February 2nd post blizzard pics.

The Nature Conservancy - forest purchase

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/30/behind-one-of-the-nature-conservancys-largest-ever-forest-purchases

Good news from Montana's Blackfoot River Valley. Nearly 183 square miles of western Montana timber land has been sold to the Nature Conservancy as part of a $134 million multi state deal. The purchase is one of the largest land acquisition projects ever undertaken by this international conservation organization.

For more on this great organization: http://www.nature.org

Sunday blizzard

This was my street at 2 p.m. today: I guess we'll be digging out tomorrow morning, if not sooner:

Winter sunset walk

We took a walk at sunset this evening:

Wintry Lake Michigan

Two more photos of Lake Michigan near to La Rabida Hospital earlier:

Photos: Marge Ishmael

Fox Squirrel and Goldfinch

Spotted at the weekend in Chesterton, Indiana: a Fox Squirrel and a Goldfinch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_squirrel

http://birds.audubon.org/birds/american-goldfinch

Lake Michigan ice sculptures

Today we saw some amazing ice sculptures on the edge of Lake Michigan near La Rabida Hospital.