Around the House

Winter

orange and pink clouds

Sam

Aloe

Broad-billed hummer

frozen garden hose

Pyrrhuloxia

Amaryllis

Roadrunner

ice patterns in the fountain

Vitex tree

Cardinal

rocks and more ice in the fountain

lentil soup

Hobo Kitty

Albert

Have a great week!

Around the woods

“Instructions for living a life:

 Pay attention.

 Be astonished.

 Tell about it.”

 ~Mary Oliver

Pictures are from early December.

  Have a wonderful week!

Autumn Colors

Along an almost dry creek in early December:

"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."

~ Pema Chödrön

A Good Start

Getting caught up...

Here are the rest of my nature pictures from November 2012:

~ ~ ~ From the Desert ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ At the Park ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ In the Garden ~ ~ ~

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And, looking out the window this morning, I had an exciting wildlife observation.  A skunk!  Four kinds of skunks live in this area: spotted, striped, hooded and hog-nosed.  I didn't get a picture but I could easily see that it was black with solid white on its back and tail, just like the hog-nosed skunk in this picture from Wikipedia.

Hog-nosed skunk (image from US Public Domain)

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!