Bear and I took a Bear Ramble out to the Refuge and were rewarded by getting to see about a dozen happy ungulates trying to figure out if we were a threat or not. Apparently they couldn’t be sure, so we also got to watch them sproing off in a Mule Deer ballet.
Not much snow, but Bear and I have taken an extremely enlightened, Zen perspective and are enjoying what we have, which is a lot, and, at least, it’s cold. There are a lot of stories everywhere, most of which I cannot read but Bear can.
We heard ice breaking apart on one of the shallower ponds. Beautiful walk and inspiring company. Really a balm to the spirit. ❤
Women's Wilderness Legend “Summer is the season of inferior sledding” - Inuit proverb 
That looks beautiful! Do you get any bears🐻 there?
It’s not really Bear habitat (no bear food), but I imagine from time to time they show up. They show up in town, though, to get the apples on the trees!
Oo, exciting and terrifyingly!
So glad to hear that it’s cold and that you are enjoying what snow there is! How interesting to hear the ice breaking up —
It was a strange sound I haven’t heard before. Loud and low to the ground, but not like an earthquake.
I’d love to hear it sometime.
It’s cool. It might mean the cranes will come back early, but probably not. I think they’re on a million-years old set clock…
I wonder if, like plants, they are keyed to day-length — they come back when the days are the right length, which is within a day or two of the same day each year.
That’s my theory, but they will stay here longer in the fall if there is open water. I really miss them, though.
They’ll be back — in the meantime, enjoy the snow instead!
A conversation with wind.
Come March, it will be a shouting match! 😀
We have that shouting match going on here this week. Sometimes, the wind is very rude. 🙂
It’s rough. Sometimes you just have to ignore it. Sometimes you’re better off staying inside. 🙂
The day looks and sounds amazing. My tension eased just reading it❤️
That’s good. ❤ It was a much needed lack of adventure.
It is so light and bright there.
Love the photo of the stories:)
Mostly fox, mouse, rabbit and deer. The fox and mouse I got, the deer were probably passing through.