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I received a comment from Josi yesterday on my Bunkering Down post. Josi wanted to know what a sundog was so here's my answer: Sundogs (also called mock suns) are a phenomena we see several times a winter. They are caused by light refracting through ice crystals and are usually in very cold weather, or in not-so cold weather but where there's lots of ice crystals in the air - you know, the kind that turn the trees white. Although the twin mock suns on either side are the actual sundogs, the whole thing is commonly called a sundog in these parts much like a ring around the moon is called a moondog. Usually a sundog is close to the horizon, like in the photo I showed yesterday or in some of my previous sunrise pics. However last year, I took several photos of one at noon on our way back from church. I wouldn't even have noticed it except for the bright light at ground level which peaked my curiosity so I followed it upwards.  Taken Feb 7, 2010 What made this sundog special w...

I saw my first ever double ringed Sun Dog yesterday on the way back from church. I don't know what it is with Sun Dogs this year, but we saw another awesome display yesterday on the way to church and then more spectacular on the way back after. I'll show you the photos here but I'm also trying something new. I've turned these 3 photos into jigsaw puzzles compliments of http://www.jigzone.com/ so if you want to relax for a few minutes, vist my Sun Dogs Jigsaw Puzzle Gallery - JigZone.com I took the first one around 9 am yesterday. The temp was only -15 but the wind chill was ridiculous. I stepped out of the car to snap this photo and my hands were chaffed and stinging by the time I got back into the van. And I was only outside the vehicle 20 seconds tops. We go to church in Glenavon, SK and they have one of the few remaining grain elevators still in operation. It was about 9:30 am at this time. We left church at 12 noon and headed west on Hwy 48 toward Montmartre. I didn...

Well, that was a fun contest! I ended up with 28 entries. Some people only entered once, others had several entries as they made the rounds of my blog posts. I assigned each entry a number. And then I gave the numbers to the Random Number Generator . And the winning number belongs to... DebH Yay! Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. I had so much fun I'm going to hold another one soon. Hubby just pulled a new book out of my latest eHarlequin shipment and said, "I read this one!" OOps. So it looks like the next prize is a spankin' brand new Love Inspired Suspense book. I just have to think up a contest now.... Meanwhile you're probably tired of looking at these, but I wanted to get the photos you liked best all together for an encore. This first photo was from the first blog (not on eHarl) and had 7 votes. This is #6 from my 2nd blog. It garnered 6 votes. Here's # 5 from by second blog. It came in with 5 votes. Thanks again.

It's January 31st! That means I'll be making the draw tonight at midnight for my Sun Dog Contest. If you haven't entered yet, here's the deal... check out my the two posts below this. They both have photos I took of recent Sun Dogs. Then click on the 'comment' below the post and leave a comment - I'm actually interested in which photos you like best. I'm going to pick one name from all the comments I've received and that person will win a book I'm giving away - see details in the posts. You get one entry for leaving a comment at each of these spots: - Sunrise Sun Dog Pics - Sun Dog Book Giveaway - My eHarequin blog (must be a member to comment) - Sunrise Sundog Pics on my Facebook note page - Sun Dog Book Giveaway on my Facebook note  page There... that's 5 chances for you ambitious types to enter. Deadline for entries is midnight CST tonight. I'll post the winner's name on Monday. Have a blessed Sunday.

A few days ago I posted some photos of a Sun Dog and asked you to pick which one you liked best. It's the post below this one or you can go here . Yesterday morning I looked out my kitchen window and a glorious sunrise Sun Dog awaited me. Still in my striped fleece pajamas, I slipped into a hooded sweater, coat, boots, hat and gloves and went out to see what the new day would bring. I almost reached our farm sign when I stopped to take this photo. The wind razed my cheeks once I passed the shelterbelt but this glorious scene awaited me. Good morning! Just a couple hours later, I looked out my front door and the Sun Dog was still there although more to the south, now. Again, I dressed in outwear and took that long walk down past the shelterbelt. I wanted to show a photo that would simulate the Arctic. At the end of our driveway is this small grouping of trees. You can see them smaller on the left of the second photo above. Have you entered my contest yet? ...