The Moon and Venus.....still warm from the memory card! HAHA!

Junior and Tracie's house all lit up for Christmas!

Friendship Lake and Mound at sunset on Christmas Eve.

The day before Christmas, 2011, in Grand Marsh, Wisconsin. We have much less snow-cover than normal, but yet there is still enough to make it a little bit white.

Looking back through my journal records, on this day in 2007 I wrote that we got 12 inches of snow and had 45mph winds. The snow just got deeper that winter, 111 inches! Here are a few pics I took then.

Thanks for the help today Junior! I am glad to have a great friend like you!

The lunar eclipse, moments ago, at 1°F.....

Yup, just another day at the office.......I love it! But I think I need to have a serious talk with the maintenance men, sometimes I have to wear a sweater in my cubicle and when it snows the parking lot is slippery. HOHO!

Since the snow hasn't started piling up yet, I have been taking advantage of this time to cut wood waaaaay out in the brush where I can't get to it in deep snow!

The tree is up. HOHOHO!

What's on my feet?! Well, I call them winter boots. You can't buy the good ones like these at Pamida or Target, you have to go where the real outdoorsman shop (farmers, construction workers, ice fishermen). They keep my feet happy and so am I!

My shadow. I like my shadow. Standing there all by itself in the cold and never once complains. Good shadow, my wood cutting partner.....HA!

It was a little frosty today.

That dead white oak has to come down before it falls in the pond. Today was the day.

Ok Daena, it's all cut up and won't split itself, get going.

Ok Daena, all split, now it isn't going to load itself, get going!

The little forest within the forest.......

Last load of the day and I had to leave a few behind. Until next time.......

Collage of a few Fall pics.

Number of households heating with wood rises

Local wood stove shop owners and installers say they're seeing an uptick in people switching to their products to save on energy costs in the floundering economy......

http://www.redding.com/news/2011/nov/27/number-of-households-heating-with-wood-rises-a/

Please put this on your status if you know someone who is an asshole. Or maybe a two-faced bastard, or someone who deserves a good hard punch in the face. Or a major selfish 'me me me' drama queen. These idiots affect the lives of many. There is still no known cure for these dickheads, but we can raise awareness.

And the sun sets on another Thanksgiving Day! The turkey was great, the cranberry sauce, the mashed potatoes, deviled eggs,.....heck, everything was great! Except maybe the gravy tasted a little weird....

Missing Photos......Fixed!

Suddenly some of the photos in a few of my picture-stories here on Daenabook disappeared. After a bit of detective work, I was able to diagnose and repair the problem. I had reorganized some of my Picasa albums, like I always do, but I had accidentally left the new album containing those photos set to private. All fixed now!

And down it goes again.....

We still have a little snow that hasn't melted yet, but it's going almost as fast as Snoopy was on our walk today!

At the height of the storm! 11/9/11 first snow of the season, 4 inches.

11/9/11 Snowstorm

It's snowing! Snowing! Snowing! Yay!

A sunrise picture for you.........December 27th, 2009.

A few of my avian pals.

Another gorgeous Autumn day!

A beautiful, crisp, clear, frosty, November morn!

Enjoying the cool, clear night, with Halloween approaching!

Looking up from my front yard moments ago, in the glow of the firelight......