Winter Creatures - Great and Small...

My Love and I have been enjoying getting out in this winter weather. 

Mostly it's with camera (his camera to be exact) in hand.

Last weekend we enjoyed a free community day at our local zoo.

  There was lots of snow on the ground but the pronghorn didn't seem to mind...

The otters were the most active critters and just a ball to watch.

  They're just a constant whirl of motion... (altho pretty 'still' in this shot)...

 Yep - a huge mountain lion.  Love those paws...

 One of the wolves found a sunny patch - which made for a nice photo opp...

 Our favorite of the day was this little screech owl.  

He just kept on sleeping - no matter how many people whizzed by...

And just yesterday - we took a stroll through another local community.  

We didn't remember seeing that many critters there in previous

 strolls - but we were pleasantly surprised.

Sparrows are common - but they can also be super cute!  

This one's all puffed up and just look at his yellow brow...

I didn't realize nuthatches were so blue... 

almost as much appeal as blue birds - maybe more!

We also had some sweet chickadee sightings.  

(I do think these are my favorite little birds...)

 We had fun watching a squirrel lug a big leaf into his nest.  

Didn't get that shot - but here's a squirrel anyway - 

perfectly at home way up high in the sky...

And since Valentine's day is this week - sharing this heart faced

 barn owl from the zoo with you too...

So thankful for the opportunity to enjoy God's creatures.   

And am thankful too for the shared enjoyment with My Love.

(all photo credits for this post go to him!) 

Am loving this 'common ground' fun we're finding in our marriage...

Life IS good!  ~Joyce