Another day with no sun, overcast skies, and an almost continuous light snowfall. Other than the various evergreen plants you don't find a lot of color out in the woods.

The twig of a winterberry bush retains a lone fruit

There is a group of bushes I pass on my hike to the Big Sandy Creek that had plentiful red berries early in the winter but they are now rather sparse. Once again Blake Landscapes has come through with an identification for this plant: Ilex verticillata (L.) A. Gray or common winterberry

The Big Sandy Creek collects ice during our recent cold spell

Without much color to work with I set this picture to black and white. If you saw the color original you'd see that there is actually little difference.

Hiking the road past a farmhouse

Once again I'm playing with using just black and white. It would be nice if the front of the house was actually facing us as we took this picture.

And now for a little humor break...

I don't think we should head onto this property for any pictures

My wife pointed out this sign to me a while back. It is just a mile or so from our property. I'll do my best to reproduce the exact text for you:

NoTiS !
TRESPASSERS WiLL B .
PERcECUTED TO THE fuLL EXTENT
oF 2 MUNgREL Dogs Which NEVER
WAS OVER SocHiBLE TO STRANgERS
& 1 duBBLE BrL. SHoT guN WHicH aiNT
LodeD WiTH SoFA PiLLERS. DAM iF
I aiNT giTTEN TIRED OF THis
HELL RAiSiN ON MY PLACE

It can be so much fun to live in West Virginia!

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Sunday, January 27, 2008
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