Encounter at the Watering Hole

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One Year Later

The weather this winter has been mild.  In contrast, this post is from a year ago today:

On cold winter days, we burn wood in our furnace.  Don always has at least 4 cords of wood stacked as we go into the winter.  A serious cold snap is forecasted for next week, and it appears that, for the first time, we'll go through the entire stack well before the winter's over.  So we spent some time this afternoon adding to the woodpile.  Don felled a dead tree, in exactly the right spot, and he cut it up while I dragged off the excess limbs and stacked wood.  We've been doing this for years, and it feels like good teamwork, with Don as the master woodsman, and me, the woodsman's assistant, both wearing our Danner steel-toed boots.  Next year, we'll have a bigger pile.

We weren't the only ones to be playing catch-up this winter. We don't see squirrels too often on cold snowy days like this, but there was one in the yard today, who thought that he'd put away plenty of acorns for the winter.  This morning he was plowing under the snow for acorns.

He'd emerge, white capped, to eat his acorn, before diving down for the next one.

Next year, he'll have a bigger stash.

Sunflower Seed Snack

Recently, I put a sunflower seed head outside my studio window 

with the chipmunks in mind.  

That is, until this young squirrel laid claim to it. 

Over the course of a few days, 

section by section, he ate every last seed.

Now he keeps showing up at my window, looking for more. 

As if there weren't enough acorns.  

He was cared for quite well enough before I came along.

All the creatures look expectantly to You

to give them their meals on time.

You come, and they gather around;

You open Your hand and they eat from it.

Psalm 104:27, 28

About the image processing: 

on the first 2 images, I used Kim Klassen's wonderful textures--

Phoebe, Music lovin', and Serious Magic.

Thanks, Kim!

And thanks to Lisa Gordan for hosting a group of creative photographers.Click on either button to see others.

Christmas Dinner

Wishing for Granola

Autumn Feast