Blue Spiral for me...

Blue Spiral for me...

Green Star...

I got the Green Star!

Saturday morning sunrise...

December 6th, Saturday morning sunrise...

Windblown milkweed

The windblown milkweed pods are giving up their seed. The wind has been quite brutal the last few days.

Local color...

Fall is nearly off the maple trees in the yard now, second hard frost this week.

We've had the pellet stove running ~16 days now to take the chill off in the morning mostly.

The new pellet stove is in, I need to finish up the vent piping today and fire it up. Need to learn the new stove...

The potatoes have all been dug, ~20 lbs of spuds from the garden, mostly Red Bliss and Kennebec variety. Potato bugs were real bad this year...

Summer is over...

It's official summer is over... We had our second hard frost last night, this will have finished off most of the remaining plants in the yard.

Rose's Tea room...

Rose has been hard at work for the last few weeks doing the tough prep work, priming, wall liner, and painting, now we're putting the finishing touches on the dining room. "Rose's Tea Room" is really starting to look good, we've got 1/2 the room wallpapered, the rest should go fast this week. In the second pic you can see the teapot shelf up near the ceiling.

Me, I'm dying to get the new pellet stove in before the snow flies.

Meet the new cat "Hunter"

Meet the new cat "Hunter" another stray that found us... Hunter has been around a month or so sleeping under the shed, we'd catch a glimpse of him every now and then. One day he finally decided we were OK and joined Rose out in the yard. He's very friendly, and talks a lot. He stays out in the barn with Lacey and Willow for now. We're getting him neutered and wormed this week.

Morning Sweet Pea! I caught some nice light this morning...

Morning Glory

Presenting the fawns of 2008

Sorry for the delay these shots were actually taken a few weeks ago, I was having a problem with Blog-this app. anyway here they are...