Wow, wow and twice around the carpark to come back in for another wow.
No, I hadn't seen it - how beautiful.

jinx - that's a great house. I particularly like the cat rug.

Is the house difficult to heat?

Thanks!

The house definitely has warm/cold spots. We keep thinking we'll put a wood stove in one of these days. Gotta build a chimney first...

There are some pellet stoves that can use through-the-wall vents. Or, if you have an old fireplace you might be able to get a wood or pellet insert. I put a pellet insert in mine and have a free-standing wood stove in the basement.

jinx - you guys have a beautiful place. I love the snow pictures.

Here is my morning commute to the shop as requested by Ms. Jinx. This is about a half-hour drive in all.. not counting deer or antelope crossing the roads at any given moment:

Starting at 15 minutes into the drive..
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5024.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5028.jpg

Getting closer to the mountains..
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5030.jpg

And closer..
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5032.jpg

Ranch dogs stay in the bed
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5035.jpg

Onto the county road..
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5040.jpg

The shop where we all meet in the morning and head out from there
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f8...n/DSC_5041.jpg

Noble Elk
 

I took this shot yesterday morning on my way to work. This is about a half-mile from my house.

O hai, an Iowa thread... Hmm... Nah, I can't defend it, not gonna try...

It's not really an Iowa thread (despite the title) - it's a commute thread.

Gorgeous picture, HLJ. Do they have rocks in Iowa?

All I read was the first post (I'm lazy like that), where LabRat was trying to dispel well-deserved Iowa stereotypes. It's not ALL corn, granted, but I live in the capital, and you can be in all-corn country within 10 minutes of anywhere in the city.

If we wanna talk about my commute though, it takes me through West Yuppie-burg, not much to share.

Yes, we throw them at minorities.

I keep a few in the glovebox to feed out of the sunroof at tailgaiters. . .

HLJ, looks like a good source of meat.

Elk cows average about 500 lbs, and I count about 40 just in that picture (which only shows part of the herd), so that's about 20,000 lbs. I don't know how much of that is meat.