In The Meantime

I'm still waiting on the Spring flowers and wildlife, so for now you get dessert posts :)

These are Peanut Butter Marshmallow Crispy Bars... recipe here :) They're awesome.

Best Shot Monday

Society is no comfort, to one not sociable. ~ Shakespeare

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Morning

Spring-Like

It's here.
The birds are here. The snow is gone. There's actually sunshine (I'm not holding my breath, mind you), and it's almost 50 degrees. The horses are happy, the cats are insane, and I see bulbs appearing in the garden. I guess it's here.

Of course, I never rule out that snow could show it's head at anytime, and.... it still goes to freezing or below at night. I'm okay with that.

It's really incredible, to me anyway, the difference in this house when the weather finally improves. No grey, no rain, no mud. Well..there's still mud. Lost of it. But I have sunshine in my windows and they're even open. It's nice. I might even sit out on the deck this afternoon.

I've heard of bear sightings, but none around here just yet. The Robins are here. The deer are changing color. It's that time when you see all the outside cleaning projects, raking projects, repairs. Of course, as soon as I start any of that, it will cloud up and snow :)
I've even put away all the coats, gloves, hats and boots. It's converse time.

A store in Thompson Falls put my cards in their store. This is very cool for me, it's the one store I really wanted. They only sell Montana items, so I'm hoping they'll do well.
I have two other stores with them, lost one other when they closed. I've been wanting to put them on my website, but I just don't have that talent to work with the site like I need to. One day. Or, I might just pay someone.

We're on the list for a new 'brock' puppy. We'll have a new Bernese in a few months. Oh lordy, will that be fun training :)

Grey & Grey

Wow.. everyone still here?
I haven't forgotten about this place, just haven't felt there's much to write about.

We've had the mildest Winter this year since I've been here. I think the most we've had at one time was 5-6 inches.
I'm kinda bummed over it, as I really love the snow and beauty of it all. I'm not asking for the 5-6ft we had last year, but I would've liked more. No sledding or cross-country this year.
On top of that it's just been grey and grey. Foggy, cold, and grey. We've had very few days of sunshine and it just starts to wear on ya. I'm ready for Spring to just get here so we can start the gardens and the new wildlife shows up.

Maybe then I'll have more to post about :)

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas :)

Great Start for December

Changes

Full

Happy Halloween :)

Colors

All of the colors are changing, including the deer coats. They blend in with the background, which is good since it's hunting season. Here come the sounds of gunshots daily...eh.
We didn't get much of a Fall since we've had several freezes. Not much orange or red around. I did find some great colors in Idaho, but not having a car much these days has halted the drive-around-photography. Hopefully this weekend we'll have some sunshine and a car. It's actually snowing some today.

I've almost missed this weeks moonrises because of the clouds.. I've heard there's been some beautiful moons lately. I have 4 days until the full moon, maybe I'll be lucky then.

I started making cupcakes recently, which is totally new for me. I'm usually the cheesecake gal. I loved making cupcakes. I wish I had had all the toys for decorating, which are on order now, to really be creative. I've got a few batches to make for the nephews school and a neighborhood Halloween party, so I get to dabble some there. I'm almost considering moving onto cakes.. we'll see.
At least it's something to do during the Winter months. I'll post photos too.

Not really much else new around these parts. Pretty soon we'll be blanketed in snow and you'll get sick of snow photos :)

Still

A typical Fall day today.
Not much really exciting to share from this little town. Our local store and cafe have closed down, so we're basically a small ghost town. We do still have a post office, a few churches, and a veterinarian. Well, part time anyway :)

Time to clean out the gardens and prepare them for Winter. I've decided to try to start a compost system. That HAS to help next year, right? We'll see. It will be hard to do compost with bear around, but maybe fenced in will help.

The bear will be around until probably Thanksgiving-ish. The woodpeckers are everywhere, which is fun with the feeders hanging off the new deck. The deer are bedding down in the yard at night and I've decided to get a chiminea (sp?) for the new deck ( great for snowy days ).

Are ya still awake??

That's it for excitement around here. I just haven't had much interest in my photography subjects. Maybe Winter will change that.

October Moonrise

23 degrees this morning. The waning moon is still rising over the mountains. I feel silly photographing it each month as the photos look just about the same each time, but... I still wait for it.

I love their ears

Falling into Winter

Fall feels as if it's gone right into Winter. The garden is pretty much fried except a few standing tomato plants. The skies are clear and the moon is almost full, and you're almost tempted to start the woodstove. But.. I'll push it as far as I can.
The trees are turning and there's leaves on the ground. You can smell the fireplaces now. Great time of year :)

The momma bear above and her two yearlings have been quite troublesome lately. As some of you might know that live in an area like I do, the momma bear can be quite aggressive. She definitely fills that description and has made it difficult to feed the horses at night and let the dogs out. I need to remember to refill that paintball gun.

We added onto our back deck, which turned out really nice. We've been working on staining it for about a week, hopefully we'll be done with that soon. With a table and chairs and the grill, all sitting next to the hottub, it's a great place to hang out. I really like it.
In about three days I'll be out there with the camera waiting for the moon to rise :)

There have been a lot of changes in our little town, in our home.. ups and downs. It's been an interesting Summer. I think I'm ready for the quietness and slowness of Winter. Different scenes, different photos, different animals. Time to close down the garden, split up the firewood and switch out the clothing.

I wonder if I can talk momma bear in to hibernating early?

Say hi for me

Rest in peace sweet Ruckus and Spaz. :(

Say hi to Brock and Bustopher for me.

Fall Slowly

Slowly moving into Fall... did I say that in my last post? Anyway.. the bucks are around, the temps are dropping and the leaves are falling. And, I'm ready. We still have tons of green tomatoes, so it might be chow-chow again this year. I actually have corn coming up this year, but I'm not sure the season will be long enough. Not as successful a garden as I'd hoped, but better than the previous years. I guess come see me in 5 years or so, I might have figured it out.

September, so far . . .

Eventful weather so far for September, and we're supposed to freeze tonight. We built a fire today, but then it ended with a rainbow. Honestly, the photo doesn't do it justice and neither does blogger. But, you get the idea.

Not a whole lot new to tell ya here.. just starting to cool down and get ready for Fall. The bear are back, the fawns are getting bigger, and losing their spots. Some birds arrive and some leave for Winter. It's that time to start gathering firewood and harvest the garden. I love the Fall skies, there will be more to come. Photos, that is.