Friday, 12/26/14

Clouds returned.  Overcast all day.  Increasingly damp as the day progressed.  Periods of light mist off and on during the afternoon.  Light drizzle during the evening.  Gusty south wind most of the day, but it backed off to moderate during the evening.

South wind is producing higher temperatures as well as increased moisture.  Temperature steadily increased all day, including during the evening.  High for the day was 51°F/10°C at midnight.

Cut, loaded, brought home, unloaded and stacked a small load of firewood.

I often harvest firewood from fallen trees, but I do not think there is any usable firewood in this tree.  I'll leave it for the bugs and fungi.

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Friday, 12/26/14

Snow Hiding from the Sunshine

We received a light snowfall Saturday, not quite enough to cover the ground.  Only snow able to hide in the shadows remained after Sunday's abundant sunshine.

(One of the fallen, broken trees chainsawed short enough not to protrude into the road.) 

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Snow Hiding from the Sunshine

Christmas Eve Deer

While not reindeer, I did see these two does on Christmas Eve.

(Note: There's enough firewood in that fallen tree behind them to get us through the winter and then some. Too bad I don't have any way to get it out of the woods.)

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Christmas Eve Deer

Fallen Tree

The amazing things isn't that the tree fell. What's amazing is that it was able to stand for as long as it did growing out of about six inches of soil on top of solid rock at the edge of a bluff.

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Fallen Tree