Expensive Toys

Just back from The Dispatch RV Show. We go every year. It's fun to look at the "toys". Found a couple campers that we liked and some trucks too.

Here's our friend Kirk next to the trailer we liked.
Here we are in a Jayco that we liked better and it has lots of room...

Brother Bob and Andrew are checking out a "toy hauler"...

We all drooled over this F 450 Ford pickup truck

and this custom chopper...

...and Bob tried the Smart car on for size. He's about 6'3".

Snowflakes III

We are having too much fun with this. We need more time to play outside!!

Lots o Snow

Here's a few photos I just took of the snow that is presently coming down at a fast rate. At the moment I can't see the road that goes to the building. These are from the balcony door that g into the side of our offices. Our building was built in the 70's during the energy crunch and thus there in only one set of windows in the second floor overlooking the football field and none in the office suite.

Snowflakes II

It's a winter wonderland outside. Why couldn't we have had this last week during Christmas break? Here's a few more snowflakes. Isn't it amazing how different they are?

The Winter Woods

Everyone is out and about when the sun is shining. It's neat to walk in the woods during the winter because you can see where all the critters have been. Everything looks pretty with a coat of ice or snow on it too. This is the trail for the hikers.

This is the trail made by a pair of foxes.

These are arrow wood viburnum berries.

The frozen creek with the sunset reflected.Tracks made by Millie muskrat. The conecting lines are from her tail dragging.

Squirrel tracks....

...and Mr. Robin with his plumage puffed up for warmth.

A New Year's Visitor

Pip greeted me at feeding time last night. This is the first time I have seen her since November but Andrew has seen her and he says she's staying under the deck. That sounds right to me since Daisy hangs out sniffing the deck until I have to tell her to quit. It was so cold last night and Pip's coat is really heavy for winter. She came right too me when I offered food. Andrew installed a window in the rabbitry so the buns can have some daylight. It makes it look pretty charming. I'll touch up the paint this spring when we clean everything.

Snowflakes

Andrew photographing snowflakesSnowflakes on arborvitae.

Snowflake on glass.

Andrew has been working on photographing snowflakes. We got some of the big fluffy snowflakes this morning and he got several nice photos. He's using a Nikon D 50 with a Tamron 90 mm lens with a 35mm lens reverse stacked on top of it. Here's an interesting web site on snowflake photography. I've looked at these books in the bookstore and they are pretty neat.