We have had so many cloudy nights this entire winter, I was starting to wonder what a star filled sky looked like. On Friday we had one of our first clear nights so we headed up to Glacier…
Star Trails…
Big Dipper over Lake McDonald…
Clear night, clear water…
Belton Bridge lit up by the moon…
The view from the bridge…
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We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! We sure did! Besides dealing with crouping cold, one kid with pneumonia and another with a sinus infection, we made the best of our situation and had a wonderful time with friends and family over the past couple of weeks. Markus and I were even able to get away for a couple of hours in the wee hours of the morning of New Years Eve…
Before the sunrise…
During sunrise…
A cold but breathtaking walk down to the river…
The sun peaking through the trees…
Happy New Year!
Our family had such a great time a couple weekends ago, hunting Christmas trees and hanging out with some friends of ours while enjoying the snow…
Tug-of-war…
Sled rides…
Playing in the snow…
Looking and searching for that special tree…
My husband with our bush of a tree, bigger around than it was tall…
Pulling our trees back to the vehicles…
Some of the kids put up trees in their rooms…
A little fire was built to help warm in the kids and cook supper… 
Jetboil apple cider to warm up with too…
Cutting hot dog roasting sticks…
Little Emma’s feet were wet and cold…
Roasting those hot dogs…
Emma’s new slippers! A pair of gloves to keep her feet warm…
Loading the tree up…
The beautiful misty, foggy sunset in the forest that evening…
Awesome day spent with great friends…
Foggy, misty day with tree branches dripping water…
Though some of branches in the shade were still a bit frozen…
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The last couple of days have been a bit pea-soupish around here…
It leaves some nice frosty crystals on everything, including the echinacea in the garden…
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Last night we had pouring rain and 40 degrees, sometime in the night it changed to snow and wind. This morning it was brisk -30 degrees Fahrenheit! I don’t mind the cold or snow but sure get hard on critters when we have wet conditions and then gets really cold. I was happy to see every one fared the night alright and were anxiously awaiting breakfast this morning…
Teigen feeding Thor…
Even though he has a cozy little place to hide out in, Thor has to hang out with his guys…
Horse raspberries…
Waiting for breakfast…
Frank’s a bit frosty too…
Hayden giving Frank some love…
Hauling bales…
At least some one is happy outside…
The sun even tried to break through…
The kids found our adventure through Olympic Park very fascinating, they loved finding all sorts of mushrooms and knew to only look but not touch. I, however, found it difficult to take pictures in pouring down rain! 🙂 I ended up using a large zip-lock bag around my camera but found it impossible to know where I was focusing or to really adjust any settings, anyway here a few of the mushrooms we spotted. I’ll break them up over a couple of posts throughout a couple of weeks…
P.S. my camera lived through it too!
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We had a bit of wind and rain on our trip, while we were at Ecola State Park…
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We’ve been having some pretty spectacular sunsets the last couple of nights. These are the mountains to the east reflecting the sunset…
Then the sunset to the west…
The temperatures have dropped and we have had a few killing freezes already in northwest Montana. A few flowers are still doing well though….
Most of the leaves here are still green but some of the shrubs are starting to change….
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