One of God's Little Creatures Lives Under Our House

Last night we had our first snow. I injured my leg so this time Vickie had snow duty.


One of God's little creatures crawled out from the basement of the house next door, walked under our back stairs and over to the barn, and back again and left a really interesting trail. Can anyone guess what it is? We've seen an animal that looks sort of like a big gopher or beaver but with a small tail and big back haunches. I've thought it was a marmot, but the local residents don't think we have marmots around here, and the New Hampshire wildlife website doesn't mention them. Do these tracks identify this fellow? Click the images for a better look.

This photo shows that porcupine tracks in the snow look pretty much like this, so maybe that's what it is: http://tinyurl.com/porcupine-tracks

This is a photo of blueberry hill about 5 miles away:

First light snow on trees in our back yard

The season's first snow!

It's December 5th, and we're finally getting the season's first snow. Still just a couple of inches, but quite beautiful. And this evening, a red-letter day: The first snowplow came down our road. Vickie quickly went out this afternoon and got these shots. She said that the snow was coming down in big clumps. "It was like somebody was having a pillow fight in heaven."

Late Autumn Frost on the Leaves

Vickie took her trusty camera out the other morning and caught these lovely images of frost on the leaves, before the morning sun burned it off. Please click photos for larger images.
Brent

Late Autumn Leaves

Photos Vickie took recently. (Click for larger images)

Leaves on the Lawn

What autumn's beautiful colors look like when the leaves have all fallen to the ground (click photos for larger image)

Sunset in New Hampshire

Photos Vickie recently took (click each photo for larger image)

Grange Building Photos

Two photos of the old grange building next door -- one by Brent during daytime hours, the other by Vickie at sunset -- each shows another aspect of the local beauty. (Click each photo for larger image)