never see one but it is always a treat when we do.
Finally, this is some frost that will be followed by snow soon enough!

Kinda interesting

We have a small creek that you pass over when you enter our association. It must be spring fed because it we have only seen it freeze over once when it was 20 below and the level always stays the same. That is until last week when it began to rise. Beavers have built a dam downstream and the water is up about 2 feet. Of course this has all the neighbors worried about the possibility of a road washout and even more exciting the chance to "blow something up!". So yesterday Ron and I launched our canoe into this newly navigable river and paddled down to see the new construction. Obviously it's not the Grand Coolie Dam but beavers are pretty clever creatures. They have actually made quite a nice little pool and the water is so clear you can see lots of fish. We don't think there is much risk of them going a whole lot deeper but we were overruled and the demolition will begin this morning. Thought you might like to see some pictures of the soon to be defunct Little Pigeon River Dam...and Ron and Luna of course!!

AWWWW!