Through the woods…
Around Karl as he buries a treat…
…digs it back up and then eats it.
On a fresh batch of treats ready for the oven.
He may not be “in” the sunshine, but Bob is part of my sunshine :)!
Outlining the trees and lighting the mountain tops: Thursday morning sunshine.
Thursday afternoon, before the sun dipped behind the clouds, the sky and lake from Wayfarer’s park looked very different.
Temperature was right at 50F.
…and the above photos are from my newest electronic gadget thingy…
YOWZA! It is the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon’s first 4g smartphone. I jumped the BlackBerry ship about 10 days ago and have been having more fun and giggles than a 55 1/2 year old person “should” (***) from a new toy :)!
Here it is connected to my laptop syncing contacts and calendar. When I get some music, it will sync that as well. It guesses words I’m trying to type, has animation for weather including windshield wipers and raindrops, falling snow and rolling clouds…. I’m sure the thunderstorm animation is spectacular as if you’ve seen the tv add, the start up is a thunderbolt complete with sound.
I have barely scratched the surface of what the thing can do, but my favorites so far are the flashlight – it uses the camera flash and has 3 beam intensities, and the Kindle app. I have a Kindle, but the 4.3 inch screen on this phone is actually not that much smaller, has great resolution and is very readable. And….the phone and the Kindle stay synced, automagically, so I can go back and forth and each finds my place.
I’m late to the touch gadget thing – friends have iTouch, iPad, iPhone and I’ve seen them and played a bit, but this is the first of my very own and I am amazed at the technology – FUN!!!
It was a good week in every way. The forecast for today is 100% rain which it is doing. I have a humongous pot of split pea soup complete with a ham bone, simmering on the stove. A fire is laid just waiting a match. A thermal air pot is full of my favorite hot tea. Karl and I are off to Whitefish – I have a hair appointment after which we will visit with Karl’s Auntie Kris and Uncle Hal and then home again, home again to light the fire, have a bowl of soup and a mug of tea and listen to the sound of spring rain on the roof.
Bob says he will wait in the nice, dry, warm house for us and to say “Hi” to Uncle and Auntie for him…
***The word “should” is mostly banished from my vocabulary…used here for effect :)!
For a change of scenery, Karl and I headed east on our road to Echo Lake. We haven’t been since late Fall as the pavement ends not far from my driveway and the narrow, winding mud and gravel road is a bit harrowing in Winter. It wasn’t great today, but the Jeep managed with just a little slip-slidery along the way.
It has been so warm and I’m used to Flathead Lake so was surprised into laughter to see Echo Lake still frozen over.
Karl seemed mystified.
Where the heck is that water that used to be here???
…keep looking…
Is this a joke?
Photo taken 12/24/2010.
Karl and I have a Christmas Tradition. Early afternoon on Christmas Day we go for a long walk. I always hope that I can be on snowshoes and this Christmas I was. The deep snow from November had melted, then froze and earlier this week was topped with two fresh inches. It was perfect. We circumnavigated the property and the state land…in no hurry. The freezing fog had fed the hoar frost so the woods appeared like a frozen swamp – icy tendrils hanging off branches and moss.
Although the fog made the 24F temperature seem colder, we were both warm on our return so ended with some time on the front porch.
I sipped on fizzy apple cider and sat enjoying the quiet.
As Karl and I sat and watched, the sun came out, the fog lifted, the trees sparkled.
Christmas Tradition.
