The burn pile was started up this afternoon, in anticipation of a few inches of snow tomorrow to dampen it down. It was welcome warmth in the cold northern breeze. The glow of the fire with the backdrop of a colorful sunset caught my eye.

On our Saturday drive we visited two of the many lakes in the area. This one still had a thin layer of ice that held the weight of this flock of geese. Several geese even flew in and made a slippery landing without breaking the ice!

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the road this tree was slowly devouring a metal sign!

I made potato pancakes a few days ago, from potatoes grown in the garden here! Back in April we were here and helped put in the garden, you may remember that post; click here. And here we are 9 months later eating the produce ! I didn’t even have to weed or water! The potato pancakes (recipe and instructions gleaned from my mother-in-law Ruth just last month) were delicious.

An odd shaped spud from the garden.

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.