I checked the local webcams this morning and there is snow accumulating on the Tetons! It won't be long before it sends the elk down to their winter feeding grounds in Jackson and the grizzly bears into hibernation. The fall colors are really starting to show themselves, and it's so beautiful out there right now! …
Now that fall is officially here it means I can stop worrying about the veggies and the flowers and start focusing on more important things, like getting myself in shape for the upcoming winter. I don't know how I managed it, but I gained almost 25 extra pounds over the summer despite being pretty active …
It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanesAnd roofs of villages, on woodland crestsAnd their aerial neighborhoods of nestsDeserted, on the curtained window-panesOf rooms where children sleep, on country lanesAnd harvest-fields, its mystic splendor rests!Gone are the birds that were our summer guests,With the last sheaves return the laboring wains!All things are symbols: the external …
There are studies coming out showing those of us with clonal mast cell diseases seem to have a natural immunity to covid, or are at least not getting critically ill if we do get it because our hyperactive immune systems fight the virus off quickly and efficiently. So there's a bit of a silver lining …
We took a short trip up to Moran, Wyoming and back today, hoping to see the bull elk since it's their mating season. Now is the time to get the best pictures of both them and the changing fall colors which have just started up in the higher elevations. We didn't see any elk but …
