Shortest day of the year.

[zinnith]

It's winter solstice, -20 C and nose-freezingly cold. Still beautiful though.



I took all these pictures on my lunch walk. This is as high as the sun goes this time of year, but now we're finally going towards brighter times!

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[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I know it's bitterly cold there, but these are some lovely pictures! I was driving home across the mountains yesterday and as I drove alongside a river, I saw a bald eagle sitting in a tree. I stopped to take pictures, but the battery in my camera was dead and all I could do was get a fuzzy pic (of a black and white bird against a black and white background ;-) with my cell phone.

There were less than 30 breeding pairs in my state in 1970, but they seem to be making a comeback. It was such an exciting thing to see!

[zinfic.livejournal.com]

I must admit this kind of weather is best enjoyed from inside. I had to take off my gloves to take the pictures and my fingers still haven't thawed out...
It must have been so cool to see the eagle! Now I'm a little jealous :)

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

We've had some weather like that recently--if you were outside for even a few seconds, any exposed fingers were at risk of frostbite! Thankfully, it's warmed up since then, though there is a possibility of a winter storm in time for Christmas.

I was *beside* myself when I saw the eagle. I was incoherent and making "oh! oh!" Horshack noises until I could say, "Eagle! Eagle!"

D (who is English) was in the car with me and he asked, "So, is that a big deal?"

:-)

[sherry57.livejournal.com]

Living in the city, when I told my daughter your story about the eagle, she was amazed and thought you were very lucky to be able to see such a sight! What a pity you didn't get the photo...we'd have loved to see it.

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

I was way back in the beyond yesterday, doing a housecall for a woman who lives at the way up in the mountains. She once had a *bear* attack one of her dogs in her own *driveway*!

It's beautiful up there and I can see the appeal of living in a place like that--but she's at least 40 minutes from town and I'm betting there are weeks in the winter during which she cannot leave the house.

I got a photo--you just can barely tell what it is and you need someone standing over your shoulder pointing at it and saying, "See, right there! No, *there*." :-)