1st Aurora of the season!

After 24 straight days of rain, the sky finally cleared up for a while and we got to see our first aurora of the season from here in Bear Valley. I shot these between 1-2am. Not a great show, but it was still wonderful to see her again. Maybe we’ll get a strong year. click on images for full-screen.

Cuteness overload.

Momma Moose & Baby came by the yard last night to trim the fireweed and the alders. They stayed for quite a while. The baby is looking very healthy and getting big enough that her rust-colored baby hair is starting to turn dark brown like Mom. Baby even did a little hill-climbing next to the house ;)