Merry Christmas!

Its obvious that hunting with a Harris Hawk is out of the question. Neither one of us would enjoy it all that much. Yesterday was high fog with the frozen flakes that accompany it. Every thing was covered in Hoar Frost and temps of 12 degrees did nothing to change the landscape.

This is the little Pine tree in our front yard.

This morning it snowed about an inch and half.

There is little sense in keeping Hope at flying weight as it will likely be at least two weeks before the weather moderates enough to even try to go hunting. So we both will keg up like we had some sense and start again when the weather moderates enough that frost bite has been eliminated from consideration. 

I have been having problems with a Pack Rat in the Chicken house for the last few days. They dislike sharing a food supply with others. They cram the feed trough with sticks, rocks and anything that they can find, so the Chickens can't get to the food. I put a live trap in there last night and today had my rat.

Josie took him for a walk in the new snow this morning. Unfortunately he didn't do all that well, so he supplied a nice casting for Hope. "Its an ill wind that blows nobody any good". 

This is naturally from this summer, but the result is the same.

I put this picture in my last post and while I liked the full color of the original picture, there was some question as to what was the distortion in the side of the picture. I lightened the picture so that the icicles are more visible. It was -13, -11 when the picture was taken.

Karen and I hope that all of you have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy your families like you never have before. We wish all of you the very best. Stay safe and happy, and throw another log on the fire for me.