Ice fishing yet?

One day Karen and I went for a drive out to Cottonwood Lake to check the ice thickness in anticipation of a good ice fishing season. (This is still November 2008.) We both just loved the winter season. Actually as I think about it, we loved all the seasons. Each one has its own beauty and each season contrasts with the other. We always talked about how nice it is to live where there are four seasons. That is one of the main reasons we love it here so much and the reason we liked to go for country rides. Also, Karen could sit there and take pictures of clouds and wildlife.
Karen captured on film (data card) this rare North Dakota two headed ring neck pheasant. Isn't he a beauty??
Where ever we go there are deer. This is the time of year too where they start coming into our back yard looking for a handout, left over garden produce and to steal apples off our tree.
Click on this photo to check out his great rack.

Why are deer so shy?.......Except when they run out in front of you when going 60 miles per hour on the highway!! So I suppose we can conclude that deer have two personalities: shy and stupid.

I was able to walk out on the lake just a few feet or so. Maybe in a couple more weeks?