Stid Hill North

This is the creek at Stid Hill North. I haven't posted much lately because our walks have been truncated due to extreme cold. Our walks have been about 200 ft then Grenville lifts his paw and points back to the car. In the past it was not a problem - only a day or 2. This year we have had many days in the single digits where the problem occurs. With short walks there are few photo ops. Ground hogs day is tuesday and we will find out if we have just 6 more weeks of winter or merely 6 more weeks of winter.

Ice and Water

Lots of water and ice on the stream flowing down Stid Hill after the warm weather lately. Just fun stuff especially when you have the tripod down low and Grenville comes over and gives you a big lick with his oversized tong just as you were about to take a picture. He is such a big help.

A local creek

We were going for a walk on a path which I discovered a couple days back. We didn't get very far before we came to this bridge. As you can see it is more of a dam. Exploring this path will have to wait.

We went to another trail that parallels the same creek so we didn't have cross it.

A rainy day in January

It has been above freezing for several days so we have lost all the snow and it has been raining all night. The water has ended up in Ganagaro creek which is flowing at just below flood stage.

Boyd and Parker Park

This tree has been dated to the Revolutionary times and as you can see is quite large in diameter. Even Steve and Deena together can not reach around it despite Grenville's urging.
The whole tree.

The countrry fox

Found this guy as he was just approaching a yard.
He turned an ran after I stopped to get his portrait. This is a country cousin to the fox I have shot earlier. He has a better diet and therefore does not show any signs of mange etc.

I am trying to get these pictures down to a size that will fit on the average screen when you click to enlarge, and these are more trials.

Pic size test

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