Jim O'Neil's photos

Back during the covid crazies I started doing throwaway paintings on emptied cardboard (Preferably beer) boxes. I got out of the habit but it was such fun I'm starting again. This one, I laid the background, planning a busy winter scene, skiers, snowmachiners, backpacked hikers on snowshoes, snow load spruce trees etc. but.... I stepped back 10 feet for a critical look and found I'm so delighted with the way the shades play I'm going to throw it away just as it is! Acrylic on cardboard, 18 by 22 inches.

The slough has been frozen, iced over for a while but the river is still running freely. The current is fast enough it'll keep it open for a while longer but soon the ice will be thick enough to walk on.

Made a run down to my rivershop today, dressing the trail, trimming some of the spruce hanging low over it that would dump snow when I passed under.

I followed them aout 3/4s of a mile.

Don't think I'll need to mow the lawn for a while. ;-)

Getting ready for winter, some of my firewood. Actually all the stacked split wood I split with my hydraulic splitter. The unsplit rounds on the stack and the ones on the ground (A deadfall blocking my trail, figured if I had to cut it up to clear the trail I might as well split it for firewood.) I'm splitting with the maul rather that set up the hydraulic splitter.

Today's visitors

Season's greet.

Yep, look down, lots or very interesting stuff on the ground.