Snow Art

My dad has an eye for seeing

the beauty of nature.

This morning he pointed out

this natural snow sculpture

coming off the side of his house.

The late afternoon light did nice things to the snow drifts.

The Blizzard of 2010

Big snow. Huge winds.

The biggest storm since 1991.

Kevin and I are hunkering down at home.

Bill stuck at work.

Martha "stuck" at her friend's house .

Joe enjoying the day in balmy Duluth.

I have cleared out the driveway twice so far but you would not know it.

Walking to Lunds was challenging

but MUCH easier than trying to drive or take a bus!

This is from last week when I ALMOST got a photo of a crow.

Sightings

It is hard not to feel a connection to animals. ( except of course squirrels and cockroaches)

I have been lucky to see many in my walks lately.

There is a huge community of robins that winter along the creek below Minnehaha falls.

Today they were very active. Some were bathing in the creek!

Any ideas as to the identity of this mystery animal I saw running along the creek?

It seemed larger than a mink but smaller than I fisher.

I am guessing it was a big mink.

These beauties are hanging out at Sucker lake .

I think they are Tundra swans.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

A little off-topic but too cute to exclude.

This crow was making the case that he is not a water fowl.