UPDATE 10 DECEMBER 2011

Busy around here the last few days.  We are trying to get ready for Christmas and keep saying we need to start earlier next year - same thing we said last year.  Connie has always had a non-traditional tree from sagebrush to a paper birch to willow branches to a stick tree and now a saguaro made out of horseshoes.  Used ones I might add.  It took me a couple of days to get it all welded up, but it really turned out pretty good.  We are going to put it out in the rock garden next year as yard art. 

Got up early to watch the lunar eclipse this morning.  It was worth it.  I enjoy these kind of things.  It was cold and clear so the views were pretty good. 

Horses all doing well.  Have not seen any elk in two days.  We are hoping they went over to the game range and will stay over there for the winter.  We will see.  I miss seeing them, but I don't miss having to keep checking the fences.  No new snow so have not been skiing since the opening day. 

A few pictures.

This is the start of the eclipse.  Don't know where that other blue moon came from, but thought it was cool.

And there is that blue moon.  I was taking some shots in different settings and this was in the program mode.  

The last of the eclipse.

The horseshoe saguaro Christmas Tree.

Our little valley on one of my afternoon walks to the east of our place.