Outside My Window

 

Have a great day!

Lady Smith

Outside My Window

I opened the blinds and discovered that we had an intruder. Not just one as I soon discovered, but two. The wind was howling, so I was able to move about from window to window without being detected. A mother coyote and her pup. The mother was teaching the pup to hunt. 

Mrs. Smith

Outside My Window - Future

Snow started falling on the peaks a couple of weeks ago. While most of it melted, the snow that is falling now will not melt until Spring. I recently returned from a "Girls" trip with my friend to Rocky Mountain National Park. The main road is now closed due to snow and ice. It closed a couple of times for short periods of time two weeks ago, but close to two feet is expected to fall over the next few days. I'm glad that my friend came when she did or our trip would have been cancelled.

We traveled over several passes, that will close very soon, on our adventures. It was a wonderful trip full of wildlife and endless views. She left yesterday morning. We got up at 2 am to get her to the airport to catch her flight. We came back home and slept another 5 hours. I was ready for some much-needed rest after our great 5-day adventure. 

Looking back at these pictures reminds me of what the future holds this winter. I'm ready to enjoy the benefits of the winter months. A change of pace so to speak. I think this winter may be a doozy this year for the entire US. We will see what the future holds...

I will share pictures of our trip soon. I have to catch up on a few things and make our last trip into the city until the end of December or the beginning of January. Number One Husband and I have a short overnight trip planned next month, then we are hibernating until Spring. 

Shalom,

Mrs. Smith

Outside My Window...

 God's Big Screen had a great show playing one evening...

Do you see the man in the clouds? 

I have been on a digital sabbatical of sorts for the last few weeks. I have limited myself to 1 hour a day on my computer, however, I have enjoyed the sabbatical so much that I have only been on it for 10 to 15 minutes a day to take care of any business that needed to be delt with and check the news. 

I started taking pictures for upcoming blog posts yesterday. I have a new bread recipe to share that uses a starter that is not sour dough. I also decided to be a guinea pig of sorts by trying out less expensive alternatives to hamburger meat.  

Shabbat Shalom,

Mrs. Smith

Outside My Window - Bird Antics

We really enjoy watching our little bird families. Especially the youngsters who are learning to fly. They use our house and vehicles as a springboard as they fearlessly launch themselves into the air. 

Peace

Flying Crawfish?

Young bluebirds

We have two pairs of hummingbird parents who have 6 babies this year.

This little lark is taking shelter from a storm on our porch. 

Shalom,

Mrs. Smith

Outside My Window

It was a very warm earlier in the day, so most of the windows in the house were opened to cool off the house before going to bed. I was sitting on the couch and looked out the opened window and this is what I saw...    

Usually at this time of the night, the blinds are down, and the windows are closed. I'm glad that they were open because the evening sky, the moon and the mountains made for the perfect ending to our long hot day. Today the temperature never reached 70 degrees, so the house remains cool. I will have to open up the blinds more often just to see what I am missing. The next night, the coyotes and their pups were howling close by. They were loud!

Shalom,

Mrs. Smith

Outside My Window

We had a wonderful thunderstorm with wind and rain yesterday. Rainwater poured down the driveway towards the house. More rain is heading our way. The water was soaked up by the ground in a short amount of time. 

We have had the threat of storms almost every day for weeks, but the clouds finally let loose its precious cargo over our area.  

Shabbat Shalom,

Mrs. Smith