Hard Frost

When Jake and I left for our walk at 6:45 a.m., the temperature was 25º F (-3.9º C). When we got back home 55 minutes later, the temperature had dropped to 24º F (-4.4º C). We had been getting light frost for the past two weeks. This morning was the first hard frost.

Marble trying to warm herself in the cold sunrise

Our Burning Bush

Jake under half moon at sunset

Spunk lying on my lap in front of the fireplace in the library

Balloons Balloons And More Balloons

Dawn

The first Sandhill Cranes flew overhead this morning

Launch before breakfast

Sunrise

Brain balloon

Beaver balloon

Birthday balloon

Porky Pig

Jack-o’-latern

Jake was bored with the balloons

Little Miss Mousy

Inn of the Mountain Gods balloon

Princess Nelly

Flying Pig

I’ll be doggone

“One for the money. Two for the show. Three to get ready. Now float, float, float!”

Miss Cheetah

The Vampire and the Pirate

Miss Goldfish swimming in the deep blue sky

Mr. Cool Mouse

Clouds to the east. Blue sky to the west

Little Indian

Parrot balloon perching on tree branches

Wolf balloon

Gwendolyn and Loki

Sunset

Coyote Dawn

Resa’s Wolf Tree and Venus at dawn.

When Jake and I went out for a walk at dawn, the first critters we encountered when we walked out onto the ditch bank were a couple of coyotes.

Harvest Supermoon on its way to setting.

Sandias and geese in the mist again.

Balloons on the rise

Clouds splashing over the sandias eventually brought rain. We have 2/10 of an inch so far.

We got a rainbow at sunset

Sandias were still socked in

The clouds split for a moment at sunset

Bird In Hand

Dawn

I did not see any balloons this morning. I believe it was too windy. It’s been windy all day.

How does the saying go? “A bird in the hand…”

“…is worth two in a fight?”

Tycho Kitty is lying on the floor, contemplating Jake.

German candle powered fan

Spunk Art in blue

Spunk Art unplugged? Or, perhaps, Spunk plugging his art?

Almost to the Harvest Supermoon

Sunset

Jake’s interest in the sunset tonight