
The mountains are covered in snow…

…and it’s cold enough to have a fire.

The mountains are covered in snow…

…and it’s cold enough to have a fire.
There seems to be a dearth of the usual amazeballs sunsets so far this year so this one will have to do for now!

You can see the virga (rainfall that evaporates before it reaches the ground) on the right.
Sunset season has begun.
Tonight’s sunset and an evening woodpecker.



Thursday evening, Joan was surprised by a knock on her window. When she looked up, she saw a hawk flying past. It was chasing a finch and the poor bird flew into the window and died. The hawk sat on the garden wall nearby and hemmed and hawed for 30 minutes before it flew in and grabbed the poor finch. Looking at these photos we figured out it was a Coopers Hawk which we’ve regularly seen flying by.
Hawks along with owls are great aerial predators that rid us of rats and mice. So please, please, please DON’T use poison to kill rodents because it also kills these wonderful birds.



