A bit of sunshine

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An American Robin dressed in his winter coat brings a bit of sunshine to a very grey January day. We usually don’t have quite this level of grey here in Colorado like we had last weekend so I am grateful the sun has returned this week.

May your days be filled with sunshine and may Robins fill your trees.

January Afternoon

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Oh it’s still winter, but even on an early January afternoon you can feel spring inching ever closer. The shadows cast from the trees are still long. There is still plenty of snow on the ground yet change is in the air on this January afternoon.

A quiet start

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After the hoopla it’s nice to have a nice quiet start to the New Year.

Looking out into the Pacific ocean on a foggy morning on Vancouver Island.

You might not be able to see into the distance but there is still plenty to look at.

Rocks, water fog and sea.

Scruffy

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On Saturday at mid-morning we spotted this Coopers hawk tidying up a bit on a broken old Cottonwood branch. He looked like he has had a bit of a rough time lately with his feathers looking downright scruffy. After a half hour or so of preening his feathers were back in fine order and he was off again hunting in nearby woods.