A Cheery Good Morning

When we opened our drapes this morning, we saw that many SBirdees were feeding, including this fellow-Mr. Cardinal.

We very rarely get Cardinals at our feeders, they usually are ground feeders, but the snow has been coming steadily lately, so any seed on the ground has been quickly covered over. This means, if you wanna eat-you gotta go to the source. The woods across the street must be all out of the usual things that the birds eat, so they have increased their bird feeder rounds. I made sure the feeders were filled two days ago when they first started calling for us to get some snow from the latest East Coast storm. And they show they are appreciative by taking us up on the vittles we put there. Some unfortunately are a tad nasty, you can here them saying "hey, get outa my way you little creep, this is my territory" or "wait, wait, stop pecking at me, let me just geta few seeds and I'll be outa here". We enjoy them, they are fed when they need it-win, win.

I hope you see pleasant things when you open your drapes. P.S. sometimes we need to look really hard, but there is always something worth looking at that would give us pleasure. Life is what you invest in it.

Window views

This is what we see out of our front/living room window right now.

This is what we see out of our kitchen/back window right now.

Do you see a common thread? Yes, this is one of the days when we keep saying " Isn't it good that we did not have to go anywhere this morning?" . Every morning this week, trips into the tundra were necessary. On two of those days, I needed to leave the house at 6am, just me and the snowplows driving into the flakes. Flakes that on their own look lovely, but in a group-not so nice. But today, we don't have to go kicking and screaming, fingernails torn as they are pulled from the door jam upon our need to exit the warm, wind free house. We do have a Kiwanis dinner meeting tonight, but that might be just me. I wonder if anyone would notice if I wore a pair of my new blue long underwear? Probably not, unless I choose to wear them over and under my pants . That sounds so warm!

And here is a picture of part of a Slate-colored Junco work crew. Juncos are so dark on top, that they look almost black, and their underbelly is so bright white that you can't see where they end and the snow begins.

Here is a pictue from BING images.

What you don't see is that above them is another Junco, breaking seeds away from the suet cakes. These seeds drop, some onto the edge of the porch, where one guy then grabs them. If they fall to the ground, another team member is there to get those bits of seed and suet. Don't you love teamwork?

I hope you can team up with family and friends to stay warm and well fed, and if you have extra, why not donate to those who don't. Just a suggestion.