MALE HOUSE FINCH

He's so handsome.

AFTER THE FIRST SNOW LAST WEEK IN FINALLY GOT OUT TO WALK AT THE LAKE A BIT

We had more snow today and hopefully tomorrow i can get back out on the roads to check things out.  Right now we have ice again on our road.

This top photo isn't mine.  Somewhat at the local Chamber of Commerce posted it on FB so I borrowed it  This is looking through the small town - of course there is a MacDonalds even in small towns - I would prefer IN and Out.

THIS IS SO FUNNY

Thanks Stacy over at Magic Love Crow - she put this video up yesterday and because I love crows and ravens this was fun to see.  What a thief.

WOW - GOING VIRAL I BELIEVE - BUT in case you haven't seen it

LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS

I see such interesting homes/cabins.  I find the way they store the firewood very intriguing - and wonder if any rodents or things you might not want in the house would live somewhere in the firewood. 

Or..is the firewood or what appears to be that - some kind of shingles used for decorating.  Some day I'll drive by this house again and look for closely.  I love the color, very bright and cheery.

I saw this house awhile back in Running Springs a town farther up the mountain from us.

THE FIRST YEAR WE MOVED TO THESE MOUNTAINS - IN OCTOBER 2013

 A month after moving to the mountains this was in November that year.

I saw this the other day in my files and still love it.

AMAZING FOOTAGE - A FEEL GOOD VIDEO

Maybe you have seen this - I just saw it at facebook -

THE LAKE YESTERDAY

When I went for a walk around the lake yesterday the reflections on the water were so pretty.  Since it's Sunday and a football day, I will be heading out to do a solitary hike later on.  Not sure where I will go but I have to continue to get out while the weather is dry and temps in the 50's.

Found out that the "dam" project which has been going on for about a year will, if the weather cooperates" be complete in January 2019.  That means that the water levels can rise again without the lake having to be lowered while they were building a new dam.  It will be great to see the lake looking all healthy again.


MAGYAR WRITES:

sun speaks
these stories across the pond
reflection

CHANDELIER PLANT

I saw this particular photo on the web but the image was posted without the name of the plant.

I did an image search but it wasn't clear what the name of it was.  There are many types of succulants and this particular plant was difficult to identify.  I finally did and here it is -...

I love the name and the beauty of this plant is amazing.


Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana), also known as Maternity Plant, Devil's Backbone, and Mexican Hat plant - to 20 inches, A fun, unusual plant. It has lance-shaped, gray-green leaves that produce baby plantlets all along the edge of the leaf. The plantlets drop off the "mother" plant and root into the soil in the pot below, producing more plants. In winter, tall flower spikes rise above the foliage and bear clusters of bell-shaped, dangling, salmon-orange flowers.

Maybe I've seen one before in nurseries but never up close like this.  The geometric design is wonderful!

HAD TO SHARE THIS PHOTO

  Nature is amazingly beautiful and I love the fact that talented photographer's can capture this kind of beauty.  This, I believe is a Preying Mantis but I never saw one this beautiful with the various colors so I could be wrong.

I just did a google search and this is the photographer,

IGOR SIWANOWIZC

Here is a LINK to his photos

another good link for pics from Twisted Sister, a favorite website of mine.