Lunna Christmas 2014

The holidays began with a traipse up the hill to cut one of our own Christmas trees.  Unfortunately, when we cut the bottom off this tree,  I decided it was unsuitable.   The  selfie was perfect for our annual Christmas card.  

We found the perfect tree for us at Bunny Acres, a Christmas Tree Farm in Bethel.     It was a treat for me to be able to hide all the wires for the lights among the thick branches.  It  may be the most beautiful tree that we have ever had.  

I decorated the  little tree with 500  blue lights and it  made a nice addition sitting on a table in the dining room.  

While Rich reads in the background, Becca enthusiastically begins her jigsaw puzzle.  

Doug joined us for Christmas dinner.  Jeff did a superb job cooking the prime rib. 

One of Harper's gifts was this gigantic pink ball called a Blub.  It was a lot of fun.  

So much fun it was but you guessed it.  

It didn't last long.  

Another Cardinal

Cardinals are not frequent visitors to our feeders here on Music Mountain.  One appeared today and the last one was at least five years ago and prompted a piece on my bird blog.  Just click link below:

http://vermontbirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/03/northern-cardinal.html

Oppossum

We were expecting a porcupine but what appeared in the Have-a-Heart trap this morning was an opossum.   Opossums are marsupials which means that they have a pouch where they carry their newborn for a while (like kangaroos do).  As you can see, they are cute with their little pink nose, white face and endearing almond eyes.  Of course we released it which brings me to another point....is it oxymoronic to call it "have-a-heart?"

Morning Moon

The moon touches an arm of Mount Olympus just before it sets in the west on the morning after Valentines's Day.

The Greens of Winter

In the middle of January, my eyes welcome the glorious fluorescent green of moss on a rock.  

Our Weather Station

One of the gifts of Christmas 2013 to ourselves  was a weather station.  It has a rain gauge, determines wind speed, temperature and humidity inside and out, moon phase, date, time, and more.  So when I say the wind is gusting at 20 to 30 mph, you will know that I am not guessing.  There is a computer screen mounted in the kitchen and the information beamed in--no wires needed.  

 This is a close-up of the spinners that measure wind speed and direction.