My Everyday Photos

The new year started with a gloriously sunny day and after we gathered our wits and woke the dogs, we went out for a walk on a trail we have not walked before. It went up and down Bear Creek between Lester Road and the Wildlife Area headquarters. It was a pleasant walk, not steep at all, although if a person wanted she could easily climb lots of hills for more exercise. The creek has aspens on both sides of it and also some nice patches of water birch. These are punctuated with ponderosa pines and there was one deeply shaded area when we walked through some douglas fir. The hills above are covered with bunch grass, sagebrush and lots of forbs. With the low snowfall, the hillsides are brown, waiting for spring already. We heard and saw a few birds. Chickadees were making their spring ‘cheeseburger’ call that I associate with territory claims. A Hairy Woodpecker also seemed to declaring his ownership of the tall aspens.

three deer watched from above

Bear Creek

Sky – how do you get your ears to do that?

Sunshine through the forest highlights the lichen

What caused the damage to this tree to make it lose so much pitch?

pitch

aspens

What a treasure

I saw this eagle briefly til it saw me

We never get tired of the snow covered vistas

lone pine on the horizon

Evidence of past lives

Big rock

Reason with her.