When winter arrives here, these old trees make wonderful perches for the birds. As I have posted before, the bald eagles like this pair, spend much of most days here high above the pasture and prairie sage brush perusing for prey. On rare occasion, they will fly close to the house and from our windows their wide spread wings always leave us in awe. Our fear is that they might confuse our little grey furkid for lunch, so we are watchful when he is out. This snap was taken through our spotting scope so it is not very clear, but never the less, they are clearly regal silhouetted against the sky.
Every January for at least 30 years, Saratoga has hosted an ice fishing derby. When our kids were small, we used to come for the weekend. We would stay in a motel and soak in the hot springs. The Mr. and 4 of his coworkers made their huts from plywood and blue tarps. It was a party!!! This was long before most had manufactured huts. There were appliance boxes, and just a myriad of what the imagination could dream up to weather the cold ice. The snap above shows but a very few huts, but there will be more pictures to follow to show the actual magnitude of people who come from neighboring states to catch the big money fish. Also please notice the "art show" sign? We did not check that out however. Snow sculptures of fish and a whale were also part of the affair.
This was snapped this week by the Mr. The sunsets are too pretty to resist. The sign that marks the entrance into our subdivision appears just in the center of the picture.
Just a few more huts on the frozen lake. I was in Colorado this week to spend time with friends and take care of some business. I did however buy a new sewing/embroidery machine. My sewing room looks like a sweat shop with 5 machines up there. It was a true splurge for me to spend the money that these machines command, but I love to sew and I am so excited to start learning what it can do. So there will be posts of my adventures in technology as it is much smarter than I.
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