First snow of the season

Pictures about 8 AM 11-20-2007

First real snow for the fall and have about eight inches.

Out the living room window toward the pond and Ross Peak (daily picture sight).






Out the front door window, My shop.














Out the Master bedroom window toward the pond.

Daily Picture for November, 2007

11-24-2007 Cool and crisp again. No antelope today. Water constant at 4' 5".












11-23-2007 5PM Moon coming up over the Bridgers










11-23-2007 clear and cold (-8.7 last night). About twenty five antelope came by this morning. Water holding at 4' 5".











11-22-2007 Happy Thanksgiving! Cold, down to -6 last night. Still no wind to scatter the white stuff.
Water about 4' 6" at 4 PM. Not going up as fast as I think it should; probably broken out the leak again. See new tracks, but no animals while I was looking.






11-21-2007 Snowed little flakes most of the day. About one hundred antelope at the pond and in an adjacent field. Several worked over a big Juniper tree pretty well. Water up to 4' 5" about 5 PM up from 4'3.5" at 8 AM. Cool and crisp, no wind.









11-20-2007 8 AM Have about eight inches of heavy wet snow - not the light fluffy stuff I am used to. used the snow thrower last night and will do most with it today. No tracks in the new blanket yet. Water up to 4' 1" and rising about one inch every five hours. Took a few more winder wonderland pictures and they are in another post.





11-19-2007 Guess Indian summer is over. Took the picture about 11:30 A.M. and there is about four inches of snow on the ground now. at 5 PM. Water about 3'10" at 5 PM.









11-18-2007 About 11:30 AM a big buck deer came by. Water 3'2".




No Picture for the 16th or 17th; days just getting too short - need to adjust my schedule. On the 17th I spread bentonite and started the water about 4 PM. Had about forty five antelope at the pond earlier in the day.

11-15-2007 Late again, but I got it where I didn't get one yesterday. Not much wind and fairly mild today. Didn't see any animals at the pond and the water level is still about 2'8". Thin skin of ice so I couldn't get the tumble weeds out that blew in the last two days. Weather permitting, I will spread some bentonite on Saturday





No picture on 11-14-2007
11-13-2007 New snow in the Bridgers. Cold and windy today and yesterday (didn't get a picture for the 12th). Water at 2' 8". I think it needs to drop another 8" to get to the leak and at 1/2 " every two days, might not have time for it to get to stable. Antelope starting to gather again. Don't know how they know, but Antelope season ended Sunday. About forty head in extended herd.



No Picture for November 12, 2007


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11-7-2007 Another great day. reached about 58 degrees and no wind. Water down another 1/2 inch to 2' 9.5". About eight antelope in while I was taking the pictures.









11-7-2007 Closer up on on antelope














11-6-2007 A little cooler and mostly overcast, but still not too bad. Water down to 2'10". a few antelope were in for water.







11-5-2007 Another great day. A little cooler and a little breezy. Water still about 2' 10.5" . down a little. Didn't see any animals. Had to go to town to get a tooth pulled and a root canal redone.









11-4-2007 This great fall continues. Seems to be just a little less snow in the upper Bridgers. Still windy and warm - up to about 65 around 2 pm when I walked. Pond still at 2' 11". I'll wait a couple more days, but I'm pretty sure the water level is stable. Got more of the vegetation out of the water or close to the banks. Just animal tracks at the pond ; getting water when I was not looking.





11-3-2007 A little late getting this picture and the sky has a few clouds. Still a bit windy, but not too bad. Waater still at 2" 11". I can't say I found the leak, but my tromping the edges must have worked. Next week wehn I turn the water back on, I will know!! No animal visitors today.







11-2-2007 The sky couldn't be much bluer.
A bit of wind, but spectacular. Water still at 2'11". No animals, just tracks at the pond.










11-1-2007 Still another fantastic day. Fairly large batch of antelope in the field above bunched up and nervous. Water holding about 2'11". going to spread some bentonite and restart the water Saturday or Sunday. Bit of wind this afternoon which blew the leaves off the lawn and started the tumble weeds.






11-1-2007 Closer up of the antelope