Two Seasons Missed

Plumiform frost always catches my attention.

This at first light was so stunning I needed to share. Appears it has been two seasons since I've had the time to share. It isn't for lack of beautiful days; mostly just working hard, playing hard. Summer and fall were wonderful.

Our first outing to the mountains last weekend was blessed with sun, beautiful snow, and great skiing. The atmosphere was in a mighty inversion, valleys were cold and the mountain tops were warm. But the full moon I was expecting to light the drive, wasn't full. It had been full at sunset, then was half-full the next morning when we were loading into the car. The eclipse of the moon continued to totality as we drove across frosted N. Idaho. The small valleys with streams were dense with ground-fog illuminated from above by the warm orange light of the darkened moon, until the sun rose on a new season.