Let It Snow

I remember spready mercury when I lived in East Yorkshire. Seems they've got a lot more names since I've been there .

Meet the East Riding's new gritters!

 

Here in Glawster is just wet, wet, wet. No snow at all.

 

Slight fall of fresh snow in South Staffs this morning.

 

Only four inches so far this storm, 1/6, but enough to use the Honda. If you look close enough on the photo of the close up of the snow you can see the tracks of the resident squirrel resident squirrel.

 

Sensitivity Warning:

It was evidently snowing in County Cork yesterday:


Are the Sisters of St Lorraine getting too much meal in their broth?

 

"Due to cuts in defence budget latest Army issue compass only points south for the winter"

Kind regards, long gone south for the winter, always,

Jim.

 

I never saw so many cardinals in one place before

 

We have 7-8 pairs year round. Always enjoyable to watch the fledglings each spring/summer grow and mature.

My Lady always has a heated bird bath for the winter months as it is a great way to attract birds. The ponds/lakes freeze over, so all the birds come for water. There are always many Robins which are not seed eaters, but they come to the bath.

In a span of one-two minutes this morning, we had Robins, Sparrows, Blue Jays, a Flicker, and a Red Belly Woodpecker getting a drink. I caught this picture of the Flicker leaving as the Red Bally arrived, with a Robin and Sparrow watching.


My all-time favorite was this picture that I posted here years ago. Sixteen Blue Birds at the bird bath during a snow storm.


We had four Blue Birds last week, but didn't get a picture.

v/r Jeff

 

If only. Ours leaves its dental imprints:

Living dangerously .......

Perhaps time to gather the necessaries for a Birge's Western Sharpshooter Hat?

 

I bring our feeders in each night because of the Trash Pandas. They have broken a few feeders over the years.

Picture from our lower patio.


From the Deck. The lake is frozen over.


Two Blue Birds arrived the minute I put the feeders out.


A Round of Robins.


A Flicker joins the Round, with Arturo and a Cardinal watching.


A bad boy Blue Jay at the feeder.


A Cardinal and a Junco eating thistle.

 

Lawrenceville, Georgia yesterday. We only get enough snow to accumulate every three or four years

 

New York yesterday morning. Brisk!

 

Thank goodness the temperatures are getting back to seasonal for this time of year. Supposed to get up to 40° by Wednesday. Otherwise I’ll take the 30’s any day over those last four days of single digit temperatures. Here we have some of the four inches that recently fell along with the pups. They don’t seem to mind how cold it is.

 

Somehow it posted twice. This iPad surely is touchy.

 

Wasn't expecting quite this much.



And we didn't get that much. That's Japan.

 

Last week was hard with -7ºF (-22ºC) one morning while drinking my coffee. Getting back to normal temps this week, but there is still snow on the deck.

 

Made it to Oulu , Finland.
It maybe +2 to 3 °C but there still alot of thick ice around even with all the slush.

 

It was -10ºF (-24ºC) last Thursday and it is now 64ºF (18ºC) today. My Lady and I enjoyed a G&T and a Negroni on the deck with ice still on the lake.


Even put the top down on the car....

 

Walked on the frozen sea at Oulu, Finland just now.