There Just Are No Words...

Aaaah...

I love where we live.

Trees for Tuesday

Heavenly Day

I often stand all amazed at the beauty of this earth and the great gift that it is to us. Every new day is a new wonder...even days that don't seem like anything special.

As we often do after church on Sunday afternoons, we took the dogs for a walk.

We haven't had a real snow storm for a couple weeks, so the dried grasses are starting to show through again. It makes for interesting abstracts...one of my favorite things to play with.

The creeks and streams have frozen over.

A lone runner enjoyed the cold air and the solitude of the mountains.  

Jake and Albert were up to their usual shenanigans...trying to bite the hub's ankles as he walked, getting their faces covered with snow and chasing each other up and down the hillsides and along the path at full tilt, tongues wagging and snow flying everywhere.

The reservoir has begun to freeze over...seems like it happened almost overnight. The process is not quite complete, but soon the tents of ice fishermen will dot the frozen surface. 

It was another heavenly day in our little corner of this beautiful earth.

White Wednesday

Baby Bump

I returned to the spot I shot the other day with the brilliant reds for one last look before the leaves turned to brown and fell to the ground. You just never know how long they're going to be around.

And because it was just at dusk, the colors were even more vibrant than before. Stunning.

But the real reason I went there was to shoot a few photos of my step-daughter... and her baby bump... yup, there's a little man on his way and we're excited to be greeting him soon. 

They're pretty cute...and that's not a bad backdrop either!

On the Road Again...

With the beautiful weather we've had recently, we have felt the pull to visit the cabin in Idaho. So we loaded up the truck with dirt bikes, dogs and a cooler with enough food for a couple of days. It didn't disappoint. 

I'm sure that the dogs would have preferred to freely explore the woods, but I worry too much that they will be eaten by a mountain lion, get stomped by an angry moose that doesn't wish to be barked at or ripped to shreds by a bear. Never mind that the minute they are allowed to wander, they are like magnets for every stickery plant that grows in the wild. Even though they spent much of the time confined to their pen or riding in the back of the car, they loved being with us in the mountains.

 

The colors were magnificent, even though they had not yet reached their peak.

Ahhh, and then there were those stars...