We had a beautiful sunrise a few days ago, before the latest storm. In hindsight it made me think of the saying “Red in the morning, sailors take warning!” We had very clear skies today, the sun was a yellow ball going down, so we haven’t had a “Red at night, sailors delight” sunset yet.

Sunrise Panorama

Sunrise

A wintery mix in Northwest Arkansas

We went to bed last night with a light dusting of snow and awoke to a little more than that. All day was gray with occasional snow flurries of tiny little flakes that barely accumulated. This evening after the meager sun went down the bigger flakes began to fall and we have about two inches now. It lightens up and softens the landscape of brown grasses and bare trees.

Mavrik turned 3 years old today! Let’s hope those terrible twos are over!

Mavrik spent part of the day sandwiched between his two girlfriends, Dixie on the left and Lucky on the right.

Mavrik enjoyed his favorite snack of ear wax, and Lucky enjoyed the attention!

Time to stoke the shop woodstove to keep it warm for tomorrows chores.

No, not an IPod for Christmas or anything like that. Mavrik has a new buddy whose ears he can lick! Get it, ‘ear bud’? Mavrik has two doggy buddies here, Dixie, a German Shepherd and Lucky, a mix who is lucky she found such a good home. They are working out their hierarchy and it helps to relax by ear licking I guess!

Two of the Three Stooges!