Regular readers know we live at the top of a pretty steep hill, at the end of a gravel road. This week’s weather left our hill slipperier than I’ve ever seen it. Nobody was getting up or down. The truck above belongs to a man who delivers part-time for Amazon and he was trying to bring a package to us. Dude, we can wait.

Four or five years ago our neighbor braved the hill trying to get to church. It was not god’s will. And way back in 2008 I recorded one of my more popular videos: Icy Road of Death. I wouldn’t live anywhere else.

Birds have a lot of dust in their feathers which helps keep their feathers clean and free from parasites. When a bird collides with la window, they can leave imprints of themselves behind in dust. We’ve seen this many times over the years but never with this much detail. Beak, eye, wings, toes.

Hope this guy survived. Did not find him on the deck so, fingers crossed. Similar photos on flickr.

The entrance to our little neighborhood featured —until recently— a small tree and a metal swing. For reasons unimportant, the swing is going away and will be replaced with a big rock on which the metal STONEBROOK ACRES sign will be mounted.

UPDATE: The sign is now attached to the rock and it looks pretty good. Decided to mount on top instead of front face because you just couldn’t read it. With some grass and flowers, this will look great this spring.

Click here or the image above for short video.