Frosty

We have been experiencing atypically cold weather,...

We have had a steady ice-fog,...

Coating everything with a white frost,...

The fish are under a thin layer of ice,...

The Chick-a-dees have been busy eating nuts from the feeder,...

Uschi checks out the frosted yard,...

The little pines have whitened tips,...

Woooo Hoooo, this is Uschi weather,...

Rose hips stand out in the stark yard,...

Oak leaves are outlined with frost,...

T-Grrr admires the icy grass,...

Oregon-grape is outlined in ice,...

Iced tansy,...

This rose is looking festive,...

Vladi blends in,...

Oregon-grape

Fruit tree leaves still hanging on,...

Lesley all bundled headed out,...

and brought back a wild-Tanji,...

Vladi watched the bird feeders from the inside
warmth of "his" window,...


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Ice Skating

It has been cold lately,...
(~8F when I get up and below 20F all day,
That is VERY cold for us)

Oh, what is this?

It seems solid,...
(I walked out on it first)

I think this is okay,...

This is fun.

Hmmmm? This ice is liquidy here.
(Around the Goose-dock the ice sunk a bit when
I walked out, so water flowed over the ice.)


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Snow and Frost

Vladi loves to visit the compost pile, North of the oak grove. The oaks shade this area most of the day in the winter, and with our recent cold weather, the frost lingers late into the afternoon. This does not deter our snow Bengal, he likes to visit this "remote" location ...

Heading down the path to the compost pile,
Vladi stops to sniff a cedar. Someday the cedars,
pines, sequoias, and redwoods will tower here.

This area is cold and still, the leaves and grass are covered in frost...

With only a few beams of sunlight reaching the ground.

Vladi reaches the compost pile, which is grown over
with blackberry vines and young trees.

A little bit of exploring deep within the pile.

A hop back to the trail...

Warming up in the sun before rejoining his brothers.


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Tanji's On Thin Ice

Tanj and HIS mommy

were out walking on a cold day.

Our little-shallow pond had a
thin film of ice on it,...

as well as a Tanji.

This ice stuff is lip smackin' good.

Who is that looking at me?

Tanji was a good boy outside so,...

Packet time,...
Woooo Hooooo!!!

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Slip-Slidin'

Snow Bengal boy

adventuring out onto the well frozen pond.
(I checked it by standing on it myself)

Vladi gingerly ventures out onto
the snow covered ice,

and slips.

Whoa, there,...

This is new,...

Wooo Hooo !

Face plant.

That was strange (??)...

I better run again,...

Splat,...

What the ?!?

Wooooo Hoooo !!!

Acceleration,

Tail counter balance,

Getting all four "wheels" off the ground,

Bounding on ice,...

Oh No,...

Slip

Slidin'

Ok, that's enough,
for now.


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