I can't count how many moose I've seen over the years, but this morning I saw my first bull moose with a really big rack. We had stopped to take pictures of the horses in the pasture just beyond our house and were heading up the incline towards home when Fred spotted the big animal crossing the road at the top of the hill. We both saw his big rack against the sky and he stopped for just a moment to look at us and then ambled into the woods on the upper side of the road. We expect he may be the same one Jamie and Marie have seen at their house with a female and calf. He was gone before Fred could get a picture of him, unfortunately. It was exciting to see him, even though he was quite far from us. That makes two moose we've seen this week.

It was chilly this morning when we walked. There was a fairly heavy frost, and the ground was white before the sun hit it. We took pictures of the cows in the field near Deeper Ruts Road, and the frost shows up plainly next to the road where it was still shaded.

The horses were friskier that usual, we thought. The little guy was being particularly fractious, nipping and kicking at the other horses. As usual, they were very interested in us at first, but then went on about their business, ignoring us. One was focused on the hill ahead of us and seemed to be listening intently as we approached. We think perhaps he was aware of the moose way before we saw it.

Fred is finishing up getting this winter's supply of wood under cover in our garage; but we're expecting at least three cords more which will need to be stacked for the winter of 2009-10. The "landing" in back of the house is getting pretty empty, but that will get filled up again quickly once the rest of the wood arrives. Lots of work still ahead, but we'll be nice and warm this winter, thanks to all of Fred's hard work.

This morning he worked on the web site, re-doing more of the pages to correspond with the new home page. Some of the other students who were in this last class he took are watching his progress and offering comments. I think he may tackle the page that lists local services next. We have lots of business cards there and we're thinking that in addition to redesigning the page, we may need to rearrange them so it will be easier for people to find what they need.