Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Getting ready for winter

The days are getting noticeably shorter, the weather's turned cold, and the snow line is working its way down the mountains toward town.  This means two changes around the house:

First, The Wife and I have been spending a bit more time gathering firewood.
We have about 2 1/2 cords collected from down trees in a friend's yard.  I reckon we'll add another cord to the pile.

Second, the moose are back in numbers.  This bull was eating what's left of our front flowers about a week ago:
And this cow found her way onto our front porch a couple days ago:

These hoof prints were about two feet from our front door.  I think they're moving in.

3 comments:

Th said...

Pretty exciting to look out your front window and be face to face with a moose!

The Wife said...

Sorry that previous post should have been from not just "Th" but "The Wife" :)

Anonymous said...

Yea, i looked out my window yesterday and saw a squirrel... but it's just not the same as a moose! Say hi to Bullwinkle for me next time you see him...


Josh