I love moose!  I’m talking about the majestic wildebeests of the Arctic. (Of course, my better-half isn’t half bad either).  More than any other animal I see in the wild, I get excited at the slightest glimpse of a moose.  Tigers, elephants, kangaroos or geese just don’t do if for me.  So you can imagine [...]

Today, for the first time, I felt the warmth of the sun on my face.  The sunlight in the field next to our house and on our front balcony was too good not to take a picture of.  The sun was so bright that I had to squint to look in its direction.  My skin [...]

Officially the sun rises above the horizon in Alta about the 15th of January.  But Alta is surrounded by mountains and so it isn’t for a couple more days, about the 21st or 22nd of January depending on the year, until the city can see the sun – cloudy skies can push the date back.  But [...]

We have about a knee-high layer of snow all over the farm.  Sometimes it is thigh high so I have to remember where the drainage gullies and ditches are.  But there is always someone who comes along who can show you up.  I’m sure Lilu won’t stay lighter than snow forever.