Sunday, March 11, 2018

A little winter trip...

A little winter trip...  Debbie and I drove up to Hardware Ranch yesterday afternoon, through Blacksmith Fork Canyon.  It was particularly beautiful, with clear blue skies and less snow than we've seen for a while.  The red osier dogwood were especially brightly colored, as you can see in the three photos below.  When I took these photos we were about 4 miles west of Hardware Ranch, along the right fork of the Blacksmith River.  The last photo is focused on a teasel seed pod, one of my mom's favorite craft materials.  We have bears, Santas, and reindeer that she made from those seed pods.  She even made a set for our friend and neighbor Tim D., and they are prominently displayed in their house at Christmas time – her gift really meant a lot to Tim and his wife Jeannie...


On the way in we saw just one small group of deer, about six animals.  We parked in the visitor center parking lot and scanned the hills, and found a herd of several dozen elk, and a group of about 25 deer.  Then on the way home we were seeing deer around darned every bend!  We probably saw over a hundred deer in all.  We didn't see any birds, unless you count turkeys and magpies (they're a constant here)...

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