Chill air, crystal trees and mighty mountains

Little Star Mt. in the middle

SNOW we need SNOW. And we've had 4 inches, not enough but something. Enough for Mark bring out the big kahuna machine for the driveway.

Hardy cattle here. Out they stay - all winter no matter the weather. That special Ohio valley hay goes to good use.

We went cross country skiing today and differently than last time, it was 28 degrees not 0, but lightly  snowing, which was just enough to take visibility away and slow down the gliding process. This activity is a great excuse to march on over to Ryce for our Asian lunch fix.

Good news from our little area of the world. Crime, such as there is here, is in general down 30 plus percent. That includes assault, theft, and assorted miscellany. (there is no category for murder as there aren't any). DUI's are up interestingly.
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And a fun little story in CB. Last week after a snowfall which left only pristine snow everywhere, the police noticed an abandoned townie bike (old style funky bike that are all over CB- used instead of cars). They followed the footprints from the bike to a series of parked cars, in fact all the driver doors of the parked cars, ending in an empty parking space with tire treads leading elsewhere. And the trail ended with the townie bike owner (a minor) in the car he stole. Crime solved by footprints in the snow. Gotta love it. Clearly he must be from out of town, it's only peace and love here...

We march on figuratively and literally through the winter. On to February!