A Wild And Crazy New Year

The good news is that we did stay up to ring in the New Year.  The bad news is that we celebrated the New Year as it hit New York.....four hours ahead of us!  Although we've had a few inches of snow over the last couple of days in the second week of January, we're still at only 14 inches of snow for the winter and it's raining again.  While there is still plenty of time for snowfall, we have to wonder if it's ever going to get here!

Some random photos from around the lodge:

The days are starting to get a little longer--we're now gaining over 2 minutes of daylight each day.  It starts to get a little dusky around 3:30, so we brighten things up a bit with our boardwalk lights.

 An early morning.

Checking out some beach wood--these beauties are a little too big and tough to get at, but if we get a calm day and high enough tides........I can dream, can't I?

Those logs were outside the bay in Chatham Strait.  Jen dropped me off in the skiff as it was too rough to leave the skiff on the rocks.

 Coming back to the lodge.

 Feral on her daily beach walk.

Waiting for the stick…..where's the washer toy?

Toni, our great blue heron, hanging out on a favorite rock at the water's edge (sometimes underwater depending on the tide).

 Preening--note this is the same rock as above with the tide much higher.



Working on her balance.

 Very punk!