Yesterday was the Winter Solstice, a full moon and a full lunar eclipse. Those who practice Paganism definately had something to celebrate! I don't recall anything like that ever happening before, at least not in my lifetime.
I did not stay up to see the eclipse, as it occurred at around 2:00 am Mountain Time, although I would have loved to try and get photos of it. I thought about setting my alarm so I could get up and see it, but I'm sure if I had, my dog just might start waking me up at 1:30 every morning. Damn thinking dogs...
TWO whole minutes more of daylight today! Hope everyone had a chance to enjoy that.
The past few days have also provided six inches of fresh snow to add to the ever growing berms on either side of my driveway. While shoveling last night, I noticed a very narrow "trail" across my neighbor's yard that apparently crossed my driveway and continued on the other side. The deer have been attracted to the bird seed and suet spilled from the bird feeders by over-zealous woodpeckers. Their small, pointed hoof prints revealed that, rather than detour to the snow-free sidewalk, they relentlessly follow a habitual trail, which may have possibly been set down well before human habitation cluttered up the landscape here, and they stumble over the piles of shoveled snow. To help them out a little, I shoveled out a narrow path through the berms on both sides. This morning I noticed that they had avoided the snow berms and had filed through those paths on their way to - and from - the bird seed.
Sometime late last night, a thick, heavy fog rolled in and settled. That, combined with temperatures of between zero and five degrees, created the most beautiful hoar frost that attached itself to everything. The pine trees on the hill behind my house are coated with it, looking like heavily flocked Christmas trees. With the frosted pine cones, red berries, rose hips, dried leaves and a host of other "leftovers", why in the world would anyone want to decorate store-bought trees when Mother Nature has already provided them for us.
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