Snow Funnnnnnnnnn

Sadly the climate here in Oregon has been getting warmer and warmer. Finally today we were blessed with a wonderful bit of snow. It was wet and clung heavy to each little branch. My bamboo was bent almost to the ground. I had to shake it off so that it would not break if more snow fell. We worked furiously and took off for a nice time on the lake.

We used to get snow regularly in the winter. The old timers say they trudged knee deep in the snow to feed the livestock in the vallery - we have never seen that. The area is so warm now that some insects are killing off some of our trees - bark beetles in the white fir trees.

Our lake used to freeze over with a nice little crust of ice. We would load the kids up and play ice breaker crunching in the aliminum canoe around the lake. Slices of ice thrown frisbee style across the ice would tinkle like the chiming of fine cut glass.

Oh well we are witnesses to an amazing era on the planet.

Enjoy the pics and the break from the routine of your day.