The weather is absolutely gorgeous today, the sun is shining and a gentile breeze rustles the crispy oak leaves that cling to the branches. It got warm enough to smell the evergreens as we walked through. Mmm, one of my favorite smells. The late day sun is golden on the snow while the shadows show blue. I love snow paintings!We sloshed along down the trail and stumbled upon an automobile graveyard! Hooray! At first i thought there were only 3 then a Jeep peered at me through a tangle of branches, the headlights glinting in the sunshine.
There were such beautiful colors and textures; rust, moss, dripping water, cracked glass, paint, and FUR!? Yes, fur. As I walked away from the Internatio
nal I 
noticed a ball of fur resting on the seat. My heart 
jumped...instantly I imagined the raccoon tearing out of the window, lunging at my face, screeching and clawing. Curiosity my second instinct won...I inched closer trying not to make noise, though I had been bravely taking pictures before not paying attention to the amount of 
noise I was producing.No I
didn't poke it with a stick to see if it was alive...just snapped a picture and scuttled away. Come to think of it I do recall screaming for the dog while next to the truck... we will have to go back and check, maybe with a long stick...
