Mostly Pictures of Snowforms and Moose

In my last post, I promised more photos when I got home. And here they are! A lot of photos in one post.
This is one of the snow-submerged benches--we're walking along at the level of the seat, and you can see it's been alluring for a few dogs too!

See the cute little snowman on the garbage can? And I think the posterboard looks like a moose from the side!

Phil got in close and made the snowman look huge!

The lake we were hiking around is just beginning to thaw in places--a beautiful time.

 

The moose from the top down and the beavers from the bottom up have been hard on the trees--lots had fallen down!  Terry is an incredible photographer, and she's working on taking one great shot each time rather than shooting a dozen and hoping for a good one.
It's a treat to watch her at work, finding the right angle, light, composition.

The artist at work in the beautiful birch wood... 

And of course a scenic shot... 

Here's a couple more pics of those downtown moose from the last post-- 

A big cow and her calf, both of them looking much healthier than some moose we've seen around.

 Another moose crossing the road--I just caught her in this picture, do you see?

The snow berms on the sides of the road are just beautiful. The snow is dirty and grayed from the road spray, but it has all kinds of amazing reliefs carved into it, like wind-chiseled sandstone. 

There was some fresh snow that whitened everything up--gives some idea of how darn much snow there is, too! 

One more. If we weren't on the open road, it might feel like being in a mysterious cave! I kept wanting to stop and just stare at those carved formations on the vertical snow. 

This picture is taken from our friend Joe's front room. See how the snow is almost up to the bird feeder?

And looking past the bird feeder--that's some deep snow! 

We knew we should have driven the truck to town! Phil scored at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Turned our "warthog" into a snail!  

 We had a beautiful drive home...

And although the car seemed about to break down at one point, we got home in time for a very delightful St Patrick's Day party, in honor of which I even had time to make a raw vegan Irish Cream mousse with irish moss!

One more--these icicles outside our cabin, bent into all kinds of interesting shapes--I could look at them for minutes on end.

 Happy end of weekend to you!