This morning I got up before dawn and walked down to the beaver pond. Did I see Mr. Beaver, even though I was stumbling around in the dark? Nope. But I plan to go back sometime today or tomorrow and get a better look at his pond. He has really been busy. There is water now, all around is lodge, though it is pretty shallow water. I took some really bad pictures I won't annoy you with, but under the circumstances it was a 'you had to be there' excursion. This is what it looked like at the END of my explorations at the creek... Everything before that was… dark. And cold. And foggy. I heard coyotes in the distance. So, now my strategy is to go down there after sunDOWN and wait around for a while. So much for getting up early. Sigh. Would that she would exert as much energy on cleaning out the refrigerator... Alas, it is not to be.