Happy New Year

I've been neglecting my blog a bit lately and truly enjoying the 10 days off I haven't had since April!  Yes my second vacation all year that was more than 4 days long.  It was much needed time to catch up on so many things.

Hope everyone got to view some of the partial eclipse, or at least today's blue moon.  I know the eclipse wasn't visible at all in North America.  We took a shot of the moon a few days ago while there were still sunny skies.

Yes This is Winter in Victoria.

And a bit closer pic of the moon, with

Mt. Baker in the background.

And lastly, a bit of a laugh.  Here's my year in review.
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Happy New Year everyone!!!

The Day in Chaos

Today Started off windy, rainy and chaotic with a few downed trees and power outages.

The day came to pass with a showing of blue skies (a total dream!)


Followed by ducks scrambling for P's droppings of bread.

Followed by an impressive showing of a Heron.

You also might note that we had a bit of showing of snow, but nothing compared to the Swiss Alps.