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December 31, 2021 - JAYBIRD - Bluejay eating oranges...frozen fruit in December.

December 30, 2021 - YOU LEFT ME HANGING - Ice sheets left hanging from branches by water receding from the pool below the beaver pond are re...

December 29, 2021 - WINTER FLUFF - Mourning Dove puffed up against Winter cold. Birds fluff their feathers in winter to trap air to provide...

December 28, 2021 - WINTER TEETH - Icicles and crusty snow on a branch near the beaver pond. It's Winter in New Hampshire!

December 27, 2021 - Beech leaves collect snow and ice from a day-after-Christmas weather event along the trail to the beaver pond.

December 26, 2021 - NEAT CELLAR HOLE - Ice in a cellar hole in the Wapack Wilderness. Cellar holes are the remains of early residents' homes...

December 25, 2021 - MERRY CHRISTMAS - The Picture of the Day of our cats...and wishing you and yours a very, merry Christmas.

December 24, 2021 - DESIGNATED SCENIC - The end of our road has been designated by the town as "scenic"...which means repair and maintenance...

December 23, 2021 - EAT LIKE A BIRD - Goldfinch eating seeds from a catkin on a White Birch tree. Finchees have started showing up in the ya...

December 22, 2021 - WECOME WINTER SOLSTICE - Moonless night sky to welcome the Winter Solstice to make the turn toward Spring.

December 21, 2021 - FROSTING - Ice on the branches of the cherry tree lit up by the sunset.

December 20, 2021 - TIRE ART - We had a little snow so we wrote our name on the driveway;-)

December 19, 2021 - WINTER LOOK - Beech and Oak leaves on the pool below the beaver dam as winter is sneaking up on us this year.

December 18, 2021 - HANGING ON - Roots of a White Birch tree spread out over rocks along the brook from the beaver pond.

December 17, 2021 - FICKLE WINTER WEATHER - A warm stretch melted the ice on the beaver pond for the return of reflections on the surface....

December 16, 2021 - PICKY EATER - A Black-Capped Chickadee spits a sunflower seed shell eating at a platform feeder. Chickadees will pick th...

December 15, 2021 - HURRY SUNDOWN - Leafless trees silhouette as sunset starts to come earlier with Winter Solstice approaching.

December 14, 2021 - SNOW CAPPED - Our trail gnome got a snow cap recently.

December 13, 2021 - DOWN DRINKIN' AT THE... Red-Bellied Woodpecker gets a drink at a Maple tree watering hole. We had rain to fill the maple...

December 12, 2021 - FAVORITE WINTER BIRD - A Brown Creeper on the maple tree...Vic';s favorite winter bird.

December 11, 2021 - COOL ICE - Ice forms on branches in the brook...winter patterns all around.

December 10, 2021 - IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE....We had a light snow that decorated the forest with frosting.

December 09, 2021 - FALL GARDENING - A Bluejay digs around in the leaves in the patio garden. We leave as much leaf litter as we can in the...

December 08, 2021 - I SEE FACES in a tree stump on a hike in the Wapack Wilderness. Use your imagination...he's smiling.;-)

December 07, 2021 - NUTHATCH - White-Breasted Nuthatch creeps headfirst in all directions on tree trunks.

December 06, 2021 - WE LOVE when an Orchid blooms again...a bright spot on a cloudy day!

December 05, 2021 - NEW ANGLE ON MONADNOCK - We enjoyed seeing Monadnock Mountain from a different vantage on a hike with our friends Saturd...

December 04, 2021 - EARLY GOLDEN HOUR - With Winter Solstice coming up - the evening golden hour is earlier and earlier on the beaver pond....

December 03, 2021 - STILL BREAKING ICE - The beavers were still working the ice today...and I had a better angle. Two beavers were working i...

December 02, 2021 - ICEBREAKER - A Beaver breaks ice near the dam on the beaver pond. They earn their busy caricature keeping water open for...

December 01, 2021 - WINTER SCENE on our little pond.