December is here!

Last Sunday I published a set of pictures from Dan Gomez showing a wonderful collection of clever things you can do with snow.  The post closed with a weather warning that Oregon was set to experience some wintery weather before the week was out.

Thus a small collection of photographs taken on our property last Friday afternoon offering proof that the snows did arrive.

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Finally, the picture above represents a delightful way to find your Christmas Tree, or Noble Fir in tree speak!  We discovered that if one goes to the local office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) you can purchase a $5 permit allowing one to go into the forests and cut your own Christmas Tree.  The red permit can be seen in the above photograph attached near the top of the tree.  So last Thursday we took our Jeep filled to the brim with blankets, spades and tow chains and other paraphernalia to allow us to safely drive some miles into the forest and 2 hours later had our tree.

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Wherever you are in the world, you stay warm and dry this Winter.