Winter
All aboard the Polar Express
Above photos by Elsp/Erin/Sandy/Tim? Below by Elspeth (1 & 3) and Sandy (2). The hot chocolate itself didn’t inspire much enthusiasm but Rhys hung onto the cup for the rest of the journey.
In the bleak mid-winter
The day of the bleak mid-winter tea was one of several this month reaching 70 degrees.
Wildview camera
Didn’t catch much with the Wildview camera this month, other than myself going to check the camera from time to time. Had been hoping for a fox I’d seen go this way. But just the one squirrel, barely visible, on the small tree at lower right. That’s Sandy’s barred owl nesting box at upper left, still owl-less after all these years.
Unusual Snow Day
I measured 2.75″ on the patio table at 7am, but nothing on the patio. It had stuck to everything except hard ground. The county closed the schools anyway, so that meant the nearest middle school track was available for public use. I went to run about 10am. The track surface was mostly just damp, and almost dry in places by 11am.
Fredericksburg railroad bridge
Drizzly January afternoon, looking NE from Brock’s across the Rappahannock River to Stafford. I counted 68 seagulls on the bridge. Stylized B&W version is buried here.
The 2010 barred owl nesting box
Today’s maintenance report is appended as a comment at the bottom of this page: https://ridout.net/edwin/?page_id=255.
Christmas lights
Waiting for spring
Dahlgren Rail Trail Half-Marathon
