Mr. Owl and the Christmas Moon

There's a great hiking path near me and I was told 2 weeks ago I would see a lot of owls. 

Well, I did but I didn't have my camera with me. 

Fast forward to tonight and I am so happy I was able to get a few shots!

‎"To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and 

dancing shadows."

 ~ John F. Carlson

The full moon was incredible tonight. At first it was really orange, much more so that this photo. 

This is the Christmas moon or also called yule moon, long night moon, bitter moon or, in English medieval times, the oak moon. 

Another woodland creature I recently came across...

Wild Deer and Turkeys

There is something so magical about being in the presence of wild animals.

The deer and turkeys at Sandy Sandy's farm are quite used to her and her husband Jerry being around. 

I was another story.

I had to sneak up on them and and act like I wasn't there.

 It didn't last long but I got some great shots before their self preservation

instincts kicked in and they trotted away.

"Who goes there?"

"I'll stomp and I'll snort and I'll hope you go home!"

“Our task must be to…

embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”

- Albert Einstein