Recent pictures of the brood

These are from earlier this month when temperatures dipped down to 20 below zero for a couple weeks. After warming up freakishly to the 40s, we have now settled down in the 15-18 degree range.





We took a lovely hike today along Peter's Creek and marveled at the river bank in the winter while the snow flowed down. It was the first snow in awhile and a fair amount, although it stopped as soon as we got in the car to return home and hasn't come back since.