More Snow Photos (Our Second Real Snowfall)

On Tuesday the 23rd of November, the airways were filled with dire warnings of a blizzard to hit around 4 p.m. in the afternoon and commuters were advised to leave work early.  Sure enough it hit hard and heavy as predicted.
This is how the field looked at 3 p.m.
  This is when the storm came in around 5 p.m.  I was thankful when Nancy called to tell me that she was at home safe and sound.  Because of the warnings, many people left work early and school had early closures, so there weren't many auto accidents.

I took these shots the next day.  This is the corn field that I photographed earlier this month.

First Snow of the Season

Last week we had our first real snow.  We've had a few skiffs earlier, but this is the first snow that stuck.

The sunsets are so lovely.

Our English Walnut tree

I love this English Walnut tree.  It's leaves are a beautiful green in summer and a glorious gold in the fall.  I snapped this photo on Monday, the day after my Favorite Day of the Year.  Oh, Christmas and Thanksgiving are wonderful days alright, but the Fall-Back Day when we get an extra hour as we switch back to mountain standard time just feels so great..I believe because I have always been a slowpoke, I'm usually pressed for the time to do all I'd like.  Wish every day was "Fall-Back" day.

And, two mornings later, after a cold blustery wind, this is how the tree looked.

I'm happy that I read on the internet how to harvest and dry the lovely walnuts.

visiting Antelope Island

Jordan and Giselle paid us a visit on Thursday.  After lunch, we drove over to Antelope Island.  I was amazed at how low the lake is.  One has to hike a ways to get to the water from the beach houses.  We enjoyed seeing all the bison..mostly bulls I believe..they had a roundup earlier and penned up all the females and calves for inoculations, etc.

A walk down our country road

I love these views of the field corn that we saw this week when we took a little walk down the dirt road behind the house. Fall is quickly coming to an end..note the snow on the mountain tops. Guenther says that it feels good  to be able to stroll without the lower back and hip pain that he used to have.  Maybe it's all the fresh air.

Spooked

The doorbell rang last Saturday night, and Clifford the Big Red Dog cried, "Trick or Treat! Smell my feet. Give us something good to eat." When they stopped by this evening (one week later), Kai immediately asked very sweetly did I have some more candy.

stoll family party for october 2010

Jackie does a great job of hosting the Stoll family parties.  This month she planned a menu of soups, and as always, with a family of great cooks, everything was very tasty.

Guenther took a moment to express his love to his family.

It was good to see Renee and Kordell.