Our Xmas and New Years went great, given it was just the two of us. Lots of fun gifts. Probably the most exciting has been the trail cam which we setup behind our fence.

Every morning I get to see what creatures walked by in the last 24 hours. We get TONS of bunny rabbit pics and always many deer pics. But even more exciting- we’ve seen fox multiple times, as well as coyotes, skunk, and raccoon. Other animals I am hoping to see over time include: snakes, armadillo, badger, bobcat. Sometime we will probably talk to the neighbors who have creek behind their place to setup over there as I think armadillos are often seen by creeks.

For a few days I was not sure why my eyes were messed up but after a few days I started to see locally people complaining about “cedar fever” when the cedar trees have their annual pollen dump. And then, one day when walking Stony, I was seeing all these foggy spots in the air and stopped to watch some when PUFF a huge cloud of pollen just gushed out of a cedar tree. There are these huge, very visible clouds all over. So anyway, I am not really noticing it much in my eyes anymore, but they are still more bloodshot. If that’s all the reaction I get, I’ll feel very lucky.

Watching the news carefully these days what with the Capitol Riots and general state of chaos. This blog is not a place to discuss all that.

Otherwise, up to our usual which is staying home except grocery shopping and brewery once a week. I’ll just add a bunch more pics below.