Harvest Time

As many of you know it's harvest time in Idaho. Fall is in the air.
Along with much dust and dirt, (cough cough) it's a killer for those of you who have allergies! It's interesting to watch all the harvesting going on from the front porch. It's pretty much all around us. Beets, corn, beans, potatoes, and hay crops. But this year it's been the hay that's been interesting to watch.
Mike and I have never noticed that after cutting and baling is done, the eagles show up. It's a mouse fest!! GROSS I know!! Take it up with Mother Nature.
The first time we noticed the eagles was when we were driving home. I yelled to Mike, "I swear those are eagles"...ya right he thought. So he stopped the car and backed up. They didn't even flinch, just continued to gobble up their catch. When we got home I couldn't wait to look up eagles on the computer. There they were on the computer - in all their glory golden eagles. Cool!! So then we started looking for them again. Coming back from Twin the other day on the old highway we saw six, and they were bigger than the ones we'd seen by our house. When the sun hits them just right they have a beautiful auburn color.
To see them soaring in the sky, with a huge wing span, with a backdrop of beautiful mountains, makes me so thankful for the beauty that surrounds me. And thankful for living in this free country.