Wall of snow coming

 Oh, oh...

I got distracted this morning watching the early news and imagining what 7 feet of snow would be like.

It's been nice here. On Monday, Dolly and I even got out in the woods for a short ride.  North Bend is usually dripping wet in mid-November.  I like winter trail riding when we can, because the tangle of undergrowth has finally died back.  On the wet slopes of the Cascade mountains,  the woods can feel a bit claustrophobic.  Of course, nothing like a wall of snow!

That's me in front riding Belle, and Dolly took this picture on Spanky.  Our weather has been cold, sunny, dry and beautiful this week.  Of course it's still early in the season, but skiers are getting antsy and Paradise Lodge at Mt. Rainier looks like this.

I've posted Don Jenson's time-lapse photography before on the blog.  In his new one called "Darkness" he films the night sky during the first cold snap. Watching those beautiful spinning stars sure puts things into perspective.


Darkness from donald jensen on Vimeo.