After watching the snow flying quickly past the window as winter made its return felt, the hard work of spring plowing might feel like a better option than shoveling and plowing snow in the cold.
Spring Plowing
Picture of the Day for December 1, 2018
The snow storm sure moved in quickly as only a few small flakes were coming down when I filled the bird feeders. But twenty minutes later, the snow was coming down rather heavy and plastered snow over the bird feeder covering the seed tray. The one chickadee looked confused why the seed disappeared so I know once it stops snowing, I will have to remove that white stuff.
Seed Lost in the Snow
Picture of the Day for November 30, 2018
Meteorological winter starts tomorrow and with some predicted snow and wind, it probably will look and feel like a white winter wonderland for the start of December. But I rather see white in the form of foam caused by lovely waterfalls instead, especially on a nice summer day hike where you don’t have to be bundled up in coats and hats.
Foaming Falls
Picture of the Day for November 29, 2018
This morning there was a lot of critter tracks in the fresh snow like deer, squirrel, dog and cat, including some bird tracks at the door. It is always interesting to see the variety and number of tracks created in a few hours but it is more fun to observe bird tracks left on the beach sand during a warm and sunny day.
Seagulls on the Sand
Picture of the Day for November 28, 2018
There are still some corn fields not harvested yet, but even though the corn stalks might be standing yet, there are many bare cobs where the various critters have helped themselves to a snack of corn kernels. The yield will continue to go down as more cobs are eaten by hungry critters.
Bare Corn Cob
Picture of the Day for November 27, 2018
I guess I should have known when the squirrels were stocking up on my bird seed yesterday that it would snow today even if the weather forecasters didn’t mention the “s” word. Even the red cardinal was at the feeder this morning confirming that it was snowing.
Seed Eating Squirrel
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2018
My pond refroze since the colder weather has returned but the water created unique inkblot like patterns across the surface of the pond.
Ice Spots
Picture of the Day for November 25, 2018
The chickadees seemed extra cheery this morning and I suppose it was because the sun made a brief appearance. Although the steady flow of chickadees stocking up at the feeder all day has me wondering if they know about the colder temperatures coming again.
Chickadees Stocking Up
Picture of the Day for November 24, 2018
It was hard to see very far this morning with through the fog, but the fog meant above freezing temperature which caused almost all of the snow to melt exposing the autumn leaves once more before the next snow covers them.
Leaves Revealed
Picture of the Day for November 23, 2018
Today I was trying to finish up some outside work, like pruning the raspberry canes, since it was above freezing, but a trip to Raspberry Island in the summer to see the lighthouse would have been more exciting.
Raspberry Island
